KR102477350B1 - Food bundling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

DISCLOSED IS AN APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING FOOD BUNDLES, WHICH CAN AUTOMATICALLY PACKAGE BUNDLES OF INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED FOOD PRODUCTS IN A FIXED QUANTITY. The apparatus comprises: individual package supply conveyor which transfer and supply individual packages, in which foods are packaged, through a plurality of conveyors, and all or part of which is lifted so that the height of the supplied individual packages can be adjusted; a loop conveyor in which the plurality of conveyors are arranged in parallel in a transfer direction, and which has accommodating parts which are provided in the respective conveyors and in which a plurality of partitions are fixed and installed to accommodate one or more of the individual packages, wherein the respective conveyors are independently controlled; a first pusher which pushes the individual packages in the accommodating parts from the loop conveyor and transfers the same if the partitions arrive at a discharge position; an alignment unit which accommodates the individual packages supplied from the loop conveyor and aligns the individual packages so that the individual packages can be pushed and inserted into packing bags; and a second pusher which pushes the individual packages, aligned by the alignment unit, into the packing bags.

Description

Food bundling apparatus {Food bundling apparatus}

The present invention relates to a food packaging apparatus, and more particularly, to a food packaging apparatus capable of automatically bundling individually packaged food products in a predetermined quantity.

In general, a poly bag refers to a plastic bag that can be packed with foodstuffs or items in a factory or market (large mart, department store), etc., and has recently been widely used due to its convenience.

In recent years, with the popularity of large marts, there is an increasing trend of selling groceries in bundles at a discount. In other words, individually packaged foodstuffs are repackaged in bundles and sold at a higher discount rate. In addition, when consumers want to individually package food products in small quantities, individually packaged foods and beverages are often repackaged in a bundle.

Manufacturers respond to these requirements and deliver them in bundled packaging. Most large manufacturers have also completed most of the automation up to individual packaging, but in the case of bundled packaging, the number required varies, so if you put individually wrapped products in the last poly bag In this case, the worker manually proceeds with the packing process.

According to the prior art, since the bundled packaging is changed according to high demands, it is difficult to respond to this automatically, and since it is performed manually, the wrong number of packaging may occur, and the packaging speed is slow, so it takes a lot of packaging time.

According to the present invention, it is intended to provide a food packaging device capable of automatically packaging a desired number of individual packages into packing bags.

Food packaging apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, the individual package supply conveyor in which food is packaged is transported and supplied through a conveyor, and the height of the supplied individual package is partially or entirely lifted so that the height can be adjusted. ; A loop conveyor in which a plurality of conveyors are arranged in parallel along the conveying direction, each conveyor is provided with a plurality of partitions fixedly installed to accommodate one or more of the individual packages, and each conveyor is independently controlled; a first pusher for pushing and transporting the individual packages in the receiving part from the loop conveyor when the partition arrives at a discharging position; an alignment unit that accommodates the individual packages supplied from the loop conveyor and aligns them so that they can be pushed and inserted into a packing bag; and a second pusher that pushes the individual packages aligned in the aligning unit into the packing bag.

At this time, a plurality of individual packages may be accommodated in one compartment of the accommodating unit by supplying the individual packages to the accommodating unit while the end of the individual package supplying conveyor moves up and down.

In this case, the loop conveyor may include a guide for guiding the individual packages from a supply position where the individual packages are supplied to the receiving unit to a discharge position where the individual packages are discharged from the receiving unit so that the individual packages do not deviate to the outside of the loop conveyor.

At this time, the loop conveyor may have two conveyors installed in parallel.

In this case, the lower end of the partition may be fixed only to the corresponding conveyor, and a part of the partition body may be extended to a neighboring conveyor.

At this time, the aligning unit may push and align the bulkhead member in a vertical direction with respect to the transport direction so that the plurality of individual packages supplied by the first pusher from the receiving unit may enter the packing bag.

