JPH08583B2 - Textile product packaging method and device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for packaging textile products such as kimono, fur, leather products, silk, feathers and duvets in a compact size while maintaining their quality (freshness).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Textile products such as kimonos and fur coats are not always worn on a daily basis, but only for a very short period of the year. Therefore, conventionally, when not in use, such a textile product is usually stored together with an insect repellent in a clothes box or drawer of a drawer.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned storage method, the odor peculiar to the insect repellent is transferred to the textile product by long-term storage, or the insect repellent is exhausted and the essential textile product is eaten by insects. In addition to being broken, there are the following problems.

That is, since the above-mentioned fiber product is quite bulky, a considerable space for storage is also required, and it is quite difficult for the general household to store such a fiber product. Further, in a general household, it is difficult to form a dedicated storage part, and therefore, it cannot be said that the storage environment of the textile product is necessarily good.

[0005]

On the other hand, in recent years,
Although there are some companies that specialize in storing the above-mentioned precious textile products, there is the inconvenience that they cannot be taken out immediately in the event of a sudden need, and those who store important items close at hand. Because there is a sense that it is good,
Such a method is not always perfect.

The present invention has been made in view of the above matters, and its purpose is to make a fiber product into a more compact and less bulky shape, and to prevent it from being eaten by insects or being exposed to moisture. It is intended to provide a method and a device for packaging a textile product which can be safely stored in the vicinity of the owner for a long period of time without sacrificing their quality without sacrificing quality.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the method of packaging a textile product according to the present invention is such that a textile product pretreated so that dew condensation does not occur after packaging is housed in a non-breathable bag. , The bag containing the textile product is placed on a press stand inclined forward and provided with a sensor for detecting an object and a plurality of air blowing holes on the surface, and a press descending from above the press stand The textile product contained in the bag is pressed by the member, the opening of the bag whose air is expelled by this pressing is heat-sealed by the heater and the pressing body, and then the opening of the heat-sealed bag is cut by the cutter. After cutting, after the cutting, the pressing body is raised and the heater is lowered, and further, the press member is raised and air is blown out from the air blowing hole. It is characterized by a door.

The textile product packaging apparatus according to the present invention comprises a press stand inclined forward and provided with a sensor for detecting an object and a plurality of air blowing holes on the surface thereof, and the sensor is provided on the press stand. By detecting the non-air-permeable bag containing the press member, the press member descending from above the press table, the heater extending in the left-right width direction on the upper end side of the press table, and the pressing of the press member against the bag. The heat-sealing portion is formed of a pressing body that descends immediately after the operation is completed and presses the bag on the heater. The heat-sealing portion heat-seals the opening of the bag. A cutter that cuts off the excess part of the opening of the heat-sealed bag by linearly reciprocating, and the heater part is lowered after cutting with this cutter. It is characterized.

[0009]

According to the textile product packaging apparatus of the present invention, when the bag containing the textile product is placed on the press table, the sensor detects the bag, and the detection causes the press member to descend from above onto the press table. Then, the bag is pressed, the air in the bag is expelled, and the bag becomes flat. Then, immediately after the completion of this pressing operation, the pressing body descends, presses the opening of the bag located on the heater, and heat sealing is performed by the heat sealing unit. Then, when this heat sealing is completed, the cutter portion cuts the excess portion of the opening of the bag. Further, when this cutting is completed, air is blown out from the air blowing hole and the heater is lowered. As a result, the package in which the textile product is stored in the bag in a compressed state is lifted from the surface of the press table, and the package and the heat-sealing portion are reliably separated, and the heat-sealed package is the press table. Fall down the sloping surface.

