CAP REMOVING/FITTING APPARATUS FOR FILLING MACHINE FOR BAG

• Main Authors: HAZEBAYASHI TOSHIYUKI, FUJITA NORIHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.06.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILARCONTAINERS; BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; LIQUID HANDLING; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS; OPENING, CLOSING; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cap removing/fitting apparatus capable of surely and extremely easily removing/fitting a cap before and after filling by a simple constitution in filling a liquid agent or the like into a bag. SOLUTION: The cap removing/fitting apparatus has a bifurcate engaging part 2a to be engaged and inserted from both sides into an annular channel part of the outer periphery of a bag opening, and is equipped with a bag opening holding frame 2 for holding under an upward condition at a filling position, an operating lever 3 which is pivoted on a filling machine M side and can be swung in the vertical and horizontal directions, and a cap holding frame 4 provided in the middle part of the operating lever 3 and fitting and holding a cap 6 with a collar from the side. For filling with a context, by holding the cap with the collar of an empty bag on the bag opening holding frame 2, and by displacing the operating lever 3 to a cap fitting position, the cap with the collar is inserted into the cap holding frame 4, and by displacing the operating lever 3 to a cap releasing position, the cap is separated from the bag opening, and then, the operating lever 3 is displaced to a waiting-for position during filling. After the content is filled into the bag, by successively reversely displacing the operating lever 3, the cap is inserted and fitted in the bag opening. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI