JPH06183407A - Packing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a packing apparatus that is capable of binding, with a simple structure, soft and flexible articles with bands without deforming the articles, and is easily installed within a limited space, even if the articles have widths greater than those of class 2 items. CONSTITUTION:In a packing apparatus 10 that binds an article B, brought onto a table 11 for packing, with a band A that is provided inside a band guide arch 20 erected over the table 11, a packing width control member 61 that extends from the width of a seal anvil 60 toward both sides and holds both side ends of the article B so that it cannot be deformed when the article is bound with the band A is attached to the seal anvil 60 that holds the ends of the band A wound round the article B and applies adhesion to the ends of the band. The packing apparatus is also equipped with a device that keeps the band A binding the article B in the state of binding when the seal anvil 60 moves together with the packing width control member 61 in a manner of separating from the article B.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a packing device for binding an object to be packed carried on a table with a band loaded in a band guide arch erected on the table.
In particular, the present invention relates to a packing device for automatically bundling a small bundle of magazines, catalogs, newspapers, etc., which is easily deformed at the time of bundling, without deforming an object to be packed, by applying an appropriate tightening force.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional packing device, for example, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 51-1199. That is, a plurality of packing width regulating plates are respectively mounted on the drive shafts via the base rods so that both ends of an object to be packed having two or more widths can be held, and One or more of them are appropriately rotated on the drive shaft based on a signal from the width detection device for the object to be packed, and automatically correspond to the width of the object to be packed.

[0003]

However, such a conventional packing apparatus can immediately deal with objects to be packed having two or more kinds of widths, but can deal with objects having uniform widths. On the contrary, there is a problem that the structure is too complicated and the cost is increased. Further, in the case of adapting to an object to be packed having a larger width, as the width between the packing width restricting plates arranged at both ends is increased, the entire mechanism including the drive shaft and the like for mounting the packing width restricting plates It is necessary to increase the size, and the installation space becomes a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems. With a simple structure, a flexible object to be packed can be bound with a band without deforming the object to be packed. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a packing device that can easily handle objects to be packed having two or more widths in a limited space.

[0005]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is as follows. 1 Items to be packed (B) carried on a table (11)
In a packing device (10) for bundling an object to be packed (B) with a band (A) loaded in a band guide arch (20) standing on the table (11), a band ( A) Seal anvil (6)
0) is a packing width regulating member (61) which extends to both sides of the width of the seal anvil (60) and holds both ends of the objects (B) to be packed when they are bound by the band (A) in a non-deformable manner. When the seal anvil (60) moves together with the packing width restricting member (61) so as to separate from the bound object (B) to be packed, the band (A) that binds the object (B) to be packed is attached. A packing device (10), characterized in that it has means for staying in the object to be packed (B). 2 With respect to the seal anvil (60), a plurality of the packing width regulating members (6) having different lengths extending to both sides from the width thereof are provided.
1, 61a), of which a predetermined object to be packed (B,
One corresponding to the width of C) is the seal anvil (6
0) The packaging device (10) according to 1, which is detachably attached to the packaging device (10). 3 A means for retaining the band (A) on the article (B) to be packed is constituted by a pair of locking members (70, 70), and the locking members (70, 70) are placed on the table (11) as follows. The packing apparatus (10) according to 2 or 3 is characterized in that the packing width regulating member (61) attached to the seal anvil (60) is provided so as to be adjustable in position so as to correspond to both ends.

[0006]

Function: A packing width regulating member (61) is attached to the seal anvil (60) so as to match the width of the object to be packed (B). In addition, a pair of locking members (7) whose positions can be adjusted with respect to the means for retaining the band (A) on the article to be packed (B).
0, 70), a pair of locking members (7
0, 70) between the both ends of the packing width regulating member (61),
That is, it is adjusted and fixed so as to match the width of the object to be packed (B).

When the packing work is started, the table (11)
The band (A) is wrapped around the three objects of the object to be packed (B) carried in above, the seal anvil (60) and the packing width restricting member (61) that have moved downward, but this band is bound at the time of binding. Even if (A) is tightened, both sides of the article to be packed (B) are held by the packing width regulating members (61), so that the article to be packed (B) is not deformed even if it is flexible.

Next, when the seal anvil (60) moves away from the article to be packaged (B) after the articles to be packaged (B) have been bound, the packing width regulating member (6)
1) also moves together, but at this time, the band (A) that binds the articles (B) to be packed stays in the original position by the pair of locking members (70, 70). As a result, only the seal anvil (60) and the packing width restricting member (61) are removed from the fastened band (A), and the band (A) is the object to be packed (B).
Bundling is completed only around the circumference of.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, at the upper end of the main body 10a of the packing device 10,
A table 11 for packing work is provided, and a band guide arch 20 is erected on the table 11. A band reel 30 is mounted on the side surface of the main body 10a. The packing apparatus 10 automatically packs, for example, the object to be packed B, which is a small bundle of magazines, or the object to be packed C (shown in FIGS. 2 and 3), which is a stack of newspapers or the like having a size larger than that of the magazine. It is a device.

