Method for manufacturing rectangular-bottomed packaging bag, device for manufacturing rectangular-bottomed packaging bag, method for manufacturing packaging body, and device for manufacturing packaging body

A device for manufacturing a rectangular-bottomed packaging bag, in which the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag is manufactured by a method for manufacturing a rectangular-bottomed packaging bag in which the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag is manufactured from a flat bag, the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag including a bottom including a bottom gusset of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag, a front, a rear, a pair of sides including side gussets of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag, and a pair of folding portions having an isosceles triangle shape and formed inside the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag on the pair of sides, the flat bag including a bottom gusset of the flat bag folded in half protruding to an inside of the flat bag, the method comprising:

• an unfolding step of unfolding the flat bag from the inside of the bag by unfolding the bottom gusset folded in half of the flat bag such that an opening cross section of the flat bag has a rectangular shape and the bottom, the front, the rear, the pair of sides, and the pair of folding portions of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag are formed;
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• a gusset forming step, after the unfolding step, of forming the side gussets of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag by bending the pair of sides such that the pair of sides protrude toward an inside of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag and forming the bottom gusset of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag by bending the bottom such that the bottom protrudes toward the inside of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag while the formed side gussets are held,
• the device comprising:
• a pair of opening/closing plates used in the unfolding step for opening and closing so as to open the flat bag from the inside of the bag by unfolding the bottom gusset folded in half of the flat bag such that a cross section of the flat bag has a rectangular shape to form the bottom, the front, the rear, the pair of sides, and the pair of folding portions of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag;
• side portion folding plates used in the gusset forming step which enter a space between the pair of opening/closing plates from an outside of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag toward the inside of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag and forms the side gussets of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag by bending the pair of sides such that the pair of sides protrude toward the inside of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag;
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• a bottom portion folding plate used in the gusset forming step which enters the space between the pair of opening/closing plates by thrust onto the bottom from the outside of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag toward the inside of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag and forms the bottom gusset of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag by bending the bottom such that the bottom protrudes toward the inside of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag,
• wherein the pair of opening/closing plates are configured to be shiftable between a close state in which the pair of opening/closing plates are closest to each other and a separated state in which the pair of opening/closing plates are separated from each other,
• the pair of opening/closing plates are configured to be shiftable from the separated state to the close state as an insertion depth of the side portion folding plates becomes deeper after the side portion folding plates are inserted between the pair of opening/closing plates in the separated state, and
• the bottom portion folding plate is configured to start an insertion operation toward the inside of the rectangular-bottomed packaging bag slightly after start of an insertion operation of the side portion folding plates.