JPH0688570B2 - Fruit boxing and feeding device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention puts fruits sorted by a sorting device in a tray pack in a packaging facility for sorting and packing fruits and vegetables (hereinafter referred to as “fruits”). The present invention relates to a device for packaging in a box and sending it out.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, perishable fruits such as peaches are placed in tray packs one by one in order to protect the fruits and then packaged in a box. As shown in FIG. 7, this conventional box packing system is provided with a receiving box 7 for receiving the fruits 51 which are sorted by the classifying device 5 according to the class and carried out to the side by the drawer conveyor 6, and the outside of the receiving box 7. Arrange a box 14 such as a table, place an empty cardboard box 3 on the box 14 and put an empty tray pack 101 in it, and put the fruits 51 taken out of the receiving box 7 in this tray pack 101. The products are packed one by one, and the packed product boxes 32 are carried and carried by the worker on the product transport conveyor 11 installed behind the packing worker.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-described conventional packing method, since a large number of empty tray packs 101 are stacked and stocked around the packing base 14, the packing operator can move to another adjacent class. Will be hindered from moving laterally. Therefore, in the conventional boxing system, the boxing worker cannot take charge of boxing of other classes, and the workers are assigned to each class, so that the concentrated class and the sparsely distributed class are: There was a problem that the efficiency of work with respect to the input of personnel was very different, and the efficiency of work as a whole did not increase.

Further, in the conventional boxing method, the boxing operator sends the boxed cardboard box by holding it on the product transfer conveyor 11 arranged in the rear, which causes fatigue and the work to be reduced over time. There was a problem.

Furthermore, in the conventional boxing system, the product transport conveyor 11
Since it is arranged behind the boxer, there is a problem that a large area is required for installing the device.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a boxing operator can freely move around a boxing work table (in the present invention, the lowering device also serves as the boxing work table). A fruit that can improve the work efficiency, improve the efficiency of the boxing work without the need for the boxing operator to handle the boxed cardboard box, and reduce the total area for installing the device. An object of the present invention is to provide a box packing and feeding device.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, the present invention provides a container storage unit for storing a tray pack for packaging and a cardboard box at a predetermined position above the fruit storage unit for storing the fruits sorted and discharged from the sorting device, and the outside of the fruit storage unit. In, while supporting the corrugated cardboard box that is grabbed from the container storage section and contains an empty tray pack at a predetermined height,
When the tray pack of the fruits taken out from the fruit storing means is completed, a descending device for lowering the cardboard box containing the tray pack is provided, and the lowered cardboard box containing the tray pack is placed under the fruit storing means. A configuration of a fruit box packing and feeding device characterized in that it is provided with a feeding conveyor that conveys and feeds to a product conveying conveyor arranged between the descending device and the sorting device and substantially parallel to the sorting device. Is.

[Embodiment] A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a sorting and packing direction facility for carrying out the present invention. 1 is a pack supply device, 2 is a slide, 3 is a cardboard box, 4 is a material storage space, and 5 is a sorting device. is there. The sorting device 5 is composed of a plurality of lines of a conveyor 50 for selecting fruits. Reference numeral 6 is a drawer conveyor that receives and carries out fruits 51 that are sorted and discharged from the fruit selection conveyor 50, and 7 is a receiving box as a fruit accommodation means that accommodates and temporarily pools the fruits 51 conveyed by the drawer conveyor 6. Is. Reference numeral 8 is a lowering device, 9 is a sending conveyor, 10 is a printing device, and 11 is a product transporting conveyor. The bag feeding device 1 is shown in FIG.
As well shown in FIG. 2, it is installed on the material storage site 4 which is installed above the sorting device 5. This pack feeder 1
In the above, a large number of tray packs 101 are stacked above the separating claws 102, and the separating claws 102 and the stoppers 103 alternately operate to supply the tray packs 101 one by one onto the slide 2.

Although the height of the material storage area 4 can be set arbitrarily, it is preferable that the material storage area 4 has a height at which a worker can freely perform maintenance / inspection / adjustment work on the sorting device 5 and the like.

