JP3105568B2 - A supply device for supplying a bag bundle delivered in two rows to a single-row packaging device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for supplying a bag bundle to a packaging device, and more particularly to a device for supplying two bundles simultaneously by a two-row bag making device and simultaneously carrying out two rows. The present invention relates to a supply device for sequentially supplying one set to a single supply position of a single-row hanging packaging device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bag manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a bag such as a synthetic resin film bag used in a supermarket and the like, and a packaging apparatus for packaging a stacked bundle of bags made by this bag manufacturing apparatus have been conventionally used. Known from. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 64-37302 (Japanese Patent Application No. 62-194203) by the present applicant is known as a packaging apparatus.

[0003] Initially, these devices simultaneously hold a bundle of bags one at a time.
In this method, two sets of bags are manufactured and two sets of bags are manufactured at the same time with the increase in demand for bags. Has been developed and is now widely used.

[0004]

However, a two-row bag making apparatus has a production speed twice as fast as a one-row bag making apparatus, but a bag bundle is formed by stacking about 100 bags. To be carried out, the capacity of the packaging device is often still sufficient with a conventional single row packaging device. Therefore, there has been a demand for an apparatus for supplying a bag bundle carried out in two rows to a single-row hanging packaging apparatus.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned demands, and has been invented. The conventional single-row packaging apparatus can be used as it is with a simple structure. It is an object to provide an apparatus for supplying.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there are provided a horizontally fixed flat plate and a horizontally movable flat plate, on which the first and second bag bundles conveyed in two rows are placed, respectively. The horizontal moving device is configured to horizontally move to a position completely overlapping the fixed flat plate while the second bag bundle is placed, and the first bag bundle on the fixed flat plate is vertically aligned with the fixed flat plate. It can be moved vertically to the supply position of the single-row hanging device, and when there is no first bag bundle on the fixed plate, the second plate on the movable plate is placed at a position where the movable plate completely overlaps the fixed plate. A vertical movement device capable of moving the bag bundle to the supply position of the single-row packaging device in a vertical direction.

[0007]

According to the apparatus of the present invention, the first unloaded two rows
And the second bag bundle is placed on the horizontal fixed flat plate and the horizontal moving flat plate which are adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction, and the first bag bundle on the fixed flat plate is placed in the supply position of the single-row packaging apparatus vertically aligned with the fixed flat plate. , Whereby the first bag bundle is wrapped, and the moving platen is then moved horizontally with the second bag bundle on to a position completely overlapping the fixed platen, and then on the moving platen. Is moved vertically to the supply position of the single-row hanging packaging device, whereby the second bag bundle is packaged.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 3 and 4 show generally a bag making, processing and packaging system incorporating a supply device 10 according to the present invention. In this figure, two rows of raw material, that is, a bag material 52, which is mounted in a state of being wound on a raw material base 50,
54 is supplied to a double-row bag making apparatus 60, where 100
Two sets of bag bundles 62 and 64 in which approximately two or more bags are stacked are manufactured at the same time.

The two sets of bag bundles 62 and 64 are supplied to a processing device 70 provided on the downstream side in the vertical direction, where the handle portion of the bag bundle is processed, and the processed bag bundles 72 and 74 are processed. It is discharged in two rows at the same time downstream of 70. Processing equipment 70
A supply device 10 according to the present invention, which will be described later, is incorporated on the downstream side. The bag bundles 72 and 74 that are simultaneously unloaded in two rows are provided on the downstream side of the processing device 70 by the supply device 10. Single feeding position 82 of single-row packaging device 80
Are sequentially supplied one by one.

The bag bundles 72, 74 supplied to the supply position 82
Are sequentially packaged by the single-row packaging apparatus 80, carried out downstream of the single-row packaging apparatus 80, and the bag making, processing, and packaging by this apparatus are completed. The bag making, processing and packaging system described above is only one example of using the supply device 10 according to the present invention. In practice, the processing device 70 may be omitted, or a printing device (not shown) may be incorporated. In any case, the feeding device 10 according to the present invention comprises a part that changes from two rows to one row, preferably a single row packaging device 8.
0 is provided on the upstream side.

