The purpose of the present invention is to stabilize the shape of a stepped recess and to prevent damage from occurring in a deep portion of the stepped recess. In the present invention, a packaging apparatus comprises: a molding device for molding a recess in a film and molding a protrusion at the bottom of the recess; a protrusion/recess inversion device for deforming the protrusion into a second recess that recedes below the bottom of the recess; and a sealing device for sealing a lid member onto the film so that the lid member covers the recess, in which an article is accommodated.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
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Heat shrinking apparatus in shrink packaging machine
B65B 51/10 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
B65B 53/06 - Shrinking wrappers, containers, container covers or container cover securing members during or after packaging by heat supplied by gases, e.g. hot-air jets
B65B 11/10 - Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
B65G 47/84 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
In order to reduce the probability that articles are not extracted from a tape, this product extraction device (10) for extracting a plurality of articles (6) aligned in the longitudinal direction of a tape (2), is provided with: a tape feeder (19) for feeding the tape (2) in the longitudinal direction of the tape (2); a suction wheel (40) that has an outer circumferential surface (41) and has a plurality of suction ports (42) aligned in the circumferential direction on the outer circumferential surface (41); and a driving part (65) that rotationally drives the suction wheel (40). The rotational axis of the suction wheel (40) is inclined from the vertical direction with respect to the tape (2) toward the tape (2) side. The rotational axis of the suction wheel (40) is inclined with respect to the width direction of the tape (2). The outer circumferential surface (41) of the suction wheel (40) is in close proximity to the tape (2).
B65G 47/86 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being grippers
In order to suppress the idle rotation of a sprocket with respect to a tape even when backlash is present in the engagement between feed holes of a tape and the teeth of the sprocket, this tape peeling device (10) is provided with: a feeding motor (21) for feeding a laminate tape (1); a peeling part that peels a cover tape (3) from a base tape (2); a sprocket (52) engaging the base tape (2); a drive motor (51) that rotationally drives the sprocket (52); a first winding motor (31) that winds the base tape (2); a second winding motor (41) that winds the cover tape (3); a first tension application part that applies tension to the laminate tape (1); a second tension application part (39) that applies tension to the base tape (2); and a third tension application part (49) that applies tension to the cover tape (3). The tension (T1) of the laminate tape (1) is greater than the sum of the tension (T2) of the base tape (2) and the tension (T3) of the cover tape (3).
B65B 15/04 - Attaching a series of articles, e.g. small electrical components, to a continuous web
B65H 23/185 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations motor-controlled
B65H 23/198 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in winding mechanisms or in connection with winding operations motor-controlled
B65H 26/04 - Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms responsive to presence of irregularities in running webs for variation in tension
The present invention is capable of sequentially transferring a plurality of arranged articles while changing the pitch of the articles. This pitch changing device (10) is provided with: a plurality of suction wheels (40A-40M) having outer peripheral surfaces (41A-41M), and a plurality of suction ports (42A-42M) which are arranged in circumferential directions of the outer peripheral surfaces (41A-41M) at regular pitches and suction articles; and a wheel driving mechanism (95) which moves the suction ports (42A-42M) in the circumferential directions by rotationally driving the suction wheels (40A-40M). The suction wheels (40A-40M) are arranged in a row, the outer peripheral surfaces (41A-41M) of the neighboring suction wheels (40A-40M) are close to each other, the pitches of the suction ports (42A-42M) become shorter in the arrangement sequence of the suction wheels (40A-40M), the circumferential speeds of the suction ports (42A-42M) become slower in the arrangement sequence of the suction wheels (40A-40M), and the suction port (42A) and the suction port (42B) synchronously face each other.
B65G 47/86 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being grippers
In order to achieve both compactness and a narrow row pitch in a gripping mechanism, this gripping mechanism 10 is provided with: shafts 41 erected on a base 21; fingers 30 which extend forward from the respective shafts 41 and are opened/closed by rotating around the respective shafts 41; sliders 34 provided on the base 21 so as to be capable of sliding forward and backward; links 35 rotatably coupled to the sliders 34 and the fingers 30; cam followers 39 provided on the respective sliders 34; a holder 42 provided on the shafts 41; a linear shaft 48 attached to the holder 42; a raising/lowering block 50 guided in the vertical direction by the linear shaft 48; a raising/lowering lever 51 extending rearward from the raising/lowering block 50; a cam follower 59 provided on the raising/lowering lever 51; an arm 52 extending forward from the raising/lowering block 50; and a protruding pin 55 protruding from the arm 52 toward the space between the tips of the fingers 30.
