JP3404684B2 - Long box packing equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a long object boxing device used for mechanically boxing long objects such as cucumber, carrot, potato, and eggplant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for packing cucumbers as in the above-mentioned example, for example, an appropriate number of each cucumber is arranged in a horizontal row on a mounting portion such as an alignment conveyor or an alignment tray. After that, there is a method in which an appropriate number of each cucumber is adsorbed and held by each adsorption pad connected to a suction blower or a vacuum pump, and then packed in a corrugated cardboard box.

[0003]

However, when an appropriate number of cucumbers are lined up and packed in a box as described above, the cucumber on the open field has a large bend, and when an appropriate number of the cucumbers are aligned in a horizontal line, Only cucumbers with a large bend that are deformed in a V shape are sideways, and the directions of each cucumber are uneven, so only the cucumbers with a large bend contact the flaps of the cardboard box when packing and Since the cucumbers squeeze out more than the flaps, it is difficult to mechanically pack an appropriate number of each cucumber in a regular-sized cardboard box. In addition, when the cucumber of the open-air cucumber is packed in a box, it is necessary for the operator to correct the direction of the cucumber having a large bend, and there is a problem that the cucumber box packing work takes time and time.

In view of the above problems, the present invention lowers the front and rear portions of the long object support members facing the front and rear end portions of the long objects placed in parallel, respectively, so that each of the long object support members at the central portion thereof. By supporting long objects at a certain height, the direction of each long object with a large bend can be aligned in one direction, and the work of aligning and packing the long objects can be done mechanically, improving work efficiency. An object of the present invention is to provide a long object boxing device that can be designed.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
A long object support is provided on which the appropriate number of the long objects are placed in parallel in the longitudinal direction, and the front and rear portions of the long object support facing the front and rear end portions of the long objects are defined as the long objects. It is characterized in that it is a long object boxing device provided with a support moving means for moving an ascending position for supporting an object in a horizontal position and a descending position at a proper distance from each elongated object.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the structure of the first aspect, the long object support is separated by an interval for placing the appropriate number of the long objects in parallel in the longitudinal direction. Roller elevating means configured by each supporting roller mounted on the shaft, and moving the supporting member movable means to a position facing the front and rear ends of each elongated object, and lifting and lowering each supporting roller to a raised position and a lowered position. It is characterized in that it is a long object box packing device constituted by.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the structure of the first aspect, the long object support is stretched to a size such that the appropriate number of the long objects are placed in parallel in the longitudinal direction. A long object constituted by a supporting belt, and the supporting member moving means constituted by a belt oscillating means for vertically oscillating the feed-side starting end portion and the feed-side terminating end portion of the supporting belt between an ascending position and a descending position. It is a box packing device.

[0008]

In the long object packing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, an appropriate number of the long objects are placed in parallel on the long object support, and then the support moving means is driven to move the long objects. By lowering the front and rear parts of the long object support facing the front and rear ends of the object and supporting each long object at a constant height at the center of the long object support, the center of the long object support With the section as a fulcrum, the front and rear ends of a large curved object placed on the same long object support body are inverted downwards,
Since the orientations of the long objects are aligned in one direction, the packing work by the packing means can be easily performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, the long object boxing device places a suitable number of the long objects in parallel on each supporting roller, and then, roller elevating means. 2. By driving, each supporting roller at a position facing the front and rear end portions of each long object is lowered, and each long object is supported at a constant height by the supporting roller at the central portion, Similarly, with the support roller at the center as a fulcrum, the front and rear ends of a long object with a large bending placed on the support roller are inverted downward,
The orientation of each long object can be aligned.

In the long object boxing device according to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, the belt swinging means is provided after placing an appropriate number of the long items in parallel on the support belt. To lower the feed-side start end and feed-side rear end of the support belt facing the front and rear ends of each long object, and to support each long object at a constant height on the center surface of the support belt. Therefore, claim 1
Similarly to the description, with the center surface of the support belt as a fulcrum, the front and rear ends of a large curved object placed on the support belt may be inverted downward to align the directions of the long objects. it can.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the front and rear parts of the long object support facing the front and rear ends of the long objects placed in parallel are lowered, and only the central part of the same long object support is lowered. By supporting each long object at a constant height, with the long object support as a fulcrum, for example, the front and rear ends of a large object with a large bend deformed into a V-shape are inverted downwards. The direction of the objects can be aligned to one side. Moreover, since the proper number of the long objects are aligned in the same state while being supported at a constant height, for example, the placement posture and the placement position are more stable than when the central portion of each long object is lifted and aligned. Therefore, it is possible to surely pack a suitable number of the long objects placed in parallel by the box packing means.