As described above, since the packaging apparatus of the present invention is provided with the cutter portion for cutting the excess portion of the opening in addition to the heat sealing portion for heat-sealing the opening of the bag, the opening of the bag The portion can be reliably heat-sealed, and the excess portion of the opening can be reliably cut. Furthermore, since the heater descends after this cutting, the bag and the heat sealing part are reliably separated, and since the press table is provided with air blowing holes, the heat-sealed package is removed from the surface of the press table. Therefore, the heat-sealed package can be reliably dropped on the inclined surface of the press table.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows an example of equipment for carrying out the method for packaging a textile product according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing, which is surrounded by a heat insulating member 2. 3 is a device for packaging textile products,
The detailed structure will be described later. The inside of the housing 1 is conditioned to have a low humidity and a constant temperature, and cold and dry air is supplied by a fan 4 provided under the floor. Reference numeral 5 denotes an auxiliary equipment room provided with an air conditioner and a pump for maintaining the inside of the housing 1 in a predetermined atmosphere (temperature and humidity).

Next, the detailed structure of the packaging device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, in FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 6 denotes a main body frame whose front (right side in FIG. 3) and rear (left side in FIG. 3) are opened, and in front thereof, as shown in FIG. A storage box 8 for storing the subsequent package 7 is provided. Therefore, the operator is located behind the body frame 6 (hereinafter, the rear side of the body frame 6 is referred to as the operator side). Reference numeral 9 is a caster provided below the body frame 6.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a press table, which is held by the left and right side plates 11 of the main body frame 6 and is provided so as to be inclined forward. The press table 10 is made of, for example, stainless steel, and a photoelectric detection sensor 12 for detecting that an object such as a bag is placed is provided in the center of the surface of the operator side, and the detection sensor 12 is also provided. A plurality of air blowing holes 13 are formed in the vicinity of. In addition, FIGS.
In the above, reference numeral 12A indicates a sensor main body.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a press member that descends from above the press table 10 and is made of a material that is formed flat and does not distort even when strongly pressed. The pressing member 14 is a rod 1 of an air cylinder 16 held by a cylinder supporting member 15.
7 is directly connected to the press table 10 and is held in a state of being parallel to the press table 10 and driven in the vertical direction. The fiber product S placed on the press table 10 and accommodated in the bag F is pressed by the press member 14 to be compressed into a flat shape (see FIG. 4).

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 18 denotes a heat sealing portion, which seals the opening of the bag F containing the fiber product S compressed into the flat shape and has the following structure. That is, a heater portion 19 is formed on the upper end side of the press table 10 in the left and right width directions thereof, and moves downward immediately after the pressing operation of the press member 14 against the textile product S is completed to contact the heater portion 19. The pressing unit 20 is in contact with and presses the bag F located on the heater unit 19.

The heater section 19 is, as shown in FIG.
The heater 23 is embedded in the upper part of the holding member 22 whose both ends are held by the left and right swing arms 21. On the upper surface of the heater unit 19, the bag F is the heater unit 1.
It is covered with a tape 23A for facilitating the separation from 9. A plurality of air blowout holes 25 are formed on the surface of the auxiliary base portion 24 provided adjacent to the heater portion 19 in the extending direction of the heater portion 19.

The lower part of the holding member 22 is connected to a rod 30 of an air cylinder 29 via a connecting member 26 such as a rod and a lever member 28 which rotates around a shaft 27, and a cutter device described later. Immediately after 40 has performed a predetermined cutting operation, it slightly moves downward and returns to its original position.

The pressing portion 20, as shown in FIG. 4, is held horizontally by the upper ends of arms 31 pivotally supported on the left and right side plates 11 of the body frame 6.
A link mechanism 33 for moving the arm 31 in an arc in a predetermined direction, and a cylinder 3 connected to the link mechanism 33.
4 and. Then, the pressing body 32 moves up and down at a predetermined timing to come into contact with or separate from the upper surface of the heater portion 19 to heat seal the opening of the bag F.
Two rows of pressing protrusions 35 for pressing the upper surface of the heater portion 19 more strongly are formed below the pressing body 32.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a protective net that moves back and forth as the pressing body 32 moves up and down, and its winding core 37 is provided in parallel with the pressing body 32 and its lower end is fixed to the pressing body 32. There is. The core 37 is connected to a reel 38 containing a spring via a wire 39.

Reference numeral 40 denotes the outside of the heater section 19 (rear end side).
The cutter device for cutting the surplus portion f (see FIG. 4) of the opening of the bag F that has been heat-sealed by the heat sealing portion 18 is configured as follows.