B65G 47/86 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being grippers
The power of a driving unit is used for both the rotational motion of a rotary body and the translational motion of a holding part. The rotary body has a lower rotary board 312, a lower flange 313, a table 314, and an upper mounting board 315. This rotary body is driven by a motor 310. A gear 400 is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the upper mounting board 315. Gripping mechanisms 10 are arranged along a raceway 101, and neighboring gripping mechanisms 10 are connected to each other via a connection link 11. An upper roller 62 is provided in the gripping mechanisms 10. The upper roller 62 is engaged with the gear 400.
B30B 11/08 - Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses or tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space co-operating with moulds carried by a turn-table
A61J 3/10 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of compressed tablets
B30B 11/00 - Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses or tabletting presses
B30B 11/34 - Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses or tabletting presses for coating articles, e.g. tablets
[Problem] To provide a heat-shrink device, which uses a shrink film to package a pillow pouch then applies heat to heat-shrink a top seal part, that is simple in structure and easy to control. [Solution] The present invention is provided with: a conveyor 11 for conveying a pillow pouch 3 constituted by a wrappable object 5 wrapped with a heat-shrinkable film 4; an endless belt 21 disposed below the conveying surface of the conveyor and rotating along the direction of conveyance; and hot-air jetting devices 19, 20 for jetting hot air outward from the inside of the endless belt surface facing the conveying surface. The endless belt has a mesh part 30 extending in the belt width direction and the hot air jetted from the hot-air jetting devices is jetted toward the conveying surface from the mesh part. The endless belt is rotated to follow the movement of the pillow pouch, and top seal parts 6a, 6b disposed on the front or rear end of the pillow pouch are heat-shrunk by means of the hot air jetted from the mesh part.
B65B 53/06 - Shrinking wrappers, containers, container covers or container cover securing members during or after packaging by heat supplied by gases, e.g. hot-air jets
B65B 53/02 - Shrinking wrappers, containers, container covers or container cover securing members during or after packaging by heat
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HEAT SHRINKING APPARATUS IN SHRINK PACKAGING MACHINE
[Problem] To provide a heat-shrink device, which uses a shrink film to package a pillow pouch then applies heat to heat-shrink a top seal part, that is simple in structure and easy to control. [Solution] The present invention is provided with: a conveyor 11 for conveying a pillow pouch 3 constituted by a wrappable object 5 wrapped with a heat-shrinkable film 4; an endless belt 21 disposed below the conveying surface of the conveyor and rotating along the direction of conveyance; and hot-air jetting devices 19, 20 for jetting hot air outward from the inside of the endless belt surface facing the conveying surface. The endless belt has a mesh part 30 extending in the belt width direction and the hot air jetted from the hot-air jetting devices is jetted toward the conveying surface from the mesh part. The endless belt is rotated to follow the movement of the pillow pouch, and top seal parts 6a, 6b disposed on the front or rear end of the pillow pouch are heat-shrunk by means of the hot air jetted from the mesh part.
B65B 53/06 - Shrinking wrappers, containers, container covers or container cover securing members during or after packaging by heat supplied by gases, e.g. hot-air jets
B65B 53/02 - Shrinking wrappers, containers, container covers or container cover securing members during or after packaging by heat
[Technical Problem] A distance of a front free end portion of the gas nozzle being weighed down due to its own weight is alleviated or eliminated to suppress contact between the gas nozzle and a product.
[Solution to Problem] The present invention provides a packaging apparatus equipped with gas replacement function. In the packaging apparatus, a gas nozzle 43 is inserted into a tubular film 20, and inert gas is ejected from the gas nozzle, thereby replacing the gas inside the tubular film with the inert gas. After gas replacement, a top sealing device 30 seals and cuts the tubular film to form a packaged body. The gas nozzle is formed of magnetic material. A permanent magnet 35 is disposed inside an endless belt 34 of an upper holding belt device 28. The gas nozzle formed of magnet material is drawn to be raised due to magnetic force of the permanent magnet. Due to this contact between the gas nozzle and a product is suppressed.
