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US 10,562,729 · App. 15/743,120 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Sheet stacking device, counter ejector and box making machine

Inventors: Kazuhiro Ando (Hiroshima, JP); Kazuya Sugimoto (Hiroshima, JP); Osamu Hatano (Hiroshima, JP); Shinya Iori (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
B65H29/22B65H29/52B65H31/26B65H2701/176
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Patent No.
US 10,562,729
App. No.
15/743,120
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a sheet stacking device, a counter ejector and a box making machine, wherein: a hopper unit stacks sheet-like cardboard boxes; feeding rolls feed a cardboard box to the hopper unit; and a guiding device is disposed between the feeding rolls and the hopper unit and includes a first guide part that extends in a horizontal direction and guides a lower surface of the cardboard box and a second guide part that extends in a vertical direction and guides a rear end of the cardboard box. Due to this configuration, the occurrence of damage to box making sheets in high-speed conveying of the box making sheets can be suppressed and the box making sheets can be appropriately stacked in a prescribed posture.

Claims (34)

1. A sheet stacking device comprising:

a hopper unit that stacks box making sheets;

an ejection unit that ejects each of the box making sheets to the hopper unit; and

a guide device that is disposed between the ejection unit and the hopper unit and has a first guide part that guides a lower surface of the box making sheet in a horizontal direction, and a second guide part that guides a rear end of the box making sheet in a vertical direction, wherein

the ejection unit has an upper ejection roll and a lower ejection roll in which a circumferential groove is formed, the guide device has a third guide part of which a base end is coupled to the first guide part, and the third guide part has a distal end disposed within the circumferential groove.

2. The sheet stacking device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the guide device has a guide roll that protrudes upward in the vertical direction from a first guide surface of the first guide part to guide the lower surface of the box making sheet.

3. The sheet stacking device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first guide part is provided with a first cutout that passes therethrough in the vertical direction, and a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the guide roll protrudes upward from the first guide surface through the first cutout.

4. The sheet stacking device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second guide part is provided with a second cutout that passes therethrough in the horizontal direction, and a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the guide roll protrudes from the second guide surface to a side of the hopper unit through the second cutout.

5. The sheet stacking device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first guide part and the second guide part are constituted by a guide plate having an L-shaped section, and the first cutout and the second cutout are constituted as one cutout that passes through a region including a bending part of the guide plate.

6. The sheet stacking device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cover that covers a side of the hopper unit is disposed in the ejection unit, and the guide device is mounted on the cover.

7. The sheet stacking device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the guide device has a first adjusting device that adjusts a position of the first guide part in the vertical direction.

8. The sheet stacking device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the guide device has a second adjusting device that adjusts a position of the second guide part in the horizontal direction.

9. A counter ejector comprising:

the sheet stacking device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the box making sheets are sorted in a batch of a predetermined number of sheets and are ejected after being stacked while being counted.

10. A box making machine comprising:

a sheet feed section that supplies a box making sheet;

a printing section that performs printing on the box making sheet;

a slotter creaser section that performs ruling on a front surface of the box making sheet and performs grooving;

a folder gluer section that folds the box making sheet to join ends together, thereby forming a box member; and

a counter ejector section that ejects every predetermined number of the box members after being stacked while being counted,

wherein the counter ejector according to claim 9 is applied as the counter ejector section.

11. A sheet stacking device comprising:

a hopper unit that stacks box making sheets;

an ejection unit that ejects each of the box making sheets to the hopper unit; and

a guide device that is disposed between the ejection unit and the hopper unit and has a first guide part that guides a lower surface of the box making sheet in a horizontal direction, and a second guide part that guides a rear end of the box making sheet in a vertical direction, wherein

the guide device has a first adjusting device that adjusts a position of the first guide part in the vertical direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2018
From: ANDO, KAZUHIRO; SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA; HATANO, OSAMU; IORI, SHINYA
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044578/0755 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-178514 · Sep 10, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180229958A1 · Aug 16, 2018
Cited By (1)
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