The present invention relates to an automatic insertion device for mount-equipped shrink film package, which inserts a sales commodity into a mount-equipped shrink film package for displaying the sales commodity in a hanging state in a shop, and a method for automatically inserting a sales commodity into a mount-equipped shrink film package.
The commodity goods are individually dressed and displayed on the display fixture in the store. A wide variety of products that offer the same use and the similar function are arrayed and sold at the same sales spot. The manufacturers and supplier devise a package dress and display to be easy to catch the customers' eyes. One of the devices is a hanging display method. A hanging display method is a display method using a shrink film package with a mount, and is becoming popular as a packaging form in which various kinds of household small goods such as cosmetics and stationery can be displayed for catching the customers' eyes in a small space.
A mount-equipped shrink film package is made of a mount such as a cardboard having a hole to be hanged from a hook, and a cylindrical shrink film which is stuck on the surface of the mount and is long in hanging direction for packaging the product container. Since the packaged goods are hanged from the hook on the front face of the display shelf and the packaged goods are supported on the front side of the mount, the packaged goods are displayed as if pop-up from the mount and face the customers' eyes, so that this hanging display method is excellent in eye catching.
There are some problems of the prior hanging display method in inserting goods into a mount-equipped shrink film package.
As the first prior art for automatic insertion of a sales commodity into a mount-equipped shrink film package, a method disclosed in JP 2012-188127 (Prior art 1) is known.
In
As the second prior art for automatic insertion of a sales commodity into a mount-equipped shrink film package, a method disclosed in JP 2015-101406 (Prior art 2) is known.
Prior art 1: JP 2012-188127
Prior art 2: JP 2015-101406
As described above, a hanging display method using the mount-equipped shrink film package is an excellent method for displaying merchandise and is becoming popular as a preferable packaging form.
However, there is a problem to be solved in the prior hanging display method using the mount-equipped shrink film package.
The first problem is that it is difficult to load and insert a goods into a mount-equipped shrink film package physically, and the quality of the state of the goods in the mount-equipped shrink film package inserted by a prior automatic insertion apparatus is insufficient. The inner diameter of an employed shrink film should have a margin slightly larger than the outer diameter of the goods to be inserted, insertion becomes difficult.
Since the shrink film before heat shrinkage is a soft and easily deformable thin film, the shrink film must be kept in a substantially similar shape. For example, the shrink film must be kept in a cylindrical shape when the goods to be inserted have a columnar shape. The shrink film may be bent or broken by being caught or colliding with a part of the edge of the goods, and the inserted state becomes defective.
The second problem is that the state of a shrink film after heat shrinkage is deteriorated, not beautiful, and wrinkles or twist may occur on the shrink film.
As described above, in the prior art, it is necessary to employ a shrink film whose inner diameter is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the goods to be inserted to secure a certain margin. Therefore, the shrinkage ratio of the shrink film become large when applying heat to shrink the shrink film. The surplus film may form a stripe shape as wrinkle or twist remaining on a surface of the wrapped goods. If such wrinkle or twist becomes large visibly, the appearance of the suspended display using the mount equipped shrink film package is deteriorated.
It is an object of the present invention in view of the above problems to provide an automatic insertion device for automatically inserting goods to be inserted to a mount equipped shrink film package correctly without causing bending or generating wrinkle. The automatic insertion device of the present invention can employ a shrink film whose inner diameter is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the goods to be inserted to secure a certain margin.
To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention of an automatic insertion device comprises the following configuration. The following configuration can be adopted in any combination as far as possible. Further, the technical features of the present invention are not limited to those described below, and it is to be understood that the technical features are recognized based on the concept of the invention which can be understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the specification and drawings or the description thereof.