Further, unlike the conventional example, it is possible to save the labor and work of aligning the orientations of the long objects such as cucumbers and eggplants arranged in parallel by the hands of the operator, and to arrange and box the long objects. Work can be done mechanically, and work efficiency can be improved.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows, as an example of a long product, the cucumber cartoning device of the first embodiment which is used for the work of packing a large number of each cucumbers sorted according to their ranks. In FIG. 1, the cucumber cartoning device 1 shown in FIG. For example, a suitable number of eight, nine, ten, etc. juxtaposed feed conveyors 2, ...
... are sequentially transferred, and an appropriate number (for example, 9) of each cucumber K ... which are conveyed by each of the feeding conveyors 2 are once aligned in a horizontal row and are sequentially arranged at the alignment position set at the end of the feeding side. Transport. After driving the cucumber arranging machine 3 arranged at the same alignment position and arranging an appropriate number of each cucumber K ... in the front and rear two rows, the cucumber cartoning machine 4 arranged at the boxing position on the side of the same position is driven. Then, the two cucumbers in the front and rear rows are adsorbed and held, and moved to the boxing position. At the same time, the cardboard box B supplied from the box making process (not shown) is lifted to the boxing position by the box elevator 5 and each flap Ba ... of the cardboard box B is opened and held by the box opening machine 6 to pack the cucumber box described above. An appropriate number of each cucumber K ... Adsorbed and held by the machine 4 is packed in a corrugated cardboard box B.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each of the above-mentioned feeding conveyors 2 ... Has a conveyor width in which one cucumber K is placed in the longitudinal direction, and each conveyor 2a, 2b, 2c is formed.
Are arranged in series in close proximity to the front and rear intervals as appropriate, and for example, 10 guides are provided on the conveying surface of each of the feeding conveyors 2 at intervals such that one cucumber K is placed in the longitudinal direction. Board 2d ...
Is installed in the feed direction, and each conveyor 2a, 2b, 2c is rotated in the feed direction by the driving force of a motor (not shown) with a speed reducer, and each cucumber placed on each conveyor 2a, 2b, 2c. .. are arranged in the longitudinal direction and conveyed, and each conveyor 2 constituting each feed conveyor 2 ... Based on a detection signal output from each photoelectric sensor S1.
Rotate or stop a, 2b, 2c.

.. and conveyors 2b
, And stoppers 7 formed to come into contact with the cucumbers K transported by the conveyors 2a are provided so as to be retractable, and the retracting cylinders 8 arranged at the lower part of the same position.
.. are connected to the respective stoppers 7 ..., and the retracting cylinders 8 ... Are operated based on the detection signals output from the photoelectric sensors S1 on the respective conveyors 2b. Each of the stoppers 7 is moved up and down to a projecting position where it comes into contact with each cucumber K.

Each conveyor 2b ... And each conveyor 2c
Between each of the cylinders 1 and 2, the stoppers 9 formed to come in contact with the cucumbers K conveyed by the conveyors 2b are provided so as to be retractable, and the retracting cylinders 1 disposed at the lower part of the same position.
0 ... is connected to each stopper 9 ...
Each reflection type photoelectric sensor S1 is disposed so as to face the upper peripheral surface of each cucumber K that is stopped immediately before. That is, based on the detection signals output from the photoelectric sensors S2 on the respective conveyors 2c, which will be described later, the respective retracting cylinders 10 are operated, and the cucumbers K transported by the respective conveyors 2b.
The stoppers 9 are moved up and down to a projecting position where they come into contact with the ...

Further, a stopper 11 having a size that comes into contact with all the cucumbers K carried by each conveyor 2c is provided at the terminal end of each conveyor 2c ... The protruding / withdrawing cylinder 12 is connected to the stopper 12, and the reflection type photoelectric sensors S2 are arranged so as to face the upper peripheral surface of each cucumber K ... Stopped immediately before the stopper 12. That is, the protruding / retracting cylinder 12 is operated based on the detection signals output from the photoelectric sensors S3 and S4, which will be described later, and the protruding positions that come into contact with the cucumbers K transported by the conveyors 2c ...
The stopper 11 is moved up and down to the retracted position where contact with the stopper is avoided.

