Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd.

Pacraft Co., Ltd.

Pacroft Co., Ltd.

Kakue Nakamoto

Shinichi Hiramoto

Shoji Tsutsui

Tohru Yoshikane

Manabu Morino

Kazuo Fukunaga

Kenji Kawamura

Masakazu Setozaki

Norihiko Yamamoto

Keiko Nagata

Yuuki Matsumura

Masaru Yoshikado

A bag processing system includes: a conveyance mechanism which includes: a plurality of support devices being able to support and release bags; and a conveyance drive device moving the plurality of support devices intermittently; a liquid introduction device which introduces a liquid into the bags supported by the plurality of support devices; and a conveyance control device which controls the conveyance drive device, wherein: the conveyance drive device moves the plurality of support devices in such a manner that the plurality of support devices exhibit same acceleration-deceleration behavior between each other, and the conveyance control device controls the conveyance drive device to accelerate or decelerate the plurality of support devices in such a manner that shaking of the liquid in the bags is reduced.

Bag processing system

A bag processing machine includes: a rotation body which is intermittently rotated; a plurality of holding units which are attached to the rotation body and are moved along a circular movement path in accordance with rotation of the rotation body, the movement path being divided into a plurality of processing sections; a fixation support member which is positioned above the rotation body and does not rotate by rotation of the rotation body; and two or more processing devices which are supported by the fixation support member and perform processes on bags held by the plurality of holding units in two or more processing sections respectively of the plurality of processing sections.

Bag processing machine

A bag supply method includes the steps of: causing an arrangement device to arrange a bag at a pickup position; delivering the bag from the pickup position to a support device via a bag pickup device; moving the bag along with the support device in a traveling direction along a movement path including a detection position; determining arrival of the bag at the detection position; stopping the bag along with the support device on the movement path according to a timing when the bag arrives at the detection position; and delivering the bag stopped in the movement path, from the support device to a bag receiving device via a bag holding conveyance device.

Bag supply method and bag supply apparatus

A gas filling method includes the steps of: intermittently transferring a bag to arrange the bag at a gas blowing processing position; inserting a blowing nozzle into a gas guide path of the bag in the gas blowing processing position; pinching the blowing nozzle arranged in the gas guide path from outside of the bag with a pair of pinching members in the gas blowing processing position; causing the blowing nozzle to eject the gas in such a manner that the gas is sent to the gas accommodation portion in the gas blowing processing position in a state where the blowing nozzle is pinched via the bag by the pair of pinching members; and closing the gas accommodation portion in an airtight manner in the gas blowing processing position in a state where the blowing nozzle is arranged in the gas guide path.

Gas filling method and gas filling apparatus

A bag transfer apparatus includes a plurality of holding units which include a first holding unit and a second holding unit provided to be adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction and are provided to be able to move, wherein each of the plurality of holding units includes: a left support unit which supports one side portion of a bag; and a right support unit which supports another side portion of the bag, and wherein one of the right support unit of the first holding unit and the left support unit of the second holding unit is positioned above the other.

Bag transfer apparatus

A transfer device of a bag processor includes a rail member which defines a transfer route and a plurality of movable gripper pairs. At various processing stations on the transfer route, time for executing a particular process may differ. The number of bags processed at each processing station and transfer states of the bags is controlled to ensure that a number of processed bags is equal. Bags on which first process has been executed are stocked on an upstream side of the second processing station.

Bag processor

A packaging machine includes: a linear type conveyance unit conveying a bag linearly in a first direction; a rotary type conveyance unit conveying the bag rotationally in a second direction; a delivery unit delivering the bag between the linear type and the rotary type conveyance units; a first processing system performing processing on the bag conveyed by the linear type conveyance unit; and a second processing system performing processing on the bag conveyed by the rotary type conveyance unit, wherein: the linear type conveyance unit includes: a first supporting unit moving from a first conveyance position to a second conveyance position while supporting the bag in a suspended state; and a second supporting unit which receives the bag from the first supporting unit at the second conveyance position and supports the bag in a suspended state, and the second processing system includes an opening processing unit.

Packaging machine and packaging method

An insertion apparatus for placing a packaging object in a packaging bag, includes: a bag support unit that holds the packaging bag in a state where a bag mouth of the packaging bag is opened; a transfer mechanism that places the packaging object at a supply position; a first intermediate holding unit provided to be able to ascend and descend; an elevation mechanism that elevates or lowers the first intermediate holding unit so as to place the first intermediate holding unit at a first elevation position and a second elevation position; a first placement mechanism that moves the packaging object placed at the supply position in a horizontal direction so as to place the packaging object on the first intermediate holding unit placed at the first elevation position; a horizontal movement mechanism that moves the first intermediate holding unit placed at the second elevation position in the horizontal direction so as to insert at least a part of the first intermediate holding unit in the packaging bag via the bag mouth; and a second placement mechanism that moves the packaging object, placed on the first intermediate holding unit at least partially placed in the packaging bag, in the horizontal direction so as to place the packaging object outside the first intermediate holding unit and inside the packaging bag.