An automatic insertion device of the prevent invention for inserting goods into a mount equipped shrink film package in which an inner diameter of a shrink film is larger than an outer diameter of the goods comprises a mounting device arranging the goods and the mount equipped shrink film package in series along the inserting direction; an insertion guide body including a head part whose outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the shrink film, and one or plural air blowing ports or air blowing grooves for blowing air to outer direction from the surface of the insertion guide body; a slider device for sliding either or both the insertion guide body and the mount equipped shrink film package where the insertion guide body and mount equipped shrink film package are arranged in series, the insertion guide body is located on the opposite side of the goods in between the mount equipped shrink film package; wherein an inserting preparation operation is executed, in which the insertion guide body is inserted into the shrink film with blowing air for bulging the shrink film figure on the mount equipped shrink film package until facing the goods, wherein an inserting operation is executed, in which the insertion guide body with the goods or the mount equipped shrink film package are relatively moved to each other for inserting the goods into the mount equipped shrink film package at the predetermined position.
As the relative motion in the inserting operation, the first pattern is the way that the mount equipped shrink film package is fixed, and the insertion guide body with the goods are moved to the mount equipped shrink film package.
As the relative motion in the inserting operation, the second pattern is the way that the insertion guide body with the goods are fixed, the mount equipped shrink film package is moved to the insertion guide body with the goods.
According to the above configuration, the insertion guide body can provide air blown out from an air blowing port. When at least a part of the insertion guide body is put into the inner of the shrink film tube, the blown air covers the outer surface of the side surface of the insertion guide body as if the insertion guide body dresses air cloth. As a result, the shrink film tube is held in a substantially cylindrical shape by the air pressure, and the goods to be inserted can be easily pulled in.
Even at an opening end where the bending or twist is likely to occur, the opening end of the shrink film tube is tightly held in a substantially cylindrical shape by the blown air. In particular, when the goods to be inserted are pulled or pushed together with the insertion guide body and approaches the opening end, the flowing air can flows through only a narrow gap between opening of the shrink film and the approaching edge of the goods, so the state of the opening end of the shrink film tube is more firmly held and maintained in a substantially cylindrical shape.
In the above configuration, it is preferable that the insertion guide body includes a goods suction part on the front edge of its head part, which goods suction part can suction the goods. In the inserting preparation operation, the goods suction part once goes through the shrink film of the mount equipped shrink film package and attaches the goods facing the mount equipped shrink film package and suctions the goods. In the inserting operation, the goods suction part returns to the mount equipped shrink film package with suctioning and pulling the goods as one continuous body.
It is preferable that the goods suction part includes an air suction mechanism. In the inserting operation, the air suction mechanism is activated when the goods is moved to the predetermined position and deactivated when the goods is moved to the predetermined position to release the goods on the predetermined position.
It is preferable that the distance between the shrink film of the mount equipped shrink film package and the goods arranged in series on the mounting device is narrower than the length of the head part of the insertion guide body. This is because it is desirable that at least the rear end of the head part of the insertion guide body remains inside of the shrink film, and not to go through the shrink film when contacting the front edge of the insertion guide body to the goods.
According to the above configuration, when the front edge of the insertion guide body goes through the shrink film and contact with the goods, at least the part of the insertion guide body remains in the shrink film tube, not go through the shrink film. Therefore, the shrink film can keep on bulging in a round shape without bending or generating wrinkle by the flow of air, and the insertion guide body can move smoothly in the shrink film.
It is preferable that the slider device includes a pushing means for pushing the goods into the shrink film of the mount equipped shrink film package. In the inserting operation, the insertion guide body is moved by the pushing means of the slider device, wherein the goods is moved together with the insertion guide body to the shrink film of the mount equipped shrink film package, wherein both motion is synchronized for pushing the goods up to the predetermined position of the shrink film of the mount equipped shrink film package.
According to the above configuration, the insertion guide body can bulge the shrink film in the inserting preparation operation, and the goods can be inserted into the shrink film tube by the pushing means, which moves in synchronization with the motion of the insertion guide body.
The relation of the outer diameter of the insertion guide body, the outer diameter of the goods and the inner diameter of the shrink film are described below.
The outer diameter of the insertion guide body is smaller than the inner diameter of the shrink film tube. For example, the outer diameter of the insertion guide body may be several millimeters smaller than the inner diameter of the shrink film tube. The outer diameter of the insertion guide body can be suitable if the shrink film tube can be bulged by the air blowing from the insertion guide body according to the air blowing pressure from the outer surface of the air blowing port.