The cucumber arranging machine 3 described above is a support which is formed in such a size that nine cucumbers K ... are arranged in two rows in the front and rear, in the vicinity of the end of the feeding side of each of the above-mentioned feeding conveyors 2. Frame 1
The left and right frame portions 13 that erected 3 and form the support frame 13
A large number of support rollers 14 are mounted between a and 13a at appropriate intervals in the front-rear direction, and each support roller 14 is rotated in the feed direction by the driving force of a motor with a reducer (not shown). The support rollers 14 that are mounted on the front row side of the aligned positions and the support rollers 1 that are mounted on the rear row side of the nine cucumber K ...
4 ... and reprinted respectively. As shown in FIG. 6, by forming the outer peripheral surfaces of the support rollers 14 on which the cucumbers K ... are placed in a drum shape, the alignments facing the suction pads 59 of the cucumber cartoning machine 4 described later. Each cucumber K ... can be aligned in position.

At the intermediate position between the front row side support rollers 14 and the rear row side support rollers 14 ... Nine cucumbers K transferred on the respective support rollers 14 ... A stopper 15 formed in a contacting size is provided so as to be retractable, and a retracting cylinder 16 disposed at the lower portion of the same position is connected to the stopper 15, and based on a detection signal output from each photoelectric sensor S3, S4 described later. Each cucumber K ... that is transferred to each support roller 14 by operating the retracting cylinder 16
The stopper 15 is moved up and down to a projecting position where it comes into contact with and a retracted position where contact with each cucumber K ... Is avoided. In addition, on the central frame portion 13b forming the support frame 13, the aligning plate 17 is fixed so as to face the respective cucumbers K transferred on the rear row side supporting rollers 14 ... And the supporting rollers 14 ... The cucumbers K transferred on the top are brought into contact with the aligning plate 17 and aligned in a horizontal row, and the cucumbers K transferred on the front side support rollers 14 are brought into contact with the stoppers 15 to move sideways. Align them in a line.

Since the front row side support rollers 14 and the rear row side support rollers 14 have the same structure, the structure of any one of the support rollers 14 will be described with reference to the drawings. . That is, the left and right frame portions 13a, 13a
Each support roller 14 for supporting the central part of each cucumber K ...
Elevating frame 1 in which 14 are mounted in parallel and arranged in the lower part of the same position
Support rollers 14, 14 for supporting the front and rear end portions of each cucumber K are mounted on the front and rear portions of the upper surface of 8 in parallel, and a lifting cylinder 19 disposed at the lower portion of the same position is mounted on the lower surface of the lifting frame 18. And the vertical movement of the lifting cylinder 19 based on the detection signals output from the photoelectric sensors S3 and S4, which will be described later, so that the supporting rollers 14 and 14 mounted horizontally between the frame portions 13a and 13a become horizontal. Ascending position and each support roller 1
The supporting rollers 14 and 14 at the front and rear ends are stopped from moving up and down to the descending position where they are descended below 4.

Further, one side peripheral surface of the cucumber K transferred to the support rollers 14 on the front row side and the support rollers 14 on the rear row side.
Each of the reflection type photoelectric sensors S3 and S4 is arranged so as to face the one side peripheral surface of the cucumber K transferred to ..., and based on the detection signals output from the photoelectric sensors S3 and S4, Front row side support rollers 14 and rear row side support rollers 14 ...
Rotate or stop.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cucumber cartoning machine 4 described above has a space between the support roller 14 of the cucumber aligning machine, which is located above the alignment position and above the cartoning position which is set on the side of the same position. Each of the guide rails 49, 49 is erected, and the moving cylinder 50 disposed above the boxing position is attached to each guide rail 4
It is connected to the moving frame 51 mounted between the 9 and 49, and the entire moving frame 51 is horizontally moved above the alignment position and above the packing position by the operation of the moving cylinder 50. In addition, the lifting cylinder 52 disposed above the moving frame 51 is connected to the upper surface side of the lifting frame 53, and the lifting cylinder 53 is actuated to vertically move the lifting frame 53 at the alignment position and the boxing position. Move up and down.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the elevating frame 53 described above has guide rails 54, 54 installed on both sides of the frame.
The movable bases 55, 55 are attached to the upper and lower end portions so as to be slidable back and forth, and nine movable plates 57 are slid sideways on the guide rails 56, 56 installed between the movable bases 55, 55. Each support tube 58 movably attached to each movable plate 57 ...
Each suction pad 59 is attached to the lower end of the.