That is, in FIG. 5, reference numeral 41 denotes a hollow guide rod made of resin, for example, which is provided in parallel with the heat sealing portion 18, and inside of which a magnet is moved in the transverse direction of the guide rod 41 by air. (Not shown) are provided. A moving body 42 made of a magnet corresponding to the magnet is slidably provided on the guide rod 41. A cutter holding member 43 is fixed to the moving body 42 via a bracket 44, and a cutter 45 is fixed to the upper end of the cutter holding member.

In the lower part of the cutter holding member 43,
A guide member 47 that slides while engaging with an auxiliary guide rod 46 that is parallel to the guide rod 41 is provided. Further, a weight member 48 for stabilization is provided on the guide member 47. By doing so, the moving body 42 can move stably in the lateral direction of the heat sealing portion 18.

In FIG. 3, numeral 49 is a photoelectric sensor for preventing danger, which is provided on the side of the opening of the body frame 6 on the side of the operator, for example, the head or hand of the operator or a person other than the operator carelessly. When the above is located below the press member 14, the press member 14 is prevented from descending. Further, in FIG. 4, reference numerals 50 and 51 are air supply pipes that communicate with the air outlet holes 13 and 25, respectively.

Next, the packaging device 3 configured as described above.
The operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 9.

First, before packaging the textile product S in the bag F, it is necessary to perform a pretreatment after the packaging so as not to cause dew condensation. This pretreatment is, as shown in FIG.
Is preferably carried out in the housing 1 in which
The atmosphere in the housing 1 has a humidity of, for example, 20.
~ 55%, the temperature is 8 to 20 ° C, which is low humidity and low temperature. It is more preferable that the humidity is 20% and the temperature is 13%.
° C. When pre-treated under such conditions, so-called freshness packaging can be performed without dew condensation after packaging. The pretreatment time depends on whether the air permeability of the textile product S is good or bad, but if the air permeability is good, it is about 30 minutes, and if it is not good, it is about half a day to 1 day.

The bag F used for packaging is required to be non-breathable. For example, a composite of nylon and polyethylene, or a plurality of nylon vapor-deposited aluminum layers (for example, 5 to 6 layers) are laminated. The thickness is preferably about 80 to 120 μm.

The procedure for wrapping the textile product S, which has been pretreated as described above, in the bag F is as follows, for example.

As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the textile product S is housed in a bag F.

As shown in FIG. 7B, the textile product S contained in the bag F is placed so as to cover a predetermined position of the press table 10, that is, the sensor 12.

Based on the detection operation of the sensor 12, the cylinder 16 operates, and the press member 14 at the top, which is the home position, descends (see FIG. 8A), and the textile product S is placed in the bag F. Press together. By this pressing, the textile product S becomes flat and the air in the bag F is pushed out. At this time, the pressing body 32 of the heat sealing portion 18 is still waiting at a predetermined home position (see FIG. 8B).

At the same time when the pressing by the pressing member 14 is completed, an electric current flows through the heater 23 of the heat sealing section 18 to start heat generation, and the pressing body 32 descends to press the opening side of the bag F to heat it. Sealing is performed (see FIG. 8C), and the inside of the bag F is sealed in a state close to a vacuum. As the pressing body 32 descends, the protective net 3
Since the opening of the packaging device 3 on the operator side is closed by lowering the device 6, it is safe.

Simultaneously with the completion of the heat sealing, the cutter 45 travels along the heater 23 to cut the excess portion f of the bag F, and the textile product S is packaged in the bag F as shown in FIG. 7D. The package 7 thus obtained is obtained. At this time, the press member 14 still continues to press the textile product S (see FIG. 7 (C) and FIG. 9 (A)).

When the cutting by the cutter 45 is completed, the pressing body 32 rises together with the protection net 36. Then, almost simultaneously with this rise, the heater 23 slightly descends (see FIG. 9B). This ensures that the bag F and the heat sealing portion 18 are separated.

