Method of and apparatus for automatically packaging products
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuji Iwamura, Koichi Nakatogawa
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Abstract
An automatic packaging system has a first feed mechanism for feeding a light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow A, an inspection mechanism for reading bar-code information from the light-shielded photosensitive roll, measuring and comparing dimensions of the light-shielded photosensitive roll with the bar-code information to inspect whether the light-shielded photosensitive roll is correct or wrong, a second feed mechanism for feeding the light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow B if the light-shielded photosensitive roll judged as being correct, and a third feed mechanism for feeding the light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow C.
Claims19
A method of packaging products automatically with packaging members, said products having at least different product lengths or different side dimensions, comprising the steps of:
- feeding a product manufactured in a preceding process along a first feed direction;
- reading bar-code information from said product fed along said first feed direction, measuring a dimension of said product, and comparing the measured dimension with the bar-code information to determine whether said product is correct or wrong;
- if said product is judged as being correct, feeding said product in a second feed direction transverse to said first feed direction;
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- feeding said product fed in said second feed direction along a third feed direction parallel to said first feed direction, and automatically packaging said product with a packaging member.
A method of packaging products automatically, said products having at least different product lengths or different side dimensions with packaging members, comprising the steps of:
- automatically mounting dampers corresponding to a product on opposite ends of said product while said product is being fed along a first feed line;
- automatically placing a predetermined number of spacers on one end of said product on which one of said dampers has been mounted;
- selecting one of a plurality of packaging members having different dimensions from a packaging member supply unit depending on the product and feeding the selected packaging member along a second feed line to a box assembling station;
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- superposing said product on the selected packaging member fed to said box assembling station and automatically folding said packaging member over said product to package said product with said packaging member.
An apparatus for packaging products automatically with packaging members, said products having at least different product lengths or different side dimensions, comprising:
- a first feed mechanism for feeding a product manufactured in a preceding process along a first feed direction;
- an inspection mechanism for reading bar-code information from said product fed along said first feed direction, measuring a dimension of said product, and comparing the measured dimension with the bar-code information to determine whether said product is correct or wrong;
- a second feed mechanism for, if said product is judged as being correct, feeding said product in a second feed direction transverse to said first feed direction;
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- a third feed mechanism for feeding said product fed in said second feed direction along a third feed direction parallel to said first feed direction.
An apparatus for packaging products automatically with packaging members, said products having at least different product lengths or different side dimensions, comprising:
- a damper supply mechanism for accommodating a plurality of different dampers depending on a dimension of said product;
- a damper mounting mechanism for automatically mounting dampers corresponding to said product on respective opposite ends of said product;
- a spacer supply mechanism for accommodating spacers to be placed near one of the ends of said product;
- a spacer inserting mechanism for automatically positioning a given number of spacers on the end of said product on which said damper is mounted;
- a packaging member supply mechanism for accommodating a plurality of packaging members having different dimensions;
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- a box assembling mechanism for automatically folding one of said packaging members which is automatically selected depending on said product, over said product superposed on said packaging member to package said product with said packaging member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.