The slide 2 is provided from the blow-out hole provided on the floor of the material storage area 4 to the position above the receiving box 7 so as to be inclined to a position where a box packing operator can easily grab the tray pack 101. Empty tray pack 101 supplied by each
The tray pack 101 is slid and stopped at its lower end, and the tray pack 101 is stored obliquely upward from the lower end.

201 is a sensor that detects the presence or absence of the tray pack 101 on the slide 2, and is configured to be related to the operation of the pack supply device 1, and the tray pack 101 stored on the slide 2 is stored.
The tray feeding device 1 is operated when the tray pack 101 is low and stopped when the tray pack 101 is full.
It is designed so that its savings will not be interrupted.

Reference numeral 31 denotes an empty box conveyor for transferring an empty cardboard box 3 and storing it above the receiving box 7, and is provided at a height above the receiving box 7 so that a cartoner can grab the cardboard box 3. ing.

In the illustrated example, the empty box transporting conveyor 31 is a roller type conveyor that is slightly inclined downwards in the forward direction, but other various conveyors such as a belt conveyor using a driving device can be used.

The height of the corrugated cardboard box 3 differs by about 10 mm depending on the rank, such as No. 1 box, No. 2 box and No. 3 box. In that case, as shown in FIG. Pack 10
It is possible to store 1 and store it on the slide 2.

According to FIG. 6, reference numeral 31 is an empty box conveyor which is provided on the material storage area 4 and is provided adjacent to the pack supply device 1. Reference numeral 12 denotes an extruding device which, when the cardboard box 3 conveyed by the empty box conveying conveyor 31 is lined up with the pack feeding device 1, places the cardboard box 3 on the feeding device 13 provided below the pack feeding device 1. It is designed to be pushed out. When the cardboard box 3 is pushed below the pack supply device 1, the pack supply device 1 operates to drop the empty tray pack 101 into the empty cardboard box 3. The cardboard box 3 containing this empty tray pack 101 is
It is sent out onto the slide 2 by the operation of the sending-in device 13, is stored above the receiving box 7, and is grabbed by the boxing operator. In the examples of FIGS. 1 and 2, the slide 2 and the empty box transport conveyor 31 form a container storage unit, and in the example of FIG. 6, the slide 2 forms a container storage unit. Needless to say, the container storage section of the present invention is not limited to these examples, and stores the tray pack 101 and the corrugated cardboard box 3 above the receiving box 7 and at a position where the packing operation can be grasped. Anything that does is good.

The pull-out conveyor 6 is designed to carry out the fruits 51, which are sorted and discharged according to grades and grades from the plural-piece picking conveyors 50, toward the receiving box 7. Although the drawing conveyor 6 is used in the illustrated example, it can be omitted depending on the fruit discharging method of the fruit selecting conveyor 50. If this drawer conveyor 6 is omitted, the fruit from the fruit selection conveyor 50 to the inbox 7
51 are sorted and discharged.

The receiving box 7 has a space in which the fruits 51 discharged by the drawer conveyor 6 can be accommodated and temporarily pooled, and the fruits supplied from the outlet section 61 of the drawer conveyor.
51 is provided with a slight downward slope so as to roll to the packing operator side.

The lowering device 8 is installed on the outside of the receiving box 7 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and, as shown in detail in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5, in the vertical direction. A chain 81 for running and rotating is stretched on both left and right sides, and two attachments 82 for supporting the cardboard box 3 containing the tray pack 101 at its upper part are provided at symmetrical positions on the chain 81, respectively. Reference numeral 85 is a switch for stopping the attachment 82 at a fixed position. Reference numeral 83 denotes an interlocking shaft, which is adapted to synchronously interlock the left and right chains 81. Reference numeral 84 is a drive device with a brake for driving the interlocking shaft 83.