Insertion apparatus

A transport apparatus including a rotary transport mechanism (), which rotationally transports multiple equidistantly installed article holding members (gripper pairs ()) in one direction along an annular trackway having a pair of parallel portions, and a reciprocating drive mechanism (), which causes the entire rotary transport mechanism () to reciprocate a predetermined distance along the parallel portions. The article holding members are moved at a velocity of travel that is a combination of velocity of the reciprocating motion and velocity of the rotary transport. The velocity of the rotary transport and the velocity of the reciprocating motion are controlled by a control unit (). The article holding members travel along the parallel portions on both sides (Lanes A and B) in an intermittent manner, each time covering a distance that is an integral multiple of the installation spacing p of the article holding members.

Article transport apparatus

A container conveying apparatus wherein retainers () are disposed along a retainer movement rail (), and the one-time movement distance of a retainer is set to be an integer multiple of the spacing p of the retainers and to be different values in the two straight sections (A lane and B lane) of the retainer movement rail. If the maximum value of the one-time movement distance of a retainer in the straight sections is n times the spacing p, and the maximum number of retainers that can be disposed along the retainer movement rail is m, then the number of retainers actually disposed along the retainer movement rail is preferably m&#x2212;n. The number of retainers m&#x2212;n is an integer multiple of n, and all retainers disposed along the retainer movement rail are linked together in groups of n retainers at spacing p.

Container conveying apparatus

Provided is a relay device capable of moving objects to be conveyed from a conveying section of a continuous conveying system to a conveying section of an intermittent conveying system in various modes. The relay device includes: a first conveying section that conveys the objects to be conveyed, continuously in a forward direction in a first direction; a second conveying section that transfers a plurality of assembly sections intermittently in the forward direction in the first direction; a relay conveying section provided between the first conveying section and the second conveying section; and a relay driving section that moves the relay conveying section in the first direction. The relay driving section moves the relay conveying section in the forward direction in the first direction, at the same speed as a speed at which the plurality of objects are conveyed in the forward direction of the first direction by the first conveying section, at least while the first pusher moves the plurality of objects in the forward direction of the second direction.

Relay device

A rotary-type bag transfer device including a plurality of pairs of left and right grippers () provided around an intermittently rotating table (). A first support shaft () and a second support shaft () are provided on the base portion of each of the arms () of the grippers. A first link () linked at its one end to the table and pivotable horizontally is linked at another end thereof to the center of a second link (), the second link is linked at one end thereof to the first support shaft, and a sliding member () installed at the other end of the second link is provided to slide in a slot () formed in the table. The slot is parallel to a reference plane (N). A restricting link () linked at one end to the table is linked at another end to the second support shaft.

Bag transfer device

A rotary bag transfer device used in a bag filling and packaging apparatus and provided with a plurality of pairs of grippers installed around an intermittently rotating table. The bag transfer device includes an arm support mechanism (), which supports the base portion of an arm () of each one of the pair of grippers (), and a drive force transmission mechanism (), which actuates the arm support mechanism. A link () that is part of the drive force transmission mechanism is linked at its one end to an adjusting ring (), a link () is linked at its one end to the arm support mechanism, and these links are linked together at their other ends. When the adjusting ring rotates, a center plane (M) between the grippers is displaced (for amount Da) to offset from a reference plane (N) that passes through the center (O) of the table.

A bag transport and tilt-correction device for a system for, for instance, manufacturing bags with diagonal spouts, the device including openable and closeable gripping members, an air chuck that opens and closes the gripping members, a reciprocal movement mechanism that reciprocates the gripping members between the bag receiving position and the bag hand-over position, and a reciprocal swing mechanisms that swing the gripping members within the vertical plane along the width direction of the gripped bags. The gripping members are moved together with a reciprocal moving body, which is part of the reciprocal movement mechanisms, and attached to the bottom edge of swing levers, which are part of the reciprocal swing mechanism and operated by a cam during the reciprocal movement process, so as to swing together with it. The tilt of the bag is corrected by the swing motion of the gripping members.

Bag transport and tilt-correction device

An intermittently rotating table-type apparatus for manufacturing a bag equipped with spout(s). The apparatus attaches spout(s) to at least one of the mouths of a bag that are at both shoulders of the bag. The mouth(s) of the bag is expanded by bag mouth suction cups, and the main body of the bag is expanded by main body suction cups; and then the spout(s) is inserted in the bag mouth(s), and the inserted spout(s) is held by spout gripping members. When the bag is moved by the rotation of the table, a suction cup arm that supplies suction air to the suction cup and the suction cup are moved to follow the movement of the bag; and after the sealing is made to the bag and spout(s), the arm and the suction cup return to their original positions.

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Iwakuni, Japan

Kakue Nakamoto