JPS6077030A - Automatic supply system of packaging material - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic system for supplying packaging material to manufacturing and/or packaging lines.

Specifically, the present invention relates to the production and production of packaging materials (usually paper and coils of transparent material or preformed cardboard) in a manufacturing and packaging line (in this case, a Yu-Guko production packaging line). relating to automatic systems for supplying stacks).

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The line described above comprises a large number of operating machines, at least some of which require a regular supply of packaging material and/or preformed cardboard in the form of strips.

Up to now, the packaging materials have been manually removed from the stores that normally supply the machines.

Providing a special store for each working machine clutters up its area in the vicinity of the machine, making it difficult to feed the various stores located and automating the feeding from each store to the machine. If so, the equipment costs for installing an automatic loading system for each machine will be high.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks due to each machine having its own store;
Completely independent supply of packaging materials for manufacturing and/or packaging lines! Means for Solving the Problems To the above object, the present invention consists in providing a system comprising two packaging materials of the above type, at least one truck, and an operation of at least one of the trucks. storage means on the arm reservoir, means on the actuating arm for gripping the packaging material, and guiding means for each of the tracks, the guiding means being adapted for supplying the packaging material to each of the operating machines. It defines the route selectively moved by the track, and also controls the position and operation of each movable track, and the above operation @J+fJ
Relating to an automatic system for supplying packaging material to a line comprising a large number of manufacturing and/or packaging machines, characterized in that it has convector means (If) controlling said arm on the basis of signals supplied by the machine. In a preferred embodiment of the invention as described above, the storage means comprises at least one mobile store coupled to the truck so as to be transported by the truck along the path.

Said storage means preferably comprises a number of mobile stores selectively coupled to said track.

Alternatively, said image storage means comprises a stationary main store and at least one movable store assigned to said main store and coupled to said track.

In the space of 1r or 18 of a, an outer layer store is provided, and the path extends between this stationary store and the working machine.

Finally, the guiding means may comprise a trench rail or magnetic track means extending along the path.

Example The present invention will be explained below with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

Reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 designates the same known line for producing and packaging cigarettes. Each line 1 includes, in order, a tobacco manufacturing station 2,
It is equipped with a filter assembly machine 3, a con-'P7 device M:4, a collection device 5, and a packaging machine 6, and the output of this packaging machine 6 is sent to a cellophane machine 8 and a cellophane machine 8 through a conveyor chire.
The O-box packaging is connected to the light 9.

A ten-box packaging machine 9 is connected via a conveyor channel 10 to a single box packaging machine 12 for making a goal box containing ten boxes. In operation, each manufacturing machine 2 is supplied with rolled paper for packaging cut tobacco and forming cigarettes, and each filter assembly machine 3 is supplied with rolled paper for packaging cut tobacco and forming cigarettes into cigarettes, and each filter assembly machine 3 is supplied with rolled paper for packaging cut tobacco and forming cigarettes into cigarettes. Supplied with strips of paper, each package contains 6 (-11) rolls of silver paper for wrapping cut tobacco, rolled printing paper, trademark labels for wrapping silver paper packets, and rolled rolls. Must be supplied with government stamped paper (if any).
2, the trademark label coil is replaced by a coil of beer paper to form the top and a preformed polymerized cardboard to form the outer box.

Each cellophane machine 8 must be supplied with a rolled transparent material for packaging boxes and a rolled tear 1 nobon for tearing open the packaging obtained with this transparent material. No. Each 10 box packaging machine 9 is supplied with rolled paper to form 10 boxes or with rolled underpaper to form 10 boxes.
), followed by the cover label. Alternatively, each nine ten-box packer may be fed from a stack of preformed cardboard. The boxers 12 are fed from a stack of preformed cardboard. code 14
shows a store having a number of compartments 15, 15', 15, etc., each compartment containing a variety of packaging material for each device on line l. The compartment 15 includes, for example, a coil 16 for supplying wrapped tobacco to the manufacturing machine 2.
to accommodate. The compartment 15' accommodates a coil 17 for supplying the filter cigarette binding paper to the filter dispersion machine 3. One compartment] 5 accommodates a coil 18 for supplying silver paper for wrapping cigarettes to the packaging machine 6. Compartment room 15
〃′υ: I'J for forming the upper part of the outer box to the packaging machine 6
It accommodates a coil 19 that supplies ld. Compartment room 15”
I' illusion 1, housing the stack 20 for feeding the preformed cardboard for forming the outer box to the packaging machine 6 and for all other bulk material to be fed to other machines; .

