Blister packaging machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10875671-B2
Application number	US-201816233213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2018
Priority date	Jun 29, 2016
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A blister packaging machine that manufactures a blister pack, wherein the blister pack comprises: a lidded container that includes a container main body and an outer lid portion; and an inner cover film attached to close the opening of the container main body, the blister packaging machine comprising: a conveyor; a molding device that executes a molding process to a strip-shaped container film and form a lidded container-corresponding part corresponding to the lidded container; a placing device that is disposed downstream of the molding device and places the article in a container part; a sealing device that is disposed downstream of the placing device and attaches the inner cover film to close an opening of the container part; and a punching device that is disposed downstream of the sealing device and punches out the lidded container-corresponding part along with the inner cover film to produce the blister pack.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A blister packaging machine that manufactures a blister pack, wherein
the blister pack comprises:
a lidded container that includes a container main body in which an article is placed and an outer lid portion integrally formed with the container main body, wherein an opening of the container main body is opened and closed by the outer lid portion; and
an inner cover film attached to the container main body to close the opening of the container main body in which the article is placed,
the blister packaging machine comprising:
a conveyor that conveys a strip-shaped container film in a conveying direction;
a molding device that executes a molding process to the conveyed strip-shaped container film and forms a lidded container-corresponding part corresponding to the lidded container, wherein the lidded container-corresponding part comprises a container part corresponding to the container main body;
a placing device that is disposed downstream of the molding device and places the article in the container part;
a sealing device that is disposed downstream of the placing device and attaches the inner cover film to at least the container part to close an opening of the container part; and
a punching device that is disposed downstream of the sealing device and punches out the lidded container-corresponding part along with the inner cover film to produce the blister pack, wherein
a scrap portion of the container film and the inner cover film that remains after punching by the punching device is continuous along the conveying direction, wherein
the molding device forms, in the container film, the container parts that are arrayed along the conveying direction,
the sealing device continuously attaches the inner cover film having a strip shape and extending along the conveying direction to the container parts arrayed along the conveying direction,
the scrap portion comprises:
a first scrap portion of the container film that remains after punching by the punching device; and
a second scrap portion of the inner cover film that remains after punching by the punching device, wherein
the first scrap portion is continuous along the conveying direction, and
the second scrap portion is continuous along the conveying direction on one edge side of the inner cover film in a width direction.

2. The blister packaging machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sealing device attaches the inner cover film to the container film while keeping a region of the container film corresponding to the first scrap portion and a region of the inner cover film corresponding to the second scrap portion unattached to each other.

3. A blister packaging machine that manufactures a blister pack, wherein
the blister pack comprises:
a lidded container that includes a container main body in which an article is placed and an outer lid portion integrally formed with the container main body, wherein an opening of the container main body is opened and closed by the outer lid portion; and
an inner cover film attached to the container main body to close the opening of the container main body in which the article is placed,
the blister packaging machine comprising:
a conveyor that conveys a strip-shaped container film in a conveying direction;
a molding device that executes a molding process to the conveyed strip-shaped container film and forms a lidded container-corresponding part corresponding to the lidded container, wherein the lidded container-corresponding part comprises a container part corresponding to the container main body;
a placing device that is disposed downstream of the molding device and places the article in the container part;
a sealing device that is disposed downstream of the placing device and attaches the inner cover film to at least the container part to close an opening of the container part; and
a punching device that is disposed downstream of the sealing device and punches out the lidded container-corresponding part along with the inner cover film to produce the blister pack, wherein
a scrap portion of the container film and the inner cover film that remains after punching by the punching device is continuous along the conveying direction, wherein
the molding device forms the container parts at intervals along the conveying direction in the container film, and forms a scrap attaching portion in a region between the adjacent container parts in the container film, wherein the scrap attaching portion is flush in a height direction with a region of the container part to which the inner cover film is attached,
the sealing device continuously attaches the inner cover film having a strip shape to the container parts and the scrap attaching portion arranged alternately along the conveying direction,
the scrap portion comprises: a first scrap portion of the container film that remains after punching by the punching device; and a second scrap portion of the inner cover film that remains after punching by the punching device, wherein
the first scrap portion is continuous along the conveying direction,
the scrap attaching portion is located in the first scrap portion, and
the second scrap portion is attached to the scrap attaching portion.

4. The blister packaging machine according to claim 3 ,
wherein a width of the strip-shaped inner cover film along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction is equal to a width of a region of the container part to which the inner cover film is attached along the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.

Assignees

• Ckd Corp

Inventors

• Noda Naohiko

Classifications

• B65B9/045 Primary

  for single articles, e.g. tablets · CPC title

• B65D2251/0021

  of the B65D43/16-type · CPC title

• B65D2251/0093

  Membrane · CPC title

• A61J1/035

  Blister-type containers (blisters in general B65D75/36) · CPC title

• B65B47/02

  with means for heating the material prior to forming · CPC title