FIG. 1 shows a lateral moving device 20 of a supply device 10 according to the present invention. In this figure, the lateral movement device 20
A horizontally fixed flat plate 22 and a horizontally movable flat plate 30 which are horizontally adjacent to each other
, And two sets of stacked bag bundles 72 and 74 (not shown) are placed thereon from the upstream side (upper side in the figure) by the upstream side device. The bag bundles 72 and 74 are placed such that the bottom portion of the bag without the processed portion substantially coincides with the downstream end (the lower end in the drawing) of the fixed flat plate 22 and the movable flat plate 30.

The fixed flat plate 22 is a substantially complete flat plate larger than the plane size of the bag bundle 72, and is vertically aligned with one of the two processing lines (the right side in the figure) of the upstream apparatus, and is aligned with the main body 24.
It is fixed to. A plurality of rectangular notches 26 are provided at the downstream end of the fixed flat plate 22 so that the downstream end portion of the bag bundle 72 can be gripped by a vertical moving device 40 described later. The fixed flat plate 22 is further provided with two lateral grooves 28 extending in the horizontal direction, the other sides of the two rows of processing lines being open.

The moving flat plate 30 is larger than the plane size of the bag bundle 74, and is a flat plate whose both ends in the horizontal direction are bent upward. The moving flat plate 30 has two rows of processing lines of the upstream apparatus at the illustrated position (return position). It is consistent with the other (left side in the figure). The lower surface of the movable flat plate 30 is located at a position slightly higher than the upper surface of the fixed flat plate 22. As a result, the movable flat plate 30 is laterally moved toward the fixed flat plate 22 and is aligned with one of the two processing lines (the right side in the drawing) of the upstream apparatus, that is, the fixed flat plate 22.
Does not interfere with the fixed flat plate 22 even if it is moved horizontally to a position where it completely overlaps with the fixed plate 22. A plurality of linear bearings 32 whose upper part is narrower than the lateral grooves 28 are fixed to the lower surface of the movable flat plate 30 at positions aligned with the lateral grooves 28 of the fixed flat plate 22, and the bearings 32 are fixed horizontally to the main body. The two guide rods 34 are slidably mounted in the lateral direction. The bearing 32 has a position below the fixed plate 22,
A part of the belt 36 is fixed, and the movable flat plate 30 can be laterally moved by laterally moving the belt 36 by a driving device (not shown). At the downstream end of the movable flat plate 30, at a position completely overlapping above the fixed flat plate 22,
The fixed flat plate 22 is held so that the downstream end portion of the bag bundle 74 can be gripped.
Is provided with a rectangular notch 38 aligned with the notch 26 of FIG.

FIG. 2 shows a vertical moving device 40 according to the present invention. In this figure, a guide plate 42 that is aligned with one of the two processing lines (right side in the figure) of the upstream apparatus is a fixed flat plate 22.
Is horizontally fixed from above to above the supply position 82 of the single-row hanging packaging device 80. A gripping device 44 is attached to the guide plate 42 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction, and is moved in the vertical direction by a chain 46 driven by a driving device (not shown). The gripping device 44 has a plurality of grips 48 whose upper side opens up and down, and the grips 48 can be opened and closed in a known manner. The width of each grip portion 48 is determined by the notches 26, 3
8 and the lateral positions of the plurality of gripping parts 48 are:
The notch 26, 38 is aligned with the lateral position. As a result, the gripping portion 48 is connected to the downstream end portion of the first bag bundle on the fixed flat plate and the second end of the movable flat plate at a position completely overlapping the fixed flat plate.
The downstream end portion of the bag bundle can be gripped.

