Cardboard box dividing device and cardboard box production device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11890829-B2
Application number	US-201716771716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2017
Priority date	Dec 15, 2017
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

A cardboard box dividing device and a cardboard box production device are provided with: lower conveyors on which a plurality of connected cardboard box bodies are stacked and transported; a pressing device pressing the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies stacked on the lower conveyors from above; a cutting knife disposed along a width direction of the connected cardboard box bodies and dividing the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies stacked on the lower conveyors into a front part and a rear part; and a lifting/lowering device lifting and lowering the lower conveyors and the pressing device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cardboard box dividing device for cutting and dividing, along a width direction intersecting with a transport direction, a connected cardboard box laminate in which a plurality of connected cardboard box bodies continuous along the transport direction are stacked in a thickness direction, the cardboard box dividing device comprising:
a lower conveyor on which the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies are stacked and transported;
a press pressing, from above, the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies stacked on the lower conveyor;
a cutting knife disposed along the width direction and dividing the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies stacked on the lower conveyor into a front part and a rear part; and
a lift lifting and lowering the lower conveyor and the press,
wherein the lift has
a lifting and lowering base connected to the lower conveyor and the press, and
a lifting and lowering driver connected to a device frame for lifting and lowering the lifting and lowering base,

the press has
a sub-press supported by the lifting and lowering base so as to be movable along an up-down direction, and
a pressing driver connected to the press for moving the sub-press,

the lifting and lowering base is connected to connecting members, and the connecting members are connected to the lower conveyor,
the pressing driver connects the lifting and lowering base to the press,
the lifting and lowering driver lifts and lowers the lifting and lowering base to lift and lower the lower conveyor connected to the connecting members and the press connected to the lifting and lowering base by the pressing driver,
the lifting and lowering driver expands during cutting of the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies and contracts after finishing cutting of the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies, and
the pressing driver supports the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies by the press during cutting of the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies.

2. The cardboard box dividing device according to claim 1 , wherein an upper conveyor facing the lower conveyor from above and supporting upper portions of the plurality of stacked connected cardboard box bodies is disposed on the lifting and lowering base so as to be movable along the up-down direction.

3. The cardboard box dividing device according to claim 2 , wherein the upper conveyor is disposed in the sub-press.

4. The cardboard box dividing device according to claim 3 , wherein an attachment frame of the press is fixed to the lifting and lowering base, a plurality of the sub-press are fixed to a lower portion of the attachment frame, a space section opening downward is provided between the plurality of sub-press, and the upper conveyor is disposed in the space section so as to be movable along the up-down direction.

5. A cardboard box production device comprising:
a sheet feeder supplying a double box sheet;
a slotter creaser performing creasing line processing on a surface of the double box sheet and performing grooving;
a folder forming a connected cardboard box body by folding the double box sheet and bonding end portions;
a counter-ejector discharging a predetermined number of the connected cardboard box bodies at a time after stacking the connected cardboard box bodies while counting the connected cardboard box bodies; and
the cardboard box dividing device according to claim 1 for cutting and dividing the connected cardboard box body along the width direction intersecting with the transport direction.

6. The cardboard box dividing device according to claim 1 , wherein the lifting and lowering base is provided above the press with respect to a vertical direction.

7. A cardboard box dividing device for cutting and dividing, along a width direction intersecting with a transport direction, a connected cardboard box laminate in which a plurality of connected cardboard box bodies continuous along the transport direction are stacked in a thickness direction, the cardboard box dividing device comprising:
a lower conveyor on which the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies are stacked and transported;
a press pressing, from above, the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies stacked on the lower conveyor;
a cutting knife disposed along the width direction and dividing the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies stacked on the lower conveyor into a front part and a rear part; and
a lift lifting and lowering the lower conveyor and the press,
wherein the lift has
a lifting and lowering base connected to the lower conveyor and the press,
a lifting and lowering driver connected to a device frame for lifting and lowering the lifting and lowering base, and
a first expanding and contracting device extending from the lifting and lowering driver and having a leading edge portion connected to the lifting and lowering base, (i) expanding during cutting of the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies, and (ii) contracting after finishing cutting of the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies,

the press has
a sub-press supported by the lifting and lowering base so as to be movable along an up-down direction,
a pressing driver connected to the press for moving the sub-press, and
a second expanding and contracting device extending from the lifting and lowering base, having a leading edge portion connected to the press, and supporting the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies by the press during cutting of the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies,

the lifting and lowering base is connected to connecting members, and the connecting members are connected to the lower conveyor,
the pressing driver connects the lifting and lowering base to the press, and
the lifting and lowering driver lifts and lowers the lifting and lowering base to lift and lower integrally the lower conveyor connected to the connecting members and the press connected to the lifting and lowering base by the pressing driver.

8. The cardboard box dividing device according to claim 7 , wherein the lifting and lowering base is provided above the press with respect to a vertical direction.

9. A cardboard box dividing device for cutting and dividing, along a width direction intersecting with a transport direction, a connected cardboard box laminate in which a plurality of connected cardboard box bodies continuous along the transport direction are stacked in a thickness direction, the cardboard box dividing device comprising:
a lower conveyor on which the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies are stacked and transported;
a press pressing, from above, the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies stacked on the lower conveyor;
a cutting knife disposed along the width direction and dividing the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies stacked on the lower conveyor into a front part and a rear part; and
a lift lifting and lowering the lower conveyor and the press,
wherein the lift has
a lifting and lowering base connected to the lower conveyor and the press,
a lifting and lowering driver connected to a device frame for lifting and lowering the lifting and lowering base, and
a first drive rod extending from the lifting and lowering driver and having a leading edge portion connected to the lifting and lowering base, (i) expanding during cutting of the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies, and (ii) contracting after finishing cutting of the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies,

the press has
a sub-press supported by the lifting and lowering base so as to be movable along an up-down direction,
a pressing driver connected to the press for moving the sub-press, and
a second drive rod extending from the

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Mach Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Iwai Takanori
• Shigeyama Naoki
• Ohira Masakazu
• Suzuki Yasunari

Classifications

• B31B50/20 Primary

  Cutting sheets or blanks · CPC title

• B26D7/015

  for sheet material or piles of sheets (B26D7/018 and B26D7/02 take precedence) · CPC title

• B26D7/0675

  specially adapted for piles of sheets · CPC title

• B26D2007/322

  the cut products being sheets, e.g. sheets of paper · CPC title

• B65H2301/4229

  cutting piles · CPC title