COMBINATION WEIGHING APPARATUS
    101.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230296423A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-21

    申请号:US18181882

    申请日:2023-03-10

    CPC classification number: G01G13/16 B65G65/005

    Abstract: A combination weighing apparatus (1) according to an embodiment includes: a dispersion table (10) that receives and conveys an article that has been supplied from an outside; a driving unit (20) that applies conveyance force to the dispersion table (10), the conveyance force causing the article to be conveyed; a plurality of conveyors (11) that receives the article from the dispersion table (10), and conveys the article toward a downstream side; a plurality of hoppers (13) that temporarily receives a plurality of the articles that has been discharged from the plurality of conveyors (11), and discharges the plurality of the articles to the downstream side; an obtaining unit (30) that obtains a weight value of the article that is retained in each of the plurality of hoppers (13); and a controller (31) that performs combination calculation on a basis of the weight value that has been obtained by the obtaining unit (30). On a surface on which the article is conveyed in the dispersion table (10), a plurality of inclined faces (10S) is disposed, the plurality of inclined faces (10S) rising along a circumferential direction (D2) or a radiation direction (D1).

    BOX FORMING APPARATUS AND BOX FORMING AND PACKING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230226792A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18152774

    申请日:2023-01-11

    CPC classification number: B31B50/78 B31B50/003 B31B50/044 B31B2105/0022

    Abstract: A box forming apparatus includes first holders configured to hold a first side surface of a cardboard sheet, second holders configured to hold a second side surface of the cardboard sheet, an arm, a first mover, and a second mover. The arm has a support that supports the first and the second holders. The first mover changes a position of the first holders relative to the second holders while the arm is being rotated to open the cardboard sheet. The second mover moves the arm in association with opening of the cardboard sheet so that, when the cardboard sheet has been opened, the second mover will have moved the support a predetermined distance in a second direction opposite a first direction, which is a direction heading from a rotational center of the arm to a distal end of the arm.

    Bag-making and packaging apparatus
    103.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11649083B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-16

    申请号:US17474049

    申请日:2021-09-14

    CPC classification number: B65B57/04 B31B70/10 B31B70/16 B65B41/16 B31B2155/00

    Abstract: A bag-making and packaging apparatus includes a bag-making and packaging unit, a film feeding unit, a splicing device, and a control unit. The control unit allows a bag-making operation to continue by utilizing an auto-feeding function that feeds to the bag-making and packaging unit a film F spliced by the splicing device to take the place of a film F currently being fed to the bag-making and packaging unit. When the control unit judges that at least one of the film feeding unit and the splicing device is malfunctioning in a case where the control unit is utilizing the auto-feeding function, the control unit stops the auto-feeding function and executes a non-auto-feeding mode. The non-auto-feeding mode allows the bag-making operation to be continued by the bag-making and packaging unit and a film roll holding unit that is operable among plural film roll holding units.

    PROTECTIVE MEMBER AND ARTICLE PROCESSING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230071001A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17901659

    申请日:2022-09-01

    Abstract: An X-ray shielding curtain includes a main body having a pair of main surfaces facing each other, and a plurality of protruding parts provided on at least one of the pair of main surfaces of the main body and protruding from the main surface, wherein each of the plurality of protruding parts has an opening portion that passes through the pair of main surfaces of the main body.

    WEIGHING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM
    105.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230047521A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17884574

    申请日:2022-08-10

    Abstract: In a weighing and packaging system 1, an analysis unit 714 ascertains a fluctuation tendency in a time series for a measured value of information pertaining to a time in which a group of articles C passes between a light-projecting unit 27a and a light-receiving unit 27b of a detection sensor 27 of a bag-making and packaging unit 3, and adjusts a transverse seal timing or a cycle time in accordance with the fluctuation tendency. As a result, articles can be prevented in advance from being bitten during transverse sealing.

    Suction apparatus
    106.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11534928B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US16813683

    申请日:2020-03-09

    Abstract: A suction apparatus includes a suction unit, a negative pressure detection unit, a suction abnormality determination unit, and a notification unit. The suction unit suctions and holds merchandise with a negative pressure. The negative pressure detection unit detects a negative pressure value in the suction unit whenever the suction unit suctions the merchandise. The suction abnormality determination unit determines that the suction unit is abnormal in a case where the detected negative pressure value is lower in negative pressure degree than a predetermined suction determination negative pressure value continuously by a predetermined number of times of determination or more. The notification unit provides a notification in a case where the suction unit is determined to be abnormal.

    SUPPLY APPARATUS
    107.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220234321A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17579590

    申请日:2022-01-20

    Inventor: Tatsuya ARIMATSU

    Abstract: A supply apparatus that supplies corrugated cardboard sheets to a supply position in a box-making section that opens folded corrugated cardboard sheets and makes boxes. The supply apparatus comprises a conveying unit, a drive unit, and a control unit. The conveying unit conveys a plurality of the corrugated cardboard sheets to the supply position with the corrugated cardboard sheets stacked. The drive unit drives the conveying unit. A controller, serving as the control unit, estimates the total quantity of the plurality of stacked corrugated cardboard sheets on a conveying surface of the conveying unit. The controller acquires a value pertaining to the drive force of the drive unit when the drive unit drives the conveying unit, and estimates the total quantity of the plurality of stacked corrugated cardboard sheets on the basis of the acquired value.

    LABEL ISSUING APPARATUS AND LABEL READING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220198166A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17553389

    申请日:2021-12-16

    Abstract: A label issuing apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of product information regarding a product; a print control unit that generates print data defining that a barcode, in which at least one piece of the product information stored in the storage unit is encoded, and a digital watermark, in which at least one piece of the product information encoded as the barcode is embedded, are arranged on one product label and the barcode and the digital watermark are arranged at different positions on the one product label; and a label issuing unit that issues the product label on which the barcode and the digital watermark are displayed at different positions by printing information based on the print data on a label.

    Box opening device
    109.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11338536B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16318714

    申请日:2017-06-22

    Abstract: A box-opening device is disclosed. The box-opening device includes a first holding part that holds a first surface and a second holding part that holds a second surface. The first surface is one of two adjacent surfaces of a folded corrugated cardboard sheet, and the second surface is the other of the two adjacent surfaces of the corrugated cardboard sheet. The box-opening device also includes a first holding part movement mechanism which changes a position of the first holding part with respect to the second holding part and thereby transforms the corrugated cardboard sheet into an opened state. The first holding part movement mechanism has a support member that supports the first holding part so that the part rotates on an arc track about a central axis of rotation that overlaps an imaginary line extending along a boundary line between the first surface and the second surface.

    Weighing apparatus and combination weighing apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11274959B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16894963

    申请日:2020-06-08

    Inventor: Kazuteru Oda

    Abstract: A weighing apparatus includes a load cell, a fixing portion to which one end of the load cell is fixed, a hopper configured to store articles, a connecting portion configured to connect the other end of the load cell and the hopper to each other, a first support portion facing a first portion provided to the load cell or the connecting portion via a first gap and configured to support the first portion along a first direction when a first limit load acts on the hopper, and a second support portion facing a second portion provided to the load cell or the connecting portion via a second gap and configured to support the second portion along a second direction intersecting the first direction while the first support portion supports the first portion when a second limit load larger than the first limit load acts on the hopper.

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