Packaging device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9776747-B2
Application number	US-201414451679-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2014
Priority date	Aug 5, 2013
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A packaging device includes a conveyance mechanism, a guide portion and a control portion. The control portion is configured to cause a first section of a film to be bonded to a base, cause the conveyance mechanism to convey the base toward a downstream side in a conveyance direction, move the guide portion along a movement path, cause the conveyance mechanism to convey the base toward the upstream side, cause a second section of the film to be bonded to the base, and cause the film to be moved in an opposite direction to a feeding direction at any time during a period after the first section is bonded to the base and before the second section is bonded to the base, the feeding direction being a direction in which the film is fed out when the base is conveyed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A packaging device configured to package, with a film, a base and an object placed on the base, the packaging device comprising:
a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the base on which the object is placed;
a guide portion configured to move along a movement path and configured to guide the film, the movement path extending in a direction that intersects a conveyance path along which the base conveyed by the conveyance mechanism passes;
a rotation mechanism configured to rotate a film roll, around which the film is wound, around a winding center as an axis;
a bonding mechanism configured to bond the film to the base;
a processor; and
a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the packaging device to:
cause the bonding mechanism to bond a first section of the film to the base, the first section being a part of the film,
cause the conveyance mechanism to convey the base from an upstream side toward a downstream side in a conveyance direction with respect to an intersection position, the intersection position being a position at which the conveyance path and the movement path intersect,
move the guide portion along the movement path when the base is conveyed toward the downstream side and an edge of the base on the upstream side is moved farther toward the downstream side than the intersection position;
cause the conveyance mechanism to convey the base toward the upstream side after the guide portion is moved;
cause the bonding mechanism to bond a second section of the film to the base when the base is conveyed toward the upstream side and the edge of the base on the upstream side is moved farther toward the upstream side than the intersection position, the second section being a part of the film and being different from the first section, and
cause the rotation mechanism to move the film in an opposite direction to a feeding direction at any time during a period after the first section is bonded to the base and before the second section is bonded to the base, the feeding direction being a direction in which the film is fed out from the film roll that is rotated by the rotation mechanism when the base is conveyed toward the downstream side in the conveyance direction.

2. The packaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the packaging device to:
cause the conveyance mechanism to convey the base from the upstream side toward the downstream side with respect to the intersection position after causing the bonding mechanism to bond the first section to the base.

3. The packaging device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the causing the rotation mechanism to move the film includes causing the rotation mechanism to move the film in the opposite direction at any time during a period after the conveyance of the base from the upstream side toward the downstream side is started and before the movement of the guide portion is started.

4. The packaging device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the causing the rotation mechanism to move the film includes causing the rotation mechanism to move the film in the opposite direction at any time during a period after the movement of the guide portion is started and before the conveyance of the base toward the upstream side is started.

5. The packaging device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the causing the rotation mechanism to move the film includes causing the rotation mechanism to move the film in the opposite direction at any time during a period after the conveyance of the base toward the upstream side is started and before causing the bonding mechanism to bond the second section to the base.

6. The packaging device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the causing the rotation mechanism to move the film includes causing the rotation mechanism to move the film in the opposite direction at any time during a period after the conveyance of the base toward the upstream side is finished and before causing the bonding mechanism to bond the second section to the base.

7. The packaging device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the causing the rotation mechanism to move the film includes causing the rotation mechanism to move the film in the opposite direction by causing the rotation mechanism to rotate the film roll in a first direction, the first direction being a direction in which the film is taken up onto the film roll.

8. The packaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an acquiring portion configured to acquire an information that indicates a force to be exerted on the film in the opposite direction,
wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the packaging device to:
cause the acquiring portion to acquire the information that indicates the force to be exerted on the film in the opposite direction when the film is moved in the opposite direction by the rotation mechanism, and

wherein the causing the rotation mechanism to move the film includes causing the rotation mechanism to move the film in the opposite direction by controlling the rotation mechanism based on the force that is indicated by the acquired information.

9. The packaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a current supply portion configured to output a current and
a DC motor provided in the rotation mechanism and configured to rotate, at least in a first direction, the film roll, by the current outputted from the current supply portion, the first direction being a direction in which the film is taken up onto the film roll,
wherein:
the causing the rotation mechanism to move the film includes causing the rotation mechanism to move the film in the opposite direction by causing the current supply portion to output a first current of a first electrical quantity to the DC motor to rotate the film roll in the first direction, and

the causing the rotation mechanism to move the film includes causing the rotation mechanism, after causing the current supply portion to output the first current of the first electrical quantity, to move the film in the opposite direction by causing the current supply portion to output a second current of a second electrical quantity to the DC motor to rotate the film roll in the first direction, the second electrical quantity being smaller than the first electrical quantity.

10. The packaging device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a detection portion configured to detect a number of rotations of the DC motor;
an identifying portion configured to identify an acceleration of the DC motor based on the detected number of rotations and
a determination portion configured to compare the acceleration with a specified threshold value,
wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the packaging device to:
cause the detection portion to detect a number of rotations of the DC motor;
cause the identifying portion to identify an acceleration of the DC motor based on the detected number of rotations; and
cause the current supply portion to change an electrical quantity of the current to be output to the DC motor from the first electrical quantity to the second electrical quantity when the determination portion determines that the identified acceleration of the DC motor changes from a state in which the identified acceleration is equal to or larger than the threshold value to a state in which the identified acceleration is smaller than the threshold value.

11. The packaging device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a detection portion configured to detect a number of rotatio

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Takahashi Toshihiro
• Imamaki Teruo
• Nishimura Yohei

Classifications

• B65B57/04

  and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages · CPC title

• B65B13/025

  Hand-held tools · CPC title

• H02P1/22

  in either direction of rotation · CPC title

• B65B11/08 Primary

  in a single straight path · CPC title

• B65B13/305

  Hand tools · CPC title