Further, the advancing / retreating cylinders 60, 60 attached to both end portions of the elevating frame 53 are provided with movable tables 55, 5 on the rear end side.
5 is connected to the advancing / retreating cylinders 60, 60 by the operation of the advancing / retreating cylinders 60, and the separating position for adsorbing and holding the cucumber K ... aligned on the supporting rollers 14 of the cucumber aligning machine described above by the adsorbing pads 59. The movable bases 55, 55 are moved back and forth to the gathering position where the cucumbers K in the front and rear rows sucked and held by the suction pads 59 are partially overlapped with each other. and,
Each expansion / reduction cylinder 61 attached to each movable base 55, 55,
61 is connected to the movable plates 57 on both sides, and the expansion / contraction cylinders 61, 61 are operated to support the support rollers 14
Each of the cucumber K placed on top of the cucumber K is attracted and held by each suction pad 59, and each cucumber K that is attracted and held by each suction pad 59 is gathered in a box. The movable plates 57 ... Are moved left and right.

That is, when conveyance of each support roller 14 is stopped at the aligned position, each suction pad 59 is brought into close contact with each cucumber K placed on each support roller 14 and each suction pad 59 is contacted. 18 of each cucumber K are adsorbed and held by a negative pressure by an appropriate suction means (not shown) such as a suction blower or a vacuum pump connected to. On the other hand, each suction pad 59 ...
When each of the 18 cucumbers K ... adsorbed and held in 1. is stored in the corrugated cardboard box B, the negative pressure is shut off or stopped to release the adsorption and retention of each cucumber K.

In the box elevator 5 described above, the nut portion 63 is fixed to the center of the lower portion of the elevator table 62 arranged below the box packing position,
The nut 63 is mounted on the screw shaft 64 that is vertically bearing in the lower part of the same position.
Is screwed, and the screw shaft 64 is normally and reversely rotated through the respective sprockets 66 and 67 and the drive chain 68 by the driving force of the lifting / lowering motor 65 with a reduction gear arranged on one side of the lower portion.
The elevating table 62 is vertically moved up and down to a descending position, which is horizontal to the carry-in conveyor 71 and the carry-out conveyor 72, which will be described later, and an ascending position for supplying the cardboard box B assembled in the top open form to the packing position.

The above-mentioned box opening machine 6 axially supports the open plates 69 ... In the front and rear and left and right of the box packing position so that the open plates can be opened and closed, and the shaft ends of the open plates 69 ... Bevel gear mechanism (not shown). Power is transmitted via the open / close cylinder 70 and the open / close cylinder 70 arranged on the side of the same position is connected to the shaft end of the open plate 69, and the open / close cylinder 70 is operated to supply the open / close cylinder 70 to the boxing position. Further, the open plates 69 are opened and closed in an interlocking manner with the closed position facing the flaps Ba of the cardboard box B and the open position for opening the flaps Ba of the cardboard box B at an appropriate angle. In addition, a carry-in conveyor 71 for transporting an empty cardboard box B supplied from a box making process (not shown) is provided on the carry-in side below the box packing position, and a box is packed on the carry-out side below the same position. In the step (not shown), a carry-out conveyor 72 for carrying the boxed cardboard boxes B is provided. In addition, in the above-mentioned cardboard box B, for example, a packaging bag P made of synthetic resin or paper is laid with the opening facing upward, and the input port Pa of the packaging bag P is double-folded or single-folded to form a cardboard box. Each flap Ba of B is covered.

FIG. 7 shows a control block diagram of the cucumber box packing device 1, in which the CPU 20 controls the photoelectric sensors S1, S2, S3,
S4 and each conveyor 2a, 2b, 2 of the conveyor 2 for feeding
c, the protruding / retracting cylinders 8, 10, 12, 16 and the supporting rollers 14 ...
Control according to the program stored in. RAM22
Is the detection data output from each photoelectric sensor S1, S2, S3, S4, and each cylinder 8, 10, 12, 16, 2.
The operation data of 0 is stored in association with each other.

The CPU 20 uses the detection signals output from the photoelectric sensors S1 and S2 to detect the conveyors 2b and 2b.
The presence or absence of cucumber K conveyed on c is determined, and the respective retracting cylinders 8, 10, 12 are operated in accordance with the determination. Further, based on the detection signals output from the photoelectric sensors S3 and S4, the presence or absence of the cucumber K transferred to the front row side support rollers 14 and the rear row side support rollers 14 is determined,
In response to the determination, the retractable cylinder 16 and the lifting cylinder 20 are operated.