It is preferable that the outer diameter of the insertion guide body decreases toward the head.
If the insertion guide body has such an outer configuration, the insertion guide body can easily go into the shrink film tube from its head in the sliding motion of the insertion guide body in the inserting preparation operation.
If the insertion guide body includes the goods suction part on the front edge of its head part, it is preferable that the outer diameter of the goods suction part may be smaller than the inner diameter of the shrink film tube and also smaller than the outer diameter of the head part of the insertion guide body.
It is preferable that the shrink film suction part includes a lifting mechanism vertically moving up and down for accessing and contacting the shrink film from the upper direction, wherein the shrink film suction part suctions and lifts up the upper surface of the shrink film of the mount equipped shrink film package for opening an opening of the shrink film and keeping the opening open by air suction. Prior to an inserting preparation operation, the shrink film suction part descends toward the vicinity of the opening of the shrink film, then contacts with the shrink film around its opening by the lifting mechanism, suctions the opening of the shrink film, then rises and lifts up the opening of the shrink film for opening and keeping the opening of the shrink film.
If the shrink film suction part keeps on suctioning the shrink film for sustaining the opening, the insertion guide body can go into the shrink film tube easily in the sliding motion of the insertion guide body in the inserting preparation operation.
After starting the insertion guide body going into the shrink film via the opening of the shrink film, the shrink film suction part may release the shrink film by deactivating the air suction. The shrink film suction part can leave apart from the way of the motion of the insertion guide body and the goods.
An automatic insertion method of the present invention for inserting goods into a mount equipped shrink film package in which an inner diameter of a shrink film is larger than an outer diameter of the goods comprises: arranging the goods and the mount equipped shrink film package in series along the inserting direction; employing an insertion guide body including a head part which outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the shrink film, and at least more than one air blowing port or air blowing groove for blowing air to outer direction from the surface of the insertion guide body, and employing a slider device for sliding either or both the insertion guide body and the mount equipped shrink film package.
The automatic inserting method is operated by the following steps.
The insertion guide body and mount equipped shrink film package are arranged in series, and the insertion guide body is located on the opposite side of the goods in between the mount equipped shrink film package.
In the inserting preparation operation, the insertion guide body is inserted into the shrink film with blowing air for bulging the shrink film figure on the mount equipped shrink film package up to facing the goods.
In the inserting operation, the insertion guide body with the goods or the mount equipped shrink film package are relatively moved to each other for inserting the goods into the mount equipped shrink film package up to the predetermined position.
In the above method, the relative motion in the inserting operation may be such that the mount equipped shrink film package is fixed, and the insertion guide body with the goods are moved to the mount equipped shrink film package. Instead, the relative motion in the inserting operation may be such that the insertion guide body with the goods are fixed, the mount equipped shrink film package is moved to the insertion guide body with the goods.
According to the present invention, the automatic insertion device for mount equipped shrink film package can provide air blown out from an air blowing port of the insertion guide body. The blown air covers the outer surface of the side surface of the insertion guide body as if the insertion guide body dresses air cloth. When at least a part of the insertion guide body is put into the inner of the shrink film tube, the shrink film tube is held in a substantially cylindrical shape by the atmospheric pressure, and the goods to be inserted can be easily pulled in.
Even at an opening end where the bending or twist is likely to occur, the air blows out, so that the opening end of the shrink film tube is tightly held in a substantially cylindrical shape. In particular, when the goods to be inserted are pulled together with the insertion guide body and approaches the opening end, the flowing air can flows through only a gap between opening of the shrink film and the approaching edge of the goods, so the state of the opening end of the shrink film tube is more firmly held and maintained in a substantially cylindrical shape.
The insertion guide body, the mount equipped shrink film package and the goods to be inserted are relatively moved to each other, so that the goods can be easily inserted to the mount equipped shrink film package.
Some Embodiments of an automatic insertion device according to the present invention are described below with reference to the relevant drawing. Needless to add, the claims of the present invention include but are not limited to the application, configuration, or quantity shown in the following Embodiments.