At this time, a packing bag supply unit may be included to adsorb the packing bag to the upper vacuum adsorption unit and the lower vacuum adsorption unit and then provide the inlet portion in an open state.

At this time, the packing bag supply unit is inserted into the packing bag in a horizontal state so that the inlet of the packing bag remains open until the individual packages are supplied to the inside in a state in which the packing bag is opened, and then vertically rotated It may include a stand panel that is in close contact with the inside of the inlet of the packing bag.

At this time, the packing bag supply unit may include an air nozzle for supplying air to an inlet of the packing bag so that the inlet can be easily opened.

According to the above configuration, the food packaging apparatus according to the present invention can quickly determine and automatically reflect the final number of individual packages packed in a packing bag.

1 is a block diagram showing a food packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a front view of a loop conveyor, which is part of a component of a food packaging device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an operation diagram of a loop conveyor and a supply conveyor, which are some components of a food packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an operation view of a second pusher and an aligning unit, which are some components of a food packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an operation diagram of a packing bag supply unit, which is a part of a food packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a front view of a loop conveyor, which is part of a component of a food packaging device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Words and terms used in this specification and claims are not construed as limited in their ordinary or dictionary meanings, but in accordance with the principle that the inventors can define terms and concepts in order to best describe their inventions. It should be interpreted as a meaning and concept that corresponds to the technical idea.

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings correspond to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention, so that the corresponding configurations are various to replace them at the time of filing of the present invention. There may be equivalents and variations.

In this specification, terms such as "include" or "have" are intended to describe the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features It should be understood that the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof is not precluded.

A component being in the "front", "rear", "above" or "below" of another component means that it is in direct contact with another component, unless there are special circumstances, and is "in front", "rear", "above" or "below". It includes not only those disposed at the lower part, but also cases in which another component is disposed in the middle. In addition, the fact that certain components are “connected” to other components includes cases where they are not only directly connected to each other but also indirectly connected to each other unless there are special circumstances.

Hereinafter, a grocery bundle packaging device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 6, the food packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes individually package supply conveyors 10 and 20, a loop conveyor 30, a first pusher 40, and an alignment unit ( 60), a second pusher 50, and a packing bag supply unit 70.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the individual package supply conveyors 10 and 20 transfer and supply the individual package 1 in which food is packaged through the conveyor, and the height of the supplied individual package 1 Some or all of them can be lifted so that they can be adjusted.

At this time, while the ends of the individual package supply conveyors 10 and 20 move up and down, the individual packages 1 are supplied to the accommodating parts 33 and 34, so that a plurality of cells are stored in one compartment of the accommodating parts 33 and 34. Each individual package 1 can be accommodated.

At this time, the individual package supply conveyors 10 and 20 may be formed by having a plurality of conveyors 31 and 32 arranged along the longitudinal direction, and some of the individual packages 1 identified as defective as a result of defective products are removed A defective product removal equipment 21 may be installed.

In the loop conveyor 30, referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, a plurality of conveyors 31 and 32 are arranged in parallel along the transport direction, and each conveyor 31 and 32 has the individual package 1 A plurality of partitions 33a and 34a are provided with receiving portions 33 and 34 in which a plurality of partitions 33a and 34a are fixedly installed to accommodate one or more, and each conveyor 31 and 32 can be independently controlled. Here, two rows of conveyors 31 and 32 are arranged in parallel along the conveying direction.

At this time, in the loop conveyor 30, from the supply position where the individual packages 1 are supplied to the accommodating units 33 and 34 to the discharge position discharged from the accommodating units 33 and 34, the individual packages 1 A guide 35 for guiding so that the loop conveyor 30 does not deviate to the outside may be installed.