That is, each feeding conveyor 2 is rotationally driven until the cucumber K is transferred onto each conveyor 2c, and the retracting cylinder 12 is projected based on the detection signal output from each photoelectric sensor S2. It operates and the stopper 11 is projected on the conveyance surface. In addition, the retracting cylinders 8 and 10 corresponding to the detection are retracted, and the stoppers 7 and 9 are retracted below the conveying surface. When the cucumber K is conveyed onto each conveyor 2c ..., it stops, each projection / retraction cylinder 10 ... projects based on the detection signal output from each photoelectric sensor S2 ..., each stopper 9 ... Stop cucumber K ... Moreover, when the cucumber K is conveyed onto each of the conveyors 2b ..., the cucumber K is stopped, the protrusion / removal cylinders 8 ... are actuated based on the detection signals output from the photoelectric sensors S1. Stop each cucumber K.

Next, nine cucumbers K ... are provided on each conveyor 2
c ... When rotated, the cylinders 12 for retracting are moved in and out based on the detection signal output from each photoelectric sensor S2 ..., and the cucumbers K ... for 9 bottles stopped immediately before the stopper 11 are in the front row. Side supporting rollers 14 ... And rear row side supporting rollers 14 ... And each photoelectric sensor S
3, the retracting cylinder 16 is retracted based on the detection signals output from S4, and the rear row supporting rollers 14 ...
Until each of the nine cucumbers K ... is transferred to the stopper 15
Is immersed under the transport surface.

Next, when the nine cucumbers K ... are transferred to the support rollers 14 on the rear row side, the retracting cylinder 16 is actuated based on the detection signal output from the photoelectric sensor S3. Immediately before the stopper 15, each cucumber K in the next row is stopped. Nine cucumbers K for each support roller 14 on the front row side
.. is transferred, the retracting cylinder 12 is caused to project based on the detection signal output from the photoelectric sensor S4, and each cucumber K in the next row is stopped immediately before the stopper 11. and,
The raising / lowering cylinder 20 is lowered to lower the front and rear two supporting rollers 14 mounted on the front row side and the rear row side, respectively.

Assuming that the illustrated embodiment is configured as described above, the arrangement operation and the packing operation of the cucumber K by the cucumber packing apparatus 1 will be described below. First, as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a large number of each cucumber K ... Sorted by equal rank are sequentially transferred to each conveyor 2a ... Each of the conveyors 2a, 2b, 2c constituting the conveyor 2 ... Is rotated in the feed direction, and a large number of each cucumber K.

Further, based on the detection by the photoelectric sensors S2 ...
The cucumber K at the head conveyed by a and the conveyors 2b is stopped by the stopper 11. Immediately after the conveyance of each cucumber K ... Stopped on each conveyor c ..., the retracting cylinders 10 ... are projected based on the detection by each photoelectric sensor S2 ... And each succeeding cucumber K conveyed by each conveyor 2b.
Is stopped by each stopper 9. Immediately after stopping the transportation of each cucumber K ... on each conveyor 2b ..., each retracting cylinder 8 ... is projected based on the detection by each photoelectric sensor S1 ..., and each succeeding cucumber K transported by each conveyor 2a.
... is stopped by each stopper 7. In addition, each conveyor 2a
If there is an excess or deficiency in the number of cucumbers K placed on each of the conveyors 2b ..., the number of cucumbers K is corrected by the hand of a worker on standby.

Next, each conveyor 2b ... And each conveyor 2
After arranging the nine cucumbers K for C respectively, the retracting cylinder 12 is retracted based on the detection by the photoelectric sensors S1 and S2, and the stopper 11 is retracted below the conveying surface. 9 placed on each conveyor 2c ...
Each cucumber K ... for this line is collectively mounted on each support roller 14 ... Thereafter, the retracting cylinders 10 ... Are retracted, the stoppers 9 are retracted below the conveying surface, and the nine cucumbers K placed on the conveyors 2b ... All the support rollers 14 on the front row mounted on the shaft are collectively transferred.