As Embodiment 1, the first configuration of an automatic insertion device for a mount equipped shrink film package according to the present invention is described. A goods suction part is provided at the front portion of the head of the insertion guide body. In the relative movement of the inserting operation, the mount equipped shrink film package is fixed, and the goods to be inserted are pulled into the mount equipped shrink film package while the insertion guide body suctions the goods by the goods suction part.
As Embodiment 2, the second configuration of an automatic insertion device for a mount equipped shrink film package according to the present invention is described. A goods pushing part is provided at the front portion of the head of the insertion guide body. In the relative movement of the inserting operation, the mount equipped shrink film package is fixed, and the goods to be inserted are pushed into the mount equipped shrink film package while the insertion guide body pushes the goods by the goods pushing part.
As Embodiment 3, the third configuration of an automatic insertion device for a mount equipped shrink film package according to the present invention is described. In the relative movement of the inserting operation, the insertion guide body and the goods to be inserted are fixed together, and the mount equipped shrink film package is moved to the goods until the appropriate distance where the goods are inserted to the appropriate position.
As Embodiment 1, an automatic insertion device for a mount equipped shrink film package according to the present invention is described. A mount equipped shrink file package is fixed, and an insertion guide body and goods to be inserted are moved together along the inserting direction in the relative movement of the inserting operation. A goods suction part is provided at the front portion of the head of the insertion guide body. The goods to be inserted are pulled and moved following the insertion guide body by the goods suction part.
The automatic insertion device 100 for a mount equipped shrink film package according to Embodiment 1 is described.
The mount equipped shrink film package 200 includes mount 210 and a shrink film 220 attached to the mount 210. One of the conditions for the automatic insertion device 100 for automatic insertion is that the inner diameter of the shrink film 220 is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the goods to be inserted. If the inner diameter of the shrink film 220 is smaller than the outer diameter of the goods to be inserted, it is not applicable physically, and if the inner diameter of the shrink film 220 is enough larger than the outer diameter of the goods to be inserted, it may applicable but the shrink film wrapping result state become deteriorate after heat shrinkage process.
In the following description, the goods to be inserted have a substantially columnar shape.
Hereinafter, each component of the automatic insertion device 100 for the mount equipped shrink film package is described.
The mounting device 110 is a device in which the goods 300 to be inserted and the mount equipped shrink film package 200 are arranged in series along the inserting direction of the goods 300 to the mount equipped shrink film package 200. The configuration of the mounting device 110 may not be limited as long as the goods 300 and the mount equipped shrink film package 200 can be arranged in series. In the mounting device 110, a portion on which the goods 300 is placed and a portion on which the mount equipped shrink film packaging 200 is placed may be in an integral state or a separate state.
For example, the goods 300 are provided one after another as sequentially conveyed by a conveyance system such as a belt conveyor, and the mount equipped shrink film package 200 is also provided from a stacker one after another sequentially conveyed by a conveyance system such as a belt conveyor. As shown in
An interval between arrangement of the goods 300 and the mount equipped shrink film package 200 in the mounting device 110 is described. The interval between the goods 300 and the mount equipped shrink film package 200 in the mounting device 110 is set to be narrower than the length of the head part 121 of the insertion guide body 120 in the inserting direction. As described later, the insertion guide body 120 is inserted into the shrink film 220 and go through the inside of the shrink film tube to sure a state of the shrink film 220 is bulged up to the cylindrical shape with air pressure before operation of the goods inserting. After making this state the goods 300 is inserted to the shrink film 220 bulged up to the cylindrical shape with air pressure. Therefore, at the moment of contacting the front edge of the insertion guide body 120 to the goods 300, at least the rear end of the head part 121 of the insertion guide body 120 remains inside of the shrink film 220, not to go through the shrink film 220.
This condition is described later with reference to
Next, the insertion guide body 120 is described.
The insertion guide body 120 includes a head part 121, an air blowing port 122, a goods suction part 123, an air pump connection part 124, and a negative pressure pump connection part 125.