At this time, the lower ends of the partitions 33a and 34a of the loop conveyor 30 are fixed only to the corresponding conveyors 31 and 32, and a part of the body of the partitions 33a and 34a extends to the adjacent conveyors 31 and 32. It can be. Therefore, the lower ends of the partitions 33a and 34a of the receiving portions 33 and 34 are fixed to the conveyors 31 and 32 to rotate together with the conveyors 31 and 32, respectively. Depending on the operation, the arrangement of each accommodating part 33, 34 can be independently changed. That is, while a predetermined number of individual packages 1 are being supplied to one accommodating unit 33, the other accommodating unit 34 allows the conveyor 32 to operate to complete one circle and to be positioned in a standby position. have. By controlling the two conveyors 31 and 32, the break time can be minimized.

Referring to FIG. 1, the first pusher 40, when the accommodating parts 33 and 34 arrive at the discharge position, moves the individual packages 1 in the accommodating parts 33 and 34 to the loop conveyor ( 30) can be pushed and transported.

At this time, the first pusher 40 is disposed at a supply position for supplying the individual packages 1 from the accommodating units 33 and 34 to the aligning unit 60, and is simply moved forward and backward to accommodate the loop conveyor 30 From the parts 33 and 34, a forward and backward operation can be performed so that the individually packaged body 1 moves linearly.

At this time, the first pusher 40 may be formed in a panel shape having a plurality of slot-type grooves so as not to interfere with the partitions 33 and 34 of the accommodating parts 33 and 34 during forward and backward operation.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 4 , the aligning unit 60 can accommodate the individual packages 1 supplied from the loop conveyor 30 and align them so that they can be pushed and inserted into the packing bag 2. .

At this time, the alignment unit 60 is in the transport direction so that the plurality of individual packages 1 supplied by the first pusher 40 from the accommodation units 33 and 34 can enter the packing bag 2 It is possible to align the partition wall member by pushing it in the vertical direction with respect to the

At this time, the alignment unit 60 may be supplied with as many individual packages 1 as the number to fit into one packing bag 2 in one compartment, and the individual packages 1 provided in one compartment are second pushers 50 ) and can be inserted into the packing bag 2 with the inlet open.

At this time, the front and rear directions are open in one compartment of the alignment unit 60, and partition members 61 are installed in the left and right directions, and at least one of the partition members 61 is perpendicular to the moving direction of the individually packaged body 1. It is installed so that it can be moved to That is, when the corresponding individual packages 1 are supplied to one compartment of the aligning unit 60, one of the partition members 61 moves in a direction in which the distance between them is reduced so that the individual packages 1 can be aligned. have. This arrangement is to guide the individual packages 1 to be properly supplied into the packing bag 2 by the second pusher 50 .

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 4 , the second pusher 50 may push the individually packaged body 1 aligned with the alignment unit 60 into the packing bag 2 .

At this time, the second pusher 50 is made in the form of a panel, and can be operated by the operating conveyor 51 on the top thereof. When the working conveyor 51 is operated, the second pusher 50 rotates one cycle at a time along with the working conveyor 51 because one end is fixed to the working conveyor 51 while being aligned with the aligning part 60. The individual packages (1) are pushed into the packing pack (2).

The packing bag supply unit 70 may include an upper vacuum adsorption unit 73 , a lower vacuum adsorption unit 72 , a stand panel 74 , and an air nozzle 75 .

The packing bags 2 may be normally provided in a stacked state, and the upper packing bag 2 is adsorbed by the upper vacuum adsorption unit 73 to start supplying the packing bag 2 .

The upper vacuum adsorption unit 73 adsorbs the upper portion of the packing bags 2 and transfers the packing bags 2 one by one. At this time, the upper vacuum adsorption unit 73 transfers the packing bag 2 to the lower vacuum adsorption unit 72 .

The lower vacuum adsorption unit 72 aligns the packing bag 2 transported by the upper vacuum adsorption unit 73 and then adsorbs and fixes it at the lower part. In the lower vacuum adsorption unit 70, partition members 71 for aligning the packing bags 2 are installed on the left and right sides in a similar manner to the alignment unit 60, and a plurality of vacuum adsorption holes are formed in the lower part The aligned packing bag 2 is adsorbed and fixed.