Above the store 14, there is a compartment 15. ], 5'.

Between 15"115'" etc., it was supported by pillar 23~
Over-ladrail means 7L are provided having a rail 22 (also shown in FIG. 2).

The rail 22 is preformed with a branch 4 extending close to the various working machines on the line 1, a branch 4 extending up to the N 312 and a branch close to the compartment housing the coils of said machines. and a branch proximate to the compartment gun into which a stack of cardboard is fed.

As shown in FIG. 2, a movable track 24 is mounted over the overboard rail 22. As shown in FIG. This track 24 is arranged relative to the vertical axis on either side of the rail 220 and has rollers 25 that engage in recesses 27 in the rail 22.
．． It has a displacement means consisting of 26.

Roller 25 is driven by motor 29 of truck 24 itself.

The truck 24 also has an electrical unit 30 for controlling the motor 29 and an arm 3 of the truck 24 itself.
A further unit 31 is provided to control the operation of the two.

The arm 32 has a number of segments 33°34.35
has. Each of these segments is configured to move relative to each other via a respective drive rotary joint. More specifically, the segment 33 is a joint 36 that rotates about the Y axis.
, and segment 34 moves relative to track 24 via a joint 37 rotatable about the Y axis.
Moves against 3. Segment 34 has an end 39 that is connected to the upper part 40 of segment 35 via a joint 41 that forms an obtuse angle with the aforementioned portion and rotates about the Y axis. Said segment 35 has another end 42 . This end 4
2 is at 90° with the upper part 40 and supports a joint 43 which rotates about the Y-axis, and on the other side is a grip 7' shaped to grip the pre-shaped cardboard stacks and coils housed in the store 14. 44.

Said joints 36, 37, 41.4: l, segments 33.34.3 constituting the gripping means 44 or arm 32;
The rotation and/or relative movement means between 5 and 5 will be described later as a displacement means.

Reference numeral 50 in FIG. 3 designates the central processing unit of the computing means which receives a signal 51 from each sensor 52 indicating that the preformed cardboard stack or coil on each working machine is gone. . The central processing unit 50 also detects the replacement of an empty coil, or i-1: a new supply of stacked preformed cardboard. The central processing unit 50 has a read-only memory (similar to a known one).
ROM) and random access memory (RAM). The central processing unit has a radio wave signal 57
A transmitting means 56 is coupled for transmitting a signal, the signal being received by receiving means 58 mounted on the movable truck 24 and connected to the telegraph unit 30.

The telegraph unit 30 controls a unit 31 that controls the arm 32 and a motor 29. The upper part of the rail 22 accommodates two conductor or conducting tracks 47, which connect the various units and tracks 22.
4 engages in electrical sliding contact with the tracks 24 in order to supply electricity to parts of itself.

The operation of the automatic feeding system included in the present invention is as follows.

When one coil is running out of one machine on line 1, a known arrangement (not shown) is used to automatically replace the empty coil with a replacement coil that is permanently lost to the machine. In addition to the signals that activate the coils 51 and 51, each sensor 52 detects when the coil runs out.
(the same applies if the preformed cardboard stack runs out).

The central processing unit receiving the signal 51 receives the signal 57.
(arm 3
2) by controlling unit 31 and motor 29). Said track 24 thus spans the store 14 and compartments ]5, ], 5', depending on the type of packaging material to be removed.