The head part 121 has a cylindrical outer shape. The outer diameter “r” of the head part 121 is substantially equal to or slightly smaller than an outer diameter “R” of the goods 300. That is, the head part 121 is previously inserted into the shrink film 220 of the mount equipped shrink film package 200 and the shrink film 220 is bulged up to a substantially cylindrical shape in advance so the goods 300 to be inserted can be easily inserted.
The air blowing port 122 is an air blowing part for blowing air from the inside of the head part 121 toward the outer surface, and at least one air blowing port 122 is provided on the side surface of the head part 121. An air pressure is appropriately applied to the air blowing port 122 to blow out air from the inside. The air blowing port 122 may be a hole or a groove-shaped (air blowing groove). In this example, an air blowing port 122 is described as a hole.
In this example, air is blown out through the air pump connection part 124 which is connected to the air pressure pump (not shown) for providing air pressure for air blowing to the air blowing port 122.
Next, air pump connection part 124 is a connection port with an air pump (not shown) for blowing air by applying a predetermined air pressure. It blows air to the air blowing port 122. The internal structure of the head part 121, which is a supply passage of air from the air pressure pump connection part 124 to the air blowing port 122, is not shown. Any configuration which can provide airtight space reaching the air blowing port 122 from the air pressure pump connection part 124 can be employed.
The amount of air blown out from the air blowing port 122 and the air injection speed may be adjusted according to the size of the shrink film 220 and the size of the goods 300.
Next, the goods suction part 123 is described.
The goods suction part 123 is a suction mechanism for goods 300 contacted at the front of the head part 121 for suctioning. A negative pressure for air suction is provided to the goods suction part 123 via a negative pressure pump connection part 125. In another configuration, a suction disk can be employed as long as the goods 300 can be securely suctioned.
In this Embodiment 1, the goods suction part 123 is suctioning means for sliding the goods 300 along the inserting direction in the sliding operation of the insertion guide body 120. The goods 300 are slid along the inserting direction by pulling the goods 300 together with the sliding movement of the insertion guide body 120 while suctioning the goods 300 by the object suction section 123.
It is preferable that the outer diameter of the goods suction part 123 is smaller than that of the head part 121 of the insertion guide body and smaller than the inner diameter of the shrink film 220. As shown in
Negative air pressure for air suction is provided to the goods suction part 123 via the negative pressure pump connection part 125.
The negative pressure pump connection part 125 is a connection port with an air pump (not shown) for suctioning air by applying predetermined negative air pressure, and suctions air from the goods suction part 123. The internal structure of the head part 121, which is a suction passage of air from the negative pressure pump connection part 125 to the goods suction part 123, is not shown. Any configuration that can provide airtight space reaching the air blowing port 122 from the air pressure pump connection part 124 can be employed.
The activation and the deactivation of the application of negative air pressure to the goods suction part 123 can be controlled by controlling the opening and closing of a connection with the negative pressure pump connection part 125, and as a result, air suction ON and OFF in the goods suction part 123 can be switched.
Next, the slider device 130 is described.
The slider device 130 is a device for sliding either or both the insertion guide body 120 and the mount equipped shrink film package 200. The slide motion is not limited as long as the insertion guide body 120 and the mount equipped shrink film package 200 are relatively moved. Either the insertion guide body 120 or the mount equipped shrink film package 200 may be moved. In this embodiment, the way in which the insertion guide body 120 slides is employed.
The insertion guide body 120 is pushed out from a rear end (left side in the figure) by the slider device 130, and the insertion guide body 120 is inserted into the shrink film 220 of the mount equipped shrink film package 200 from its head. The insertion guide body 120 is further slid and moved until the insertion guide body 120 reaches the goods 300. The same result can be obtained if the mount equipped shrink film package 200 slides and the position of the insertion guide body 120 is fixed, and the insertion guide body 120 accepts the mount equipped shrink film package 200.
This motion is executed in the inserting preparation operation described later.
In Embodiment 1, at the end of the inserting preparation operation, the goods suction part 123 contacts with the goods 300 and starts suctioning.