B65B 31/04 - Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
B65B 9/06 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 9/00 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet materialSubdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
B65B 65/06 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details coated or treated with anti-friction or anti-sticking materials, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene
B65B 35/24 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
The present invention prevents a load in a direction in which a rod collapses from being applied to that rod. A press device 100 for successively pressing, at a press position P, a plurality of upper rods 40 and a plurality of lower rods 50 successively passing through the press position P is provided with: an upper wheel 101 provided so as to be able to rotate about a central axis on an upper side of the press position P; a plurality of upper press rollers 102 that are installed in the upper wheel 101 so as to be arranged along the circumferential direction about the central axis of the upper wheel 101 and brought into pressure contact with head parts of upper ends 43 of the upper rods 40; a lower wheel 106 provided so as to be able to rotate about a central axis on a lower side of the press position P; and a plurality of lower press rollers 107 that are installed in the lower wheel 106 so as to be arranged along the circumferential direction about the central axis of the lower wheel 106 and brought into pressure contact with head parts of lower ends of the lower rods 50.
B30B 11/00 - Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses or tabletting presses
B30B 13/00 - Methods of pressing not special to the use of presses of any one of the preceding main groups
The purpose of the present invention is to enable articles, such as IC chips, to be transferred stably and at varied intervals even when transferred at high speed. An article transfer apparatus 10 is provided with: a first carrier machine 30 that delivers articles 6 at a constant carrying speed V1 to a reception spot B1; a rotary driving machine 80; an odd number of pick-up units 72 that are turned by the rotary driving machine 80, that pick up the articles 6 at the reception spot B1, and that transfer the articles 6 from the reception spot B1 to a delivery spot B2; a second carrier machine 50 that carries, at a carrying speed V2, the articles 6 transferred by the pick-up units 72; and a speed control unit 92 that controls the peripheral speed of the pick-up units 72, wherein the peripheral speed of the pick-up units 72 is controlled at speed V1 in sync with a timing at which the pick-up units 72 pass the reception spot B1, while the peripheral speed of the pick-up units 72 is controlled at speed V2 in sync with a timing at which the pick-up units 72 pass the delivery spot B2.
B65G 47/52 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices
B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
A61J 3/06 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of pills, lozenges or dragees
A tape splicing device (10) feeds tapes (2) in sequence and connects a next tape (2B) to a previous tape (2A). The tape splicing device (10) is provided with: a reel conveyor (30) that holds a plurality of reels (1) around which the tapes (2) are wound and that intermittently conveys the reels (1) in sequence to a predetermined supply position (P); a tape joining machine (90) that is provided downstream of the supply position (P) and that joins the previous tape (1A) reeled out from one of the reels (1) which has arrived the supply position (P) earlier, to the next tape (2B) reeled out from another one of the reels (1) which has next arrived the supply position (P); and a path length adjustment unit (70) which is provided downstream of the tape joining machine (90) and which adjusts a path length of the previous tape (2A) to be short until the tape joining machine (90) has joined the previous tape (2A) to the next tape (2B).
Provided is a packaging machine for producing, regardless of product sizing or properties such as elasticity, packages in which a product in a compressed state is stored. The packaging machine is provided with: a pressing device (16) for compressing a product (4) held between an upper film (10) and a lower film (11) at a fixed position; and a side-sealing device (25) for clamping and sealing the side edges (10a, 11a) of the films that are exposed to the outside while the product is being compressed by the pressing device (16). The side-sealing device (25) is provided with nip rollers (28), a bar sealer (26) and press rollers (29) in order along the direction of movement on movement supports (30). The movement supports (30) move along guide rails (31) and as a result, the bar sealer (26), etc. move along the side edges of the film while sealing same.
