US 12,030,684 B2
Packaging apparatus
Naoki Komai, Ritto (JP); Hideyuki Nomi, Ritto (JP); and Tomohiko Seno, Ritto (JP)
Assigned to ISHIDA CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by ISHIDA CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/057,023.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-189660 (JP), filed on Nov. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159206 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 57/04 (2006.01); B65B 7/16 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 41/12 (2006.01); B65B 41/16 (2006.01); B65B 41/18 (2006.01); B65B 61/02 (2006.01); B65H 20/34 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 57/04 (2013.01) [B65B 7/164 (2013.01); B65B 7/2878 (2013.01); B65B 41/12 (2013.01); B65B 41/16 (2013.01); B65B 41/18 (2013.01); B65B 61/025 (2013.01); B65H 20/34 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5111 (2013.01); B65H 2801/81 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging apparatus comprising:
a film conveyance unit configured to convey a film;
a container conveyance unit configured to convey a container having an opening;
a packaging unit configured to seal, with the film conveyed thereto by the film conveyance unit, the opening of the container conveyed thereto by the container conveyance unit;
a printing unit disposed upstream of the packaging unit in a conveyance path along which the film is conveyed by the film conveyance unit and configured to print information in a predetermined position on the film while the film being conveyed by the film conveyance unit; and
a control unit configured to control the film conveyance unit, the container conveyance unit, the packaging unit, and the printing unit,
wherein
the film conveyance unit has an accumulation mechanism disposed between the printing unit and the packaging unit in the conveyance path of the film and configured to temporarily accumulate the film printed with the information,
the control unit is configured to control the film conveyance unit so that the accumulation mechanism accumulates the film that is utilized for at least one packaging operation in the packaging unit,
the control unit conveys the film from the printing unit to the accumulation unit regardless of whether the film is conveyed from the accumulation unit to the packaging unit, and
the accumulation unit accumulates the film when the film is conveyed from the printing unit to the accumulation unit and the film is not conveyed from the accumulation unit to the packaging unit.