A band feeding device 40 for feeding the band A fed from the band reel 30 to the band guiding arch 20 is provided inside the main body 10a of the packing device 10. A pair of supply rollers 41, 41 for supplying the band (made of synthetic resin) A to the chamber 50, which is a band retaining chamber, is arranged inside the band intake 12 of the main body 10a. One of both upper ends of the chamber 50 corresponds to the lower side of the supply roller 41. An inlet 51 is opened at one upper end of the chamber 50 and an outlet 52 is opened at the other upper end.

A feed roller 42 and a return roller 43 are provided above the chamber 50, and pressure rollers 42a and 42b capable of pressing the band A onto the feed roller 42 are provided above and below the feed roller 42, respectively. . The band A pulled out from the outlet 52 of the chamber 50 is connected to the feed roller 42 and the pressure contact roll 4
It is passed around the return roller 43 through a gap between the return roller 43 and 2a. A pressure contact roll 43a capable of pressing the band A is provided below the return roller 43, and the band A hooked on the return roller 43 is extended into a gap between the feed roller 42 and the pressure contact roll 42b.

A seal anvil 60 is provided at the upper center of the main body 10a of the packing apparatus 10, and the band A passing through the gap between the feed roller 42 and the pressure contact roll 42b is guided to extend to the seal anvil 60. A passes through the band guide arch 20 and again the seal anvil 6
Guided to be sent to 0. For more details,
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the seal anvil 60 is an end portion of the band A around which the object to be packed B is circulated below the object to be packed B on the table 11 by a driving means (not shown). A binding position (P _{0 in} FIG. 2) for positioning the
Retreat position away from band A after bundling (P _{1 in} Fig. 2)
And are arranged so as to be movable.

On the upper end of the seal anvil 60, there are attached packing width regulating members 61 for holding both side ends of the articles B to be packed in a non-deformable state at the time of binding with bolts 64. More specifically, this packing width regulation member 61
Is a simple structure composed of a thin plate extending in a narrow width, and is made up of four bolts 64, 64 ...
Mounting portion 62 along the upper end portion of 0, and left and right holding portions 63, 6 extending in both directions toward slightly above the mounting portion 62.
3 and 3.

The length of the packing width regulating member 61 in both sides is
The packing device 10 is adapted to correspond to the width of the object to be packed B, and the packing device 10 includes a plurality of packing width regulating members 61 and 61 having different lengths so as to correspond to various objects to be packed B and C having different widths.
a and the like are provided. The packing width restricting member 61a, similarly to the packing width restricting member 61, includes a mounting portion 62 and a slightly longer holding portion 63a. Each of these packing width regulating members 6
1, 61a are detachably attached to the upper end portion of the seal anvil 60 by four bolts 64, 64 ...

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
The upper side of the table 11 located on both sides of the
Rail members 72, 72 extending in the direction are fixedly provided,
The band A is to be packed on the rail members 72, 72 on both sides.
The pair of locking members 70, 70, which are means for retaining the
It is fixed by a belt 71. This hook member 70 is
The packing width regulation member 61 together with the seal anvil 60,
Binding position (P in Fig. 2 ₀ ) To the retracted position (P in FIG. 2)
₁ ), The band A after bundling is moved from the item B to be packed.
It is something that keeps it in place.

The distance between the pair of hook members 70, 70 is
It can be adjusted to correspond to the width of various items B and C to be packed. That is, by sliding each hooking member 70 with respect to the rail member 72 and fixing it with bolts 71 at appropriate positions that match the positions of both ends of the article B to be packed,
Its position can be adjusted. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when the object to be packed is the object to be packed B, it is fixed to the position Q _{0 in} the figure, while when the object to be packed is the object to be packed C, , Is fixed at the Q ₁ position in the figure.

As shown in FIG. 1, below the seal anvil 60, a stopper member 13 for stopping the leading edge of the band A that has been delivered for the first time, a cutter 14 for cutting the band A after binding, and a seal anvil 60. The heat plate 15 for welding the band A positioned by the pressing member 16, the pressing member 16 for pressing the heat plate 15 against the seal anvil 60, and the drive mechanism 17 thereof.
Is provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a carry-in conveyor 80 and a carry-out conveyor 81 are provided on the table 11 in front of and behind the band guide arch 20.