B65B 9/02 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs
B65B 11/52 - Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-packaging
The present invention suppresses the occurrence of wind pressure when picking up or releasing a chip. This chip transfer device 1, which transfers a chip 2 conveyed by a first conveyor 10 to a second conveyor 24, is equipped with: a travel guide 110 which is formed in a closed path shape as viewed from above, and is disposed in the vicinity of the first conveyor 10 and the second conveyor 24; a mobile unit 40 which travels along the travel guide 110; a clamping mechanism 50 which is provided on the mobile unit 40 so as to be openable and closable in the transverse direction; and an opening/closing operation cam 120 which is provided along the travel guide 110 so as to open and close the clamping mechanism 50. When the mobile unit 40 travels on the first conveyor 10 side of the travel guide 110, the opening/closing operation cam 120 closes the clamping mechanism 50, and the clamping mechanism 50 grips the chip 2 conveyed by the first conveyor 10.
[Problem] To make it possible to reduce or eliminate the distance by which the leading end of a gas nozzle, in a free state, hangs downwards due to the weight of said nozzle, and thereby to avoid contact between the gas nozzle and a product. [Solution] A packaging machine has a gas replacement function for manufacturing a packaging body by inserting a gas nozzle 43 into a cylindrical film 20, injecting an inert gas from the gas nozzle, and sealing and cutting by means of a top-sealing device 30 in a state in which the gas inside the cylindrical film has been replaced with the inert gas. The gas nozzle is formed from a magnetic material. Permanent magnets 35 are provided inside of an endless belt 34 of a top-pressing belt device 28. The magnetic force of the permanent magnets attracts and lifts up the magnetic member-comprising gas nozzle, thereby preventing contact with the product.
B65B 31/04 - Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
B65B 9/06 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it
[Problem] To make it possible to reduce or eliminate the distance by which the leading end of a gas nozzle, in a free state, hangs downwards due to the weight of said nozzle, and thereby to avoid contact between the gas nozzle and a product. [Solution] A packaging machine has a gas replacement function for manufacturing a packaging body by inserting a gas nozzle 43 into a cylindrical film 20, injecting an inert gas from the gas nozzle, and sealing and cutting by means of a top-sealing device 30 in a state in which the gas inside the cylindrical film has been replaced with the inert gas. The gas nozzle is formed from a magnetic material. Permanent magnets 35 are provided inside of an endless belt 34 of a top-pressing belt device 28. The magnetic force of the permanent magnets attracts and lifts up the magnetic member-comprising gas nozzle, thereby preventing contact with the product.
B65B 31/04 - Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
Provided is an inspecting apparatus for tubes which makes a sensor pass through positions at different heights, detects the thickness of an appropriate portion of a seal part, and determines whether a seal defect exists. The inspection apparatus is provided with: a transporting means for transporting a tube container 1 in an upright state; a second sensor 67 for detecting the thickness of a seal part 4 of the tube container transported by the transporting means; and a driving means for moving the second sensor in a two-dimensional space in a vertical plane. The driving means moves the second sensor to rotate along the periphery of the inner circumference of a region formed by the seal, and detects the thickness of the seal part facing the second sensor during the movement. Various determinations can be made such as whether the seal part 4 is cleanly sealed and divided in a circular arc shape over a body part 2 or whether the seal part 4 is cleanly sealed up to the tip and is not peeling.
G01M 3/36 - Investigating fluid tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by detecting change in dimensions of the structure being tested
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
An object is to provide a tablet manufacturing apparatus capable of supplying an IC chip to a desired position of pharmaceutical powder with a high accuracy and suppressing a positional displacement. The IC chip is supported by a positioning guide with a chip main body in a downward manner, and is held in a state of being positioned above pharmaceutical powder filled in a die hole before compression. The IC chip is supplied by a pusher.
A61J 3/10 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of compressed tablets
B30B 11/00 - Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses or tabletting presses
B30B 11/08 - Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses or tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space co-operating with moulds carried by a turn-table
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MEDICINAL TABLET, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND PRODUCTION DEVICE THEREFOR
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a tablet production device capable of accurately supplying an IC chip (4) to a desired position of pharmaceutical powder and preventing the positional deviation thereof. The IC chip (4) is supported by a positioning guide (61) with a chip body (6) in a downward-facing position, and held while being positioned above uncompressed pharmaceutical powder (90) filled into a die hole. The IC chip (4) is supplied by a pusher (82).
A61J 3/10 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of compressed tablets
B30B 11/00 - Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses or tabletting presses
B30B 11/08 - Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses or tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space co-operating with moulds carried by a turn-table