In use, the first and second bag bundles 72 and 74 carried out in two rows are placed on the horizontal fixed plate 22 and the movable plate 30 which are adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction, respectively. Then
The grip portion 48 of the vertical moving device 40 grips the downstream end portion of the first bag bundle 72 on the fixed flat plate 22, and the grip device 44 travels downstream in the vertical direction. It moves vertically to the supply position 82 of the packaging device 80. The first bag bundle 72 supplied to the supply position 82 is packaged by the packaging device 80 and carried out downstream.

Next, the moving flat plate 3 is moved by the horizontal moving device 20.
0 is horizontally moved to a position completely overlapping above the fixed flat plate 22 with the second bag bundle 74 placed thereon, and at this position,
The grip portion 48 of the vertical moving device 40 grips the downstream end portion of the second bag bundle 74 on the moving flat plate 30, and vertically moves the second bag bundle 74 to the supply position 82 of the single-row hanging packaging device 80. . The second bag bundle 74 supplied to the supply position 82 is packaged by the packaging device 80 and carried out downstream.

By repeating the above-described operation, two sets of bags are simultaneously manufactured by the two-row bag making apparatus, and are simultaneously delivered in two rows to the single supply position of the one-row packing apparatus.
They can be supplied sequentially in pairs.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for supplying a bag bundle conveyed in two rows to a single-row packaging apparatus which can use the conventional single-row packaging apparatus as it is with a simple structure. . The device according to the invention has the advantage of a simple structure, high reliability and low maintenance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a lateral moving device of a supply device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a vertical moving device of a supply device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a bag making / processing / packaging system incorporating a supply device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Supply apparatus 20 Lateral moving apparatus 22 Fixed flat plate 30 Moving flat plate 40 Vertical moving apparatus 44 Gripping apparatus 46 Gripping section 50 Raw material gantry 60 Bag making apparatus 70 Processing apparatus 80 Packaging apparatus

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A supply apparatus for sequentially supplying two sets of bags simultaneously produced by a two-row bag making apparatus and simultaneously delivered in two rows to a single supply position of a one-row packing apparatus. And a horizontally fixed flat plate and a horizontally moving flat plate, on which the first and second bag bundles conveyed in two rows are respectively loaded, and the fixed flat plate with the moving flat plate loaded with the second bag bundle. And a vertical moving device for horizontally moving the horizontal bag to a position completely overlapping above the container, and a feeding position of a single-row hanging packing device in which the first bag bundle on the fixed plate is vertically aligned with the fixed plate. And when there is no first bag bundle on the fixed plate, the second bag bundle on the movable plate is supplied at a position where the moving plate completely overlaps the fixed plate in the single-row packaging apparatus. And a vertical movement device that can move the A feeding device characterized by the following. 2. The fixed flat plate is a substantially perfect flat plate,
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a lower surface of the moving flat plate is located slightly higher than an upper surface of the fixed flat plate. 3. The fixed flat plate is provided with a plurality of lateral grooves extending in the lateral direction with the movable flat plate side open, and the lower surface of the movable flat plate has an upper width at a position aligned with the lateral grooves. 3. The device according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of linear bearings narrower than the lateral groove are fixed. 4. A plurality of notches are provided at a downstream end of the fixed flat plate, and at a downstream end of the moving flat plate, the notch of the fixed flat plate is located at a position where the moving flat plate completely overlaps the fixed flat plate. 5. The device according to claim 4, wherein a matching notch is provided. 5. The vertical moving device, wherein a guide plate aligned with one of the two processing lines of the upstream device is fixed from above the fixed flat plate to above a supply position of the single-row hanging packaging device. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: 6. A gripping device is attached to the guide plate so as to be slidable in a vertical direction, and the gripping device has a gripper whose upper side is opened up and down, and the gripper is a first gripper on a fixed flat plate. A bag bundle,
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the second bag bundle on the movable flat plate at a position completely overlapping the fixed flat plate can be gripped.