At the same time, each support roller 14 ...
Immediately after transferring the respective cucumbers K ... for each line, based on the detection by the photoelectric sensor S3, the respective support rollers 14 on the rear row side are stopped from rotating and the retracting cylinder 16 is projected to operate, so that the respective support rollers on the front row side. The cucumbers K for 9 pieces transferred to 14 are stopped by the stopper 15. Immediately after transfer of the nine cucumbers K ... to the support rollers 14 on the front row side, the support rollers 14 on the front row side are stopped to rotate based on the detection by the photoelectric sensor S4, and the retracting cylinder 12 is projected. It operates and stops each cucumber K ... of the next row placed on each conveyor 2c ...
Stop at 1.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the lifting cylinders 20 and 20 of the cucumber aligning machine 3 are lowered to be vertically mounted on the front and rear portions of the lifting frames 18 and 2 respectively. The two support rollers 14, 14 are respectively lowered, and the two support rollers 14, which are mounted between the frame portions 13a, 13a of the support frame 13,
At 14, each cucumber K is supported at a certain height. For example,
When the large-curved cucumber K deformed into a V-shape is transferred onto each of the support rollers 14, ..., the front and rear ends of the large-curved cucumber K with the support rollers 14 and 14 mounted on the support frame 13 as fulcrums. The cucumbers K ... can be aligned in the same direction with the parts turned downward and supported at a certain height. As shown in FIG. 6, by transferring each cucumber K ... onto each support roller 14 formed in a drum shape, each cucumber K is placed at a position facing each suction pad 59 of the cucumber cartoning machine 4 described later. Cucumber K ... are lined up respectively.

Next, the cucumber cartoning machine 4 is driven to drive the front row side support rollers 14 and the rear row side support rollers 14.
Each of the 18 cucumbers K ... placed on the suction pad 59 ...
The two cucumbers K in the front and rear rows, which are suction-held by the suction pads 59 and held by the suction pads 59, are assembled and moved to the boxing position. At the same time, the box elevator 5 is driven to transfer the empty cardboard box B supplied from the previous box making step (not shown) to the elevator 62 via the carry-in conveyor 71, and the elevator 62 is moved. Ascending vertically and supplying an empty cardboard box B to the packing position. At the same time, the box opening machine 6 is driven to open the flaps Ba of the corrugated cardboard box B placed on the elevating table 62 and the loading port Pa of the packaging bag P in all directions, and the suction pads 59 ... Each cucumber K that has been adsorbed and held ...
The boxing work of… is completed.

Similarly, the support rollers 14 on the front row side ...
And each cucumber K placed on each supporting roller 14 on the rear row side
Are sucked and held by the respective suction pads 59 and sequentially packed in the corrugated cardboard box B. After packing a certain number of cucumber K in a box,
Vertically descending the lifting platform 62, and the boxed cardboard box B
Is transported to the box-sealing step (not shown) via the unloading conveyor 72.

As described above, the front row side support rollers 14 and the rear row side support rollers 1 constituting the cucumber aligning machine 3 are constituted.
After transferring the nine cucumber K ... to 4 ... respectively, the lifting cylinders 20 and 20 are lowered, and the support rollers 14 and 14 mounted on the lifting frame 18 are vertically lowered and supported. Frame 13
Nine cucumbers K supported by the support rollers 14 mounted on the ...
Since the cucumbers are supported at a constant height, the front and rear ends of the large cucumber K deformed in a V-shape and having a large bend can be inverted downward with the supporting rollers 14 and 14 as fulcrums, and the directions of the cucumbers K can be aligned. it can. Moreover, since the nine cucumbers K ... are aligned in the same direction while being supported at a constant height, for example, the mounting posture and the mounting position are higher than when the central portion of each cucumber K ... is lifted and aligned. It is stable, and each of the 18 cucumbers K ... can be surely adsorbed and held by each suction pad 59 of the cucumber boxing machine 4, and the cucumber K boxing work can be performed easily.

Moreover, each cucumber K arranged in parallel as in the conventional example.
It is possible to save the trouble and work of aligning the orientations of ... with the hand of the operator, and mechanically perform the work of aligning the cucumber K and the packing of the cucumber K, thereby improving the work efficiency.