The stand panel 74 is inserted in a horizontal state at both ends of the packing bag 2 with an open inlet by the upper and lower vacuum adsorption parts 72 and 73, and then rotated in a vertical state to widen the inlet of the packing bag 2. do. That is, the stand panel 74 is in a horizontal state so that the inlet of the packing bag 2 remains open until the individual package 1 is supplied to the inside while the packing bag 2 is open. After being inserted into the packing bag 2, it can be rotated vertically to adhere to the inside of the inlet of the packing bag 2.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the air nozzle 75 may supply air to the inlet of the packing bag 2 so that the inlet can be easily opened. The inlet of the packing bag 2 can be opened by the upper and lower vacuum adsorption parts 72 and 73, but the air nozzle 75 instantaneously supplies air so that the packing bag 2 can be opened easily when the packing bag 2 is opened. (2) Assist so that the entrance can be opened easily.

Referring to FIG. 1 , first, the individual packages 1 are continuously supplied in a row on the individual package supply conveyors 10 and 20 . The individual packages 1 may be supplied as many as can be supplied to one accommodating portion 33, 34 of the loop conveyor 30, and in many cases may be supplied in multiple layers. That is, more than one may be supplied in one square, or there may be a square that is not supplied at all. The individual packages 1 supplied to the accommodating units 33 and 34 may be transported to the alignment unit 60 and supplied to the alignment unit 60 by the first pusher 40 . The individual packages 1 supplied to the aligning unit 60 will be sorted and then supplied to the packing bag 2 with an open mouth by the second pusher 50, followed by a subsequent finishing operation. The packing bags 2 may be supplied in a stacked state, and the stacked packing bags 2 are adsorbed from the upper packing bag 2 by the upper vacuum adsorption unit 73 to the lower vacuum adsorption unit 72. can be settled. The individual packages 1 are accepted with the entrance open by the upper and lower adsorption units 72 and 73 and the stand panel 74.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a part of the loop conveyor 30 and the accommodating part 60 is shown. The partitions 33 and 34 forming the receiving portion are fixed to one of the two conveyors 31 and 32 on one of the conveyors 31 and 32 . Here, the partition 33 is fixed to one conveyor 31 in the drawing. Therefore, only when the conveyor 31 is operated, the corresponding receiving portions 33 and 34 can be transported. Of course, the other receptacles 33, 34 fixed to the opposite conveyors 31, 32 will follow the operation of the conveyors 31, 32.

Referring to FIG. 3 , a state in which an individual package 1 is supplied to one accommodating portions 33 and 34 of the loop conveyor 30 is shown. The individual package supply conveyors 10 and 20 are configured such that their ends or entirety can be height-adjusted vertically. Therefore, when only one individual package 1 is provided in one compartment of the receiving parts 33 and 34, the height is constant, but when two or more are supplied, the height of the end is increased as shown to increase the individual package 1 can be made to accumulate. In this way, the number of individual packages 1 provided in the packing bag 2 can be finally adjusted by combining the number of individual packages 1 provided to the accommodating units 33 and 34 .

Referring to FIG. 4 , an alignment unit 60 and a second pusher 50 are shown. The second pusher 50 is fixed to the operating conveyor 51, and as the operating conveyor 51 operates in the direction of the arrow, the individual packages aligned on the aligning unit 60 (1) are placed in a packing bag with an open mouth ( 2) It is pushed inside.