In this example, during the inserting operation, a slide motion of the insertion guide body 120 is executed by pulling the insertion guide body 120 back from the rear side. During the slide motion, negative air pressure is being applied to the goods suction part 123 via the negative pressure pump connection part 125. The goods suction part 123 slides and moves in the shrink film 220 while suctioning and pulling the goods 300. In this Embodiment 1, the slide motion of the insertion guide body 120 with the goods suction part 123 carrying the goods 300 in the shrink film 220 in this inserting operation.
When the goods 300 reaches a predetermined position in the shrink film 220, the negative air pressure applied to the object suction section 123 via the negative pressure pump connection section 125 is stopped. When the suction applied to the goods 300 is stopped, the goods 300 are released and stay at this position. This operation is executed as one of relative motion of the inserting operation to be described later.
The insertion guide body 120 further keeps on sliding back to an initial setting position consecutively. Of course, it is possible that the slider device 130 is temporarily stopped when the goods 300 reach a predetermined position in the shrink film 220. After ensuring the position of the goods 300 in a predetermined position, then the slider device 130 restarts the slide motion and slides back to an initial setting position.
Next, the shrink film suction part 140 is described.
The shrink film suction part 140 has an air suction part at its tip, and a negative pressure supply mechanism (not shown) for supplying negative air pressure to the air suction part 140. The switching ON/OFF of the air suction force at the tip of the shrink film suction part 140 can be controlled.
As shown in
When the insertion guide body 120 enters the opening of the shrink film 220, the shrink film suction part 140 stops air suction to release the shrink film 220.
Next, a flow of operation of the automatic insertion device 100 for the mount equipped shrink film package according to Embodiment 1 is described. In
The initial state is similar to that of
First, as shown in
Next, as shown in
Next, the inserting preparation operation starts.
The inserting preparation operation is an operation for bulging the shrink film 220 by inserting the insertion guide body 120 into the shrink film 220 while blowing air outer direction from the surface of the insertion guide body 120, and bringing the shrink film 220 to a bulging state in which the opening of the shrink film is opened facing the goods 300.
In this case, as shown in
Next, as shown in
As shown in
Next, as shown in
In this Embodiment 1, execution of the inserting preparation operation is completed in this stage.
In this Embodiment 1, negative air pressure is applied from the air pump to the goods suction part 123 via a negative pressure pump connection part 125, and air suction force is given to the goods suction part 123. The goods suction part 123 securely suctions the goods 300.
Next, the inserting operation starts.
The inserting operation is an operation for moving either one of the insertion guide body 120 or the goods 300 and the mount equipped shrink film package 300 relative to the other and pulling or pushing the goods 300 to a predetermined position in the shrink film 220.
In this Embodiment 1 of the relative motion in the inserting operation, the mount equipped shrink film package 300 is fixed and the insertion guide body 120 and the goods 300 are moved along the inserting direction. In this configuration example, when the slider device 130 starts back sliding motion and the slider device 130 starts pulling back the insertion guide body 120. The suction force of the goods suction part 123 of the insertion guide body 120 is maintained, so that the goods 300 follow the insertion guide body 120 by the suction force.
As shown in
The bulging effect of the shrink film 220 occurring in the vicinity of the end opening of the shrink film 220 is described.
The flows shown by
Next, as shown in
Next, as shown in
The description is continued with reference to
As shown in
When the goods 300 reach the predetermined position as shown in
At this state, the execution of the inserting operation is completed.
Next, as shown in
After that, the currently processed mount equipped shrink film package 200 with the goods 300 is removed from the mounting device 110 and the next stroke is prepared with next mount equipped shrink film package 200 and next goods 300 disposed on the mounting device 110 by the conveyance system (not shown). The automatic insertion device 100 returns to the initial state of the stroke of the operation shown in
The motion and operation shown in
As Embodiment 2, an automatic insertion device 100a for a mount equipped shrink film package according to the present invention is described. It includes a pushing means for pushing the goods into the shrink film along the inserting direction. The insertion guide is moved by the slider device while the goods is moved by the pushing means. The operation for pushing the goods to the predetermined position in the shrink film by the pushing means is described below.