15", etc. The grip 44 picks up the appropriate stack of coils or preformed cardboard according to the path selected along the rail 22 by the central processing unit 50 and directs it to the actuating machine supplied with the signal 51. Hand over.

The latter sensor 54 emits a signal 53 informing the central processing unit 50 that a replacement has been made.

1m (the time available to the system for a loop change is essentially the same time required to use up a coil, where the coil supplied by track 24 is always ready for replacement for the next replacement). This is a coil for use.

The central processing unit 50 is suitably zologrammed to specify replacement over the machine with the shortest coil activation cycle (one or more signals 51 from the one or more sensors 52 indicate that multiple coils are missing simultaneously). (if received from a different machine).

Such preferences vary depending on the position of the movable track 24 on the overboard rail 22. Therefore, instead of relying solely on the position control provided by the motor 29, suitable A sensor may be provided.

Suitable switches may be provided in the branches of the overboard rail 22, preferably at different locations.

Along a predetermined position 16 of the overboard rail 22, a temporary holding store may be provided into which the arm 32 can remove the coil that it is currently transporting, which coil will later receive a missing signal 51. It is no more urgent than other things being received. Since the movement of the arm 32 is only controlled by the unit 3], the replacement of the coil is detected by the signal 53 supplied to the central processing unit 50.

Alternatively, the position of the arm can be controlled and the track 24
A transducer may be provided in the arm 32 to provide information signals that are wirelessly transmitted from the central processing unit 50 to the central processing unit 50.

The advantages of the automatic feeding system included in the invention are clear from the description.

Firstly, in addition to eliminating the stores of each operating machine, the one store 14 provided is placed in such a position that it does not interfere with the operation of the line 1 or with its own replenishment.

By arranging the rails 22 overhead, the supply of packaging material to the working machines is unobstructed. Another advantage lies in the provision of a movable track 24 for the trays that feed all the working machines on the different lines 1. be.

The central processing unit 50 has considerable flexibility in supplying packaging materials to meet ever-changing and specialized requirements.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the automatic feeding system described herein without departing from the scope of the invention.

Firstly, the line 1 may be constructed differently, the number and type of machines may be other than those described, and the machines themselves may have different combinations of coils, sets of coils and/or It may also have stacked and preformed cardboard.

The shape and combination of the overboard rails 22 may be different, the electricity being supplied by a wire external rail 22 instead of a conductive track 47 and connected to the motor 29 and the unit 3 by an antenna on the track 24. Good too.

Above the movable track 24 there is a motor 29, an electronic unit 30 and a control I unit: 31, if electricity is supplied by the conducting track 47, and also an overboard rail 2.
A set of batteries (not shown) is provided to ensure continuous supply of electricity to the switch 1 that can go to the 2 branching paths.

The arm 32 is designed differently depending on needs.

Instead of radio radio, the signal 57 is optoelectronic and (-!
) Infrared type, etc. may also be used.

Central processing unit 50 may be mounted on rack 24 or directly coupled to electronic unit 3Q that controls motor 29 and arm 32.

Finally, the line 1 may also be a line for manufacturing and packaging products other than tobacco.

In the variant shown in FIG. 4, the rails 22 are replaced by magnetic tracks 60. This track 6o is buried in the floor of the premises containing the line 1 and having a branch (not shown) extending along the line 1 itself.

Along the track 60 a movable track 61 is provided. This truck 61, like the motor 29, has a central processing unit M.
It has a drive wheel 62 driven by a motor (not shown) controlled by 50.

The truck 61 has an upper channel 63 provided with a turret 64 which is rotated by a motor 65 about a substantially vertical axis υ.

At the top, the turret 64 has a substantially horizontal nl+
(7) It has a hub 66. A rotatable bin 67 controlled by a motor 68 is provided through the hub 66, and a counterweight 69 is integrally coupled to one end of the hub 66.