Next, the operation will be described. In FIG. 1, prior to the packing operation, first, a packing width regulating member 61 that matches the lateral width of the object to be packed B is attached to the upper end portion of the seal anvil 60 with bolts 64. For example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when the object to be packed is not the object B to be packed but the object C to be packed, another packing width restricting member 61a corresponding thereto is attached to the upper end of the seal anvil 60. Good. Thereby, it is possible to deal with the objects B and C to be packed having two or more kinds of widths in a limited space with a very simple structure as compared with the related art.

Further, the pair of locking members 70, 70 are adjusted and fixed at both ends of the packing width regulating member 61, that is, at a position (Q _{0 in} FIG. 2) that matches the lateral width of the article B to be packed. When the object to be packed is the object to be packed C, the pair of hook members 70, 70 are positioned at both ends of the packing width restricting member 61a, that is, at positions corresponding to the lateral width of the object to be packed C (Q in FIG. 2). Adjust it to ₁ ) and fix it.

When the packing operation is started in FIG. 1, the band A fed from the band reel 30 by the supply rollers 41, 41 is stored in the chamber 50 through the band inlet 12. After the band A stays in the chamber 50 by a predetermined amount, the band A is guided into the band guide arch 20 by the band feeding device 40, the end of the band A abuts on the stopper member 13, and then the binding position (in FIG. 2). Is pressed by the seal anvil 60 at P ₀ ).

Next, the return roller 43 of the band feeding device 40 is rotated, the band A is fed backward, and the force is released from the band guiding arch 20. Then, the band A is wrapped around the object B to be packed on the table 11 and the three circumferences of the seal anvil 60 and the packing width restricting member 61 below it. Further, the band A is tightened, but since both side ends of the object to be packed B are restricted by the packing width restricting members 61, even if the object to be packed B is flexible, no deformation occurs.

Subsequently, on the lower end side of the seal anvil 60, the hot plate 15 is inserted between the bands A and the pressing member 16 is inserted.
Is lifted by the driving mechanism 17 to melt the band A at that portion, then the hot plate 15 is also withdrawn simultaneously with the lowering of the pressing member 16, the pressing member 16 is again raised, and the end portion of the band A is pressure-bonded. To complete. At the same time, the cutter 14 rises to cut the band A, and the binding of the articles B to be packed with the band A is completed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when the seal anvil 60 is moved to the retracted position (P _{1 in} FIG. 2) after the objects B to be packed are bound, the packing width restricting member 61 is accordingly moved. However, at this time, the band A that binds the objects to be packed B is caught by the pair of locking members 70, 70 and stays in the original position. As a result, only the seal anvil 60 and the packing width restricting member 61 are disengaged from the fastened band A, and the band A is wrapped around only the object B to be packed, and the binding is completed.

The object B to be packed is the table 1
The object B to be packed that has been sent to the unloading side by the unloading conveyor 81 of No. 1 and is newly loaded onto the table 11.
The band guide arch 20 is moved by the carry-in conveyor 80.
Was sent to just below, and again as mentioned above, band A
The work of binding is automatically repeated. In the above-described embodiment, the means for retaining the band A in which the objects B to be packed are bound together is specifically a pair of hook members 7.
However, the means for retaining the band A on the article to be packed B is not limited to this.

[0025]

In the packing apparatus according to the present invention, a packing width restricting member that holds both side ends of the object to be packed when the band is bound is attached to the seal anvil to provide a simple structure and a flexible structure. The object to be packed can be bound with a band without deforming the object to be packed, and the cost can be reduced, and by replacing only the packing width regulating member, the object to be packed having two or more widths can be obtained. On the other hand, it can be easily handled in a limited space.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire packaging device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a substantially central portion of the table of the packing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Packing device 20 ... Band guide arch 30 ... Band reel 40 ... Band feeding device 50 ... Chamber 60 ... Seal anvil 61 ... Packing width regulation member 70 ... Latch member

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A packing apparatus for binding an object to be packed carried on a table with a band loaded in a band guide arch erected on the table, wherein a band end around which the object to be packed is circulated. The sealing anvil that is pressed and adhered is provided with a packing width regulating member that extends to both sides from the width of the sealing anvil and that holds both side ends of the objects to be packed when binding with a band so that they cannot be deformed. A packing apparatus comprising: a width regulating member, and means for holding a band, which binds the objects to be packed, to the objects to be packed when moving away from the objects to be packed. 2. The sealing anvil is provided with a plurality of the packing width regulating members having different lengths extending to both sides from the width, one of which corresponds to a predetermined width of the object to be packed, is set to the sealing anvil. The packing device according to claim 1, wherein the packing device is detachably attached. 3. A means for retaining the band on an article to be packed is constituted by a pair of locking members, and the locking members correspond to both ends of a packing width regulating member attached to the seal anvil on the table. The packing device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the packing device is provided so that its position can be adjusted as much as possible.