Immediately after the pressing body 32 and the like are lifted, the press member 14 is also lifted. At the same time as this rise, press stand 1
Air A is blown out from the plurality of air blowout holes 13 formed in 0. As a result, the package 7 that was in close contact with the surface of the press table 10 floats from the surface, and then,
Sliding down the inclined surface of the press table 10. At this time, the air A is also blown out from the plurality of air blowing holes 25 formed in the auxiliary base portion 24, whereby the upper surface of the heater 23 is cooled (see FIG. 9C).

By repeating the above steps (1) to (5), the textile product S can be packaged in the bag F, and the package 7 is contained in the container box 8 as shown in FIG. In this way, the package 7 has a flat thickness of, for example, 1/10 of the original thickness of the fiber product S, which is convenient for transportation and storage.

According to the packaging device 3 described above, the textile product S can be packaged in the bag F very easily. And
Since the protection net 36 and the photoelectric sensor 49 are provided,
It is extremely safe not only for the worker but also for those other than the worker.

The detection sensor 12 may be of another detection type such as a proximity switch.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to the heat sealing portion for heat-sealing the opening of the bag, the cutter portion for cutting the excess portion of the opening is provided. Therefore, the opening of the bag can be reliably heat-sealed, and the surplus portion of the opening can be reliably cut. Furthermore, since the heater descends after this cutting,
The bag and the heat-sealing portion are reliably separated, and since the press table is provided with an air blowing hole, the heat-sealed package can be reliably lifted from the surface of the press table, and the bag Along with the reliable separation from the heat sealing part, the heat-sealed package can surely drop on the inclined surface of the press table. And all these actions are done automatically,
Moreover, the operation and the like are easy to handle.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the textile product can be stored in a non-breathable bag in a compressed state and can be easily made into a compact shape. And since the textile products are housed in a non-breathable bag, they are kept as they are for a long period of time without being eaten by insects or invading moisture, without impairing their quality. For example, it can be stored for about 10 years in the water or soil without maintenance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an example of equipment for carrying out the method for packaging a textile product of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a textile product packaging apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the packaging device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an operator side portion of the packaging device.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a main part of the configuration of the worker side portion.

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the operation of the packaging device.

7 (A) to (D) are explanatory views showing a process of accommodating a textile product in a bag and forming a package.

8 (A) to (C) are diagrams showing steps until a textile product put in a bag is pressed.

9 (A) to 9 (C) are diagrams showing a process in which a bag containing a pressed fiber product is heat-sealed and slides down a press table.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Press stand, 12 ... Detection sensor, 13 ... Air blowout hole, 14 ... Press member, 18 ... Heat sealing part, 2
3 ... Heater, 32 ... Pressing body, 45 ... Cutter, F ... Bag,
S ... Textile products.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A non-air-permeable bag containing a pretreated textile product to prevent dew condensation after packaging, and the bag containing the textile product has a sensor and a plurality of objects for detecting an object on the surface. Placed on a press table inclined forward in which the air blowout hole of is provided, pressing the textile product contained in the bag by a press member descending from above the press table,
Heating the opening of the bag which air is expelled by the pressing
Heat-sealed by the data and the pressing body, then, heat
Cut the opening of the sealed bag with a cutter and
After cutting, raise the pressing body and turn on the heater.
Lowering and further raising the press member
A method for packaging a textile product, characterized in that air is blown out from the air blowing hole . 2. A press table tilted in the front direction, which has a sensor for detecting an object and a plurality of air blowing holes on the surface, and a non-communication chamber in which the sensor accommodates a textile product.
By detecting the air bag, the press member descends from above the press table and its left and right width on the upper end side of the press table.
The heater extending in the direction and the bag of the press member
Immediately after the pressing operation is completed, it descends and presses the bag on the heater.
That consists of a pressing body, with and a heat <br/> over preparative sealing unit for heat-sealing the opening of the bag, this Hitoshi
Move the lower part of the ring part linearly back and forth along this extension direction.
Move and cut excess part of heat sealed bag opening
A cutter for
A device for packaging a textile product, characterized in that the data unit is lowered .