Referring to FIG. 5 , it is shown that the packing bag 2 is opened by the upper and lower vacuum adsorption units 72 and 73 and the inlet portion is maintained in a square shape by the stand panel 74 . The upper vacuum adsorption unit 73 adsorbs one sheet of the packing bag 2 and transfers it to the lower vacuum adsorption unit 72 . The partition wall member 71 on one side of the lower vacuum adsorption unit 72 moves to align the packing bag 2, and vacuum is not supplied during alignment. When the alignment is made, the upper and lower vacuum suction units 73 operate to open the inlet. When the inlet is widened, the stand panel 74 is inserted into the packing bag 2 in a horizontal state, and then rotated vertically to keep the inlet of the packing bag 2 open in a square shape. In that state, the second pusher 50 is operated to push all the individual packages 1 in the alignment unit 60 into the packing bag 2. Then, the inlet of the packing bag 2 is sealed and shipped.

Referring to FIG. 6 , another embodiment of a loop conveyor 30 is shown. The lower ends of the accommodating portions 33 and 34 are fixed to one conveyor 31 and 32, and the idle rollers 130 contacting the other conveyors 31 and 32 are accommodated so as to support the accommodating portions 33 and 34. It can be installed at the bottom of the part 33. When the individually packaged body 1 is supplied to the accommodating part 33 by the configuration of the idle roller 130, it is supported by the idle roller 130, so that stable operation is possible.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described, the spirit of the present invention is not limited by the embodiments presented herein, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention may add or change components within the scope of the same spirit. Other embodiments can be easily proposed by adding, deleting, adding, etc., but this will also be said to be within the scope of the present invention.

1: Individual packaging
2: packing bag 10, 20: individual package supply conveyor
30: loop conveyor 31, 32: conveyor
33, 34: receiving part 40: first pusher
50: second pusher 60: alignment unit
70: packing bag supply unit 61, 71: bulkhead member
72: lower vacuum adsorption unit 73: upper vacuum adsorption unit
74: stand panel 80: discharge conveyor

Claims (9)

An individual package supply conveyor that transports and supplies food-packed individual packages through the conveyor and partially or entirely moves up and down so that the height of the supplied individual packages can be adjusted;
A loop conveyor in which a plurality of conveyors are arranged in parallel along the conveying direction, each conveyor is provided with a plurality of partitions fixedly installed to accommodate one or more of the individual packages, and each conveyor is independently controlled;
a first pusher for pushing and transporting the individual packages in the receiving part from the loop conveyor when the partition arrives at a discharging position;
an alignment unit that accommodates the individual packages supplied from the loop conveyor and aligns them so that they can be pushed and inserted into a packing bag;
a second pusher that pushes the individual packages aligned with the alignment unit into the packing bag; and
A packing bag supply unit adsorbing the packing bag with an upper vacuum adsorption unit and a lower vacuum adsorption unit and then supplying the packing bag with the inlet portion open,
The packing bag supply unit is inserted into the packing bag in a horizontal state so that the inlet of the packing bag remains open until the individual packages are supplied to the inside while the packing bag is opened, and then rotated vertically to pack A food packaging device comprising a stand panel closely attached to the inside of an opening of a bag. According to claim 1,
A plurality of individual packages are accommodated in one compartment of the accommodation unit by supplying the individual packages to the accommodating unit while the end of the individual package supply conveyor moves up and down. According to claim 1,
The loop conveyor includes a guide for guiding the individual packages from a supply position where the individual packages are supplied to the accommodation unit to a discharge position where the individual packages are discharged from the accommodation unit so that the individual packages do not deviate from the outside of the loop conveyor. According to claim 1,
The loop conveyor is a food packaging device in which two conveyors are installed in parallel. According to claim 1,
Wherein the partition is fixed to the lower end only on the corresponding conveyor and a part of the body of the partition is extended to a neighboring conveyor. According to claim 1,
The arranging unit pushes and aligns the partition wall member in a vertical direction with respect to the transport direction so that the plurality of individual packages supplied by the first pusher from the receiving unit can enter the packing bag. delete delete According to claim 1,
The packing bag supply unit includes an air nozzle for supplying air to an inlet of the packing bag so that the inlet can be easily opened.

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