Regarding the relative motion, the mount equipped shrink film package is fixed, the insertion guide body and goods are moved along the inserting direction in the following description.
As shown in
Hereinafter, the description for the same component as that of the Embodiment 1 is omitted or simplified.
The mounting device 110, the slider device 130, and the shrink film suction part 140 can be the same as those shown in the Embodiment 1, so that the description thereof is omitted here.
The insertion guide body 120a has the head part 121, the air discharge port 122, the air pump connection part 124, and the negative pressure pump connection part 125. In this configuration, the goods suction part 123 shown in Embodiment 1 is not provided, but a pushing means 150 is provided behind the goods 300 instead. The head part 121, the air discharge port 122, the air pump connection part 124, and the negative pressure pump connection part 125 of the insertion guide body 120a are the same as those shown in Embodiment 1, so the description thereof is omitted here.
The pushing means 150 is an extrusion means for pushing the goods into the shrink film 220 along the inserting direction (from the right to the left in the figure). In this Embodiment 2, the pushing means 150 functions as an inserting means for pushing the goods to be inserted along the inserting direction until they come to a predetermined position in the shrink film 220.
Next, a flow of the operation of the automatic insertion device 100a for the mount equipped shrink film package according to this Embodiment 2 is described. In
Among flows of the stroke of this Embodiment 2 of the automatic insertion device 100a, the flows up to the inserting preparation operation are the same as those shown in
In the state shown in
The air pressure in the shrink film 220 rises due to the air from the air blowing port 122 of the insertion guide body 120, and the inside of the shrink film 220 is bulged. From this state, the insertion guide body 120a slides to the left side in the figure to get out of the shrink film 220. In synchronization with this insertion guide body 120a sliding motion, the goods 300 are pushed into the shrink film 220 by the pushing means 150 as shown in
In this inserting operation, the goods 300 reach the predetermined position in a shrink film 220. For example, the predetermined position is in the center portion of the shrink film 220.
The execution of the inserting means is completed.
After that, the currently processed mount equipped shrink film package 200 with the goods 300 is removed from the mounting device 110 and the next stroke is prepared as the next mount equipped shrink film package 200 and next goods 300 are disposed on the mounting device 110 by the conveyance system (not shown). The automatic insertion device 100 returns to the initial state of the stroke of the operation shown in
The motion and operation shown in
As Embodiment 3, an automatic insertion device 100b for a mount equipped shrink film package according to the present invention is described. In this Embodiment 3, the insertion guide body 120 and goods 300 are fixed in relative movement of the inserting operation, and the mount equipped shrink film package 200 is moved to insert the goods to the predetermined position in the shrink film.
As shown in
Hereinafter, the description for the same component as that of the Embodiment 1 is omitted or simplified.
The mounting device 110, the slider device 130, and the shrink film suction part 140 can be the same as those shown in the Embodiment 1, so that the description thereof is omitted here.
The insertion guide body 120a can be the same as those shown in the Embodiment 2, so that the description thereof is omitted here.
The mount equipped shrink film package slider device 160 is a means for moving the mount equipped shrink film package 200 in a direction opposite to the inserting direction shown in Embodiment 1 and 2 (from the left to the right in the figure). In this Embodiment 3, the mount equipped shrink film package 200 is slid along a direction opposite to the inserting direction shown in the Embodiment 1. The mount equipped shrink film package slider device 160 functions as a means for sliding the mount equipped shrink film package 200 up to the goods inserted to a predetermined position in the shrink film 220.
Hereinafter, a flow of the operation of the automatic insertion device 100b for the mount equipped shrink film package according to this Embodiment 3 is described. In
Among flows of the stroke of this Embodiment 3 of the automatic insertion device 100b, the flows up to the inserting preparation operation are the same as those shown in
In the state shown in
As shown in
The execution of the inserting means is completed.
The motion and operation shown in
While some preferable embodiments of the automatic insertion device and the method for automatic inserting according to the present invention are described above, it should be understood that various changes are possible, without deviating from the technical scope according to the present invention.
An automatic insertion device according to the present invention can be applicable as an automatic insertion device for inserting a goods into a mount equipped shrink film package.
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