At the other end, the bin 67 has three segments) 71.
It is connected to an articulated actuating arm 70 consisting of 72.73. These segments are processed by the central processing unit 50.
Through each controlled motor 76, 77, the hinge 74.
Reciprocally rotate around 7F+. End segment 73 is connected at the end to grip f7B, similar to grip 44.

As shown in FIG. 4, the truck 61 is parked in the parking area 8.
A fixed joint device 79 is provided which selectively couples to a plurality of movable stores 80 arranged in one row.

Each store 80 includes a loading plate 82 with wheels 83;
On the top side there are stacks of various coils stacked in place and, if necessary, pre-formed cardboard shells, controlled by the central processing unit 50 and fed to the machines on line 1. A separate room will be provided for collecting gold.

Once empty, or rather, the coil and (
or) Once the pre-formed divine cardboard is exhausted, the mobile store 80 is sent back to one parking area 81 and replaced with another filled store 80.

In the variant of FIG. 5, the truck 61 is controlled by the central processing unit 50 and has a relative movable store 80 so as to form a movable store unit 84 associated with a fixed main store 85 similar to the store 14. It is integral. Note that a large number of tracks 61 may be operated simultaneously.

In the modification shown in FIG. 5, the function of the arm 700 is originally
The coils and preformed cardboard are removed from the store 85 according to a predetermined program and transferred to the mobile store 80.
The purpose is to load the fuel into a container and supply it to a designated operating machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an automatic supply system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the element parts of the system shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the control means of the system shown in Fig. 1. 4 is a perspective view of a first modification of the detailed portion of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second modification of the detailed portion of FIG. 1. 1... Line, 14.80.85... Storage means, 1
6.17.1B, 19.20... Packaging material, 22゜6
0...Guiding means, 24, 61...]-Rack, 3
2゜70...operating arm, 50...conbeater means. Patent applicant Ji°−, Teju N+Eng 9 Substitute A “Suini Patent Application Agent Patent Attorney Akira Ao Patent Attorney Neyuki Nishidate Patent Attorney Fu Matsuura Patent Attorney Akiyuki Yamaguchi Patent Attorney Masaya Nishiyama Procedural Amendment (Method) November 1'f, 1980 Manabu Shiga, Commissioner of the Patent Office1, Indication of the case 1982 Patent Application No. 1424802, Name of the invention Automatic supply system for packaging materials3, Person making the amendment Case Relationship with Patent applicant name G. di Soceta Bel Azioni6
Subject of amendment (1) Identity of the applicant's representative (2) Power of attorney (3) Drawing 7, contents of amendment (1) (2) As attached (3) Engraving of drawing (contents) (no change) 8 Attachment List of Category 1 (1) Application for correction (1 copy) (2) Power of attorney and translation (1 copy each) (3) Purification drawing (1 copy)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Packaging materials (16, 17, 18, 19.
20), comprising at least l trucks (24,61
) storage means (14,80,85) for at least one working arm (32,70) of said truck (24,61);
), and the operating arm (32,
70) the above means (44, 78) and each of the above tracks (2);
4°61), said guiding means (22,60) being selectively moved by said respective trucks (24°61) for supplying said packaging material to said respective operating waves. a combiner which defines a path of travel for the arm (32° 70) and controls the position and operation of each movable track (24, 61) as well as the arm (32° 70) on the basis of signals supplied by the actuating machine; Means (5
2. System according to claim 1, characterized in that said path is defined by a rail (22). 3. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the path is defined by a floor-level track (60) consisting of a magnet. 4. The storage means comprises a fixed main store (14. 85), and the path extends between the main store and the working machine. The system according to any one of the items 0 to 5, the truck (61) is accompanied by another store (80) that moves along the route with this truck.
) to have q′! 1'4'',■F? A system according to claim 4. 6. The storage means comprises at least one store (80) connected to the upper U11 truck (61) and rowed along the path with this truck. The system according to any one of paragraph 3. 7. According to any one of claims 1 to 3, said storage means comprises a number of movable stores (80) selectively connectable to said track (61). The system described.