FIG. 8 shows the supporting belt 2 for each of the nine cucumbers K ...
3 shows the cucumber arranging machine 3 of the second embodiment in which the front and rear ends of the support belt 23 are lowered to align the directions of the cucumbers K ... with large bends. The pulleys 24 are mounted between the frame portions 13a, 13a of the shaft 13, and the pulleys 24 are mounted on the front and rear portions of the elevating frame 18 on the upper surface side.
A support belt 23 is stretched between the respective pulleys 24 ... Forming a conveyance width in which nine cucumbers K ... are placed in parallel.
In other words, after the nine cucumbers K ... supplied from the respective feeding conveyors 2 ... Are transferred in parallel on the support belt 23,
The raising / lowering cylinder 20 is lowered to vertically lower the pulleys 24, 24 mounted on the raising / lowering frame 18, respectively.
By lowering the feed side start end and the feed side end of the support belt 23 stretched over the support belts 4 and 24, the central surface of the support belt 23 is fixed at a fixed position by the pulleys 24 and 24 mounted on the support frame 13. Since the center of the support belt 23 is used as a fulcrum, the front and rear ends of the large-curved cucumber K are inverted downward, and the directions of the cucumbers K ... Can be aligned in one direction. Similar to the first embodiment, the directions of the cucumbers K ... having large bends can be aligned, and the nine cucumbers K ... Mounted on the support belt 23 can be put into the cucumber boxing machine 4.
Each suction pad 59 can be surely sucked and held, and the cucumber K can be easily boxed.

It should be noted that a large number of projections or depressions are formed on the entire length of the support belt 23 on the conveying surface, and each cucumber K ... supplied from each feeding conveyor 2 ... Is transferred to the depressions or projections of the support belt 23. By mounting, it can be aligned at a position facing each suction pad 59 of the cucumber boxing machine 4 described later.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the long object boxing device of the present invention corresponds to the cucumber box packing device 1 of the embodiment, and hereinafter, similarly, the long item is cucumber K. The box body corresponds to the corrugated cardboard box B, the box packing means corresponds to the cucumber box packing machine 4 and the suction pad 59, and the long object support includes the support rollers 14 ... And the support belt 23.
Corresponding to, the support movable means corresponds to the lifting frame 18 of the cucumber aligning machine 3 and the lifting cylinder 19, and the roller lifting means corresponds to the lifting frame 18 of the cucumber aligning machine 3 and the lifting cylinder 1.
9, the belt swinging means corresponds to the elevating frame 18 of the cucumber aligning machine 3, the elevating cylinder 19, and the pulleys 24 ..., However, the present invention is limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment. It is not limited.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a cucumber packaging operation by the cucumber packaging apparatus of the first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an arranging operation of cucumbers by a feeding conveyor.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an arrangement operation of cucumbers by a support roller.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the cucumber adsorption operation by the cucumber boxing machine.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a cucumber adsorption operation by a cucumber boxing machine.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing an arrangement state of cucumbers by a drum-shaped support roller.

FIG. 7 is a control block diagram of the cucumber cartoning device.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing an arrangement operation of cucumbers by the support belt of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols] B ... Cardboard box K ... cucumber 1. Cucumber box packing device 2 ... Feeding conveyor 3 ... Cucumber alignment machine 4 ... Cucumber cartoning machine 5 ... Box elevator 6 ... Box opening machine 13 ... Support frame 14 ... Support roller 15 ... Stopper 16… Collision cylinder 17 ... Alignment plate 18 ... Lifting frame 19 ... Lifting cylinder 23 ... Support belt 24 ... Pulley 59 ... Suction pad

Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-6-40567 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65B 25/04 B65B 35/38 B65B 35/56

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A long object boxing device for holding a suitable number of the long objects in parallel in the longitudinal direction, and then holding the long objects by a boxing means and packing them in the box body. A long object support for placing each long object in parallel in the longitudinal direction is provided, and the front and rear parts of the long object support facing the front and rear end portions of each of the long objects are horizontally A long object boxing device provided with a support movable means that is movable to an ascending position that supports the posture and a descending position that is appropriately spaced from each of the long objects. 2. The long object support is constituted by respective support rollers having the appropriate number of the long objects mounted at intervals so as to be placed in parallel in the longitudinal direction, and the support moving means is provided. 2. The long object boxing device according to claim 1, wherein each of the support rollers axially mounted at a position facing the front and rear end portions of each of the long objects is constituted by roller elevating means for elevating and descending to an ascending position and a descending position. 3. The long object support is constituted by a support belt stretched to a size such that the appropriate number of long objects are placed in parallel in the longitudinal direction, and the support moving means is provided with the support. 2. The long object boxing device according to claim 1, wherein the feeding-side starting end portion and the feeding-side end portion of the belt are constituted by belt swinging means for vertically swinging between a rising position and a descending position.