The lowering device 8 supports the corrugated cardboard box 3 in which an empty tray pack 101 is grabbed by the boxing operator from the container storage section and is supported by an attachment 82 which stops at the upper part thereof, and the empty tray pack 101 is also supported. When the packing worker finishes packing the fruits 51 taken out from the receiving box 7, the brake packing drive device 84 is driven by the signal from the push button switch (not shown) pushed by the packing worker, and the fruits 51 are packed. When the attachment 82 that supports the cardboard box 3 containing the tray pack 101 is lowered, the cardboard box 3 containing the tray pack 101 is sent out and lowered onto the conveyor 9, and the attachment 82 is further rotated. When the switch 85 is contacted, the drive device 84 is stopped, and the other attachment 82 is stopped at the upper part of the lowering device 8.

The delivery conveyor 9 is the tray pack 101 that has been lowered.
A large number of rollers 91 are arranged so as to convey the corrugated cardboard box 3 as a product box from the lower part of the lowering device 8 to the lower part of the receiving box 7, and the outlet part 92 is connected to the product transfer conveyor 11 described later. is doing. This exit 92 has a product box
A stopper 93 for temporarily stopping the 32 is provided.

In the illustrated example, the printing device 10 is provided so as to print the product box 32 in which the fruits 51 are packed in the box when the product box 32 is lowered by the lowering device 8, but as another example, the printing device 10 is provided near the stopper 93 of the feeding conveyor 9. You can also

The product conveyor 11 is arranged between the lowering device 8 and the sorting device 5 and in parallel with the sorting device 5, and is connected to the outlet portion 92 of the sending conveyor 9 for each class and sent from the sending conveyor 9 of each class. The product boxes 32 to be joined are merged and taken out in a direction parallel to the sorting device 5.

The product carrying conveyor 11 carries the product box 32, and may be various kinds of conveyors such as a belt conveyor and a chain conveyor having a slat plate attached.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a container storage portion for storing a tray pack for packing a box and a cardboard box is provided at a predetermined position above the fruit storing means, and fruits are packed outside the fruit storing means. Provided with a lowering device for lowering the cardboard box containing the tray pack, and carrying the lowered cardboard box with the tray pack under the fruit accommodating means between the lowering device and the sorting device and substantially parallel to the sorting device. Since it is equipped with a delivery conveyor that delivers the product to the product transportation conveyor, it is possible to move laterally freely without any obstacles around the box packing work. It is possible to handle the boxing work of the class of, improve the efficiency of the boxing work, reduce the total area for installing the device, and As described above, since the cartoner does not take a cardboard box with a tray pack filled with fruits, the cartoner's fatigue is greatly reduced, and the cartoning work efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 6 are explanatory views showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a sorting and packaging facility for implementing the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view in the direction of arrow A in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part of the lowering device, FIG. 4 is a detailed view of an attachment part of the lowering device, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the main part of the lowering device, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing another embodiment. is there. FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view showing a conventional sorting and packing facility. 1 ... Pack supply device 101 ... Tray pack 102 ... Separation claw, 103 ... Stopper 2 ... Slide, 201 ... Sensor 3 ... Cardboard box 31 ... Empty box conveyor 32 ... Product box, 4 ... … Material storage 5 …… Sorting device, 50 …… Fruit selection conveyor 51 …… Fruits 6 …… Drawer conveyor 61 …… Exit, 7 …… Inbox 8 …… Descent device, 81 …… Chain 82 …… Attachment 83 …… Interlocking axis, 84 …… Drive device 85 …… Stitch 9 …… Sending conveyor 91 …… Roller, 92 …… Exit section 93 …… Stopper, 10 …… Printing device 11 …… Product transporting conveyor 12 …… Pushing device , 13 …… Feeding device 14 …… Box packing stand.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A container storage unit for storing a tray pack for packing a box and a cardboard box is provided at a predetermined position above a fruit storing means for storing the fruits sorted and discharged from the sorting device,
On the outside of the fruit storing means, a cardboard box holding an empty tray pack grasped from the container storing part is supported at a predetermined height, and to the tray pack of the fruit taken out from the fruit storing means. When the boxing of is completed, a descending device is installed to lower the cardboard box containing the tray pack,
A delivery conveyor that conveys the lowered cardboard box containing tray packs below the fruit accommodating means and sends it out to a product conveyance conveyor that is arranged between the descending device and the sorting device and substantially parallel to the sorting device. A fruit box packing and feeding device characterized by being provided.