Packaging material designed for rapid packaging and related automated packing apparatus

Abstract

A packaging material suitable for rapid packaging includes a plurality of sheets, a support member, and an outer packaging. The sheets are stacked along a stacking direction to form a sheet assembly. The sheet assembly has an upper top surface and a lower bottom surface opposite the upper top surface, with a gap between the upper top surface and the lower bottom surface. The support member has a top, a bottom, and a first side portion, with the top and bottom facing each other and the first side portion connecting the top and the bottom. The support member is used to cover the sheet assembly to form a semi-finished product assembly. The outer packaging has a receiving portion and at least one sealing portion. A receiving space is formed within the receiving portion for receiving the semi-finished product assembly.

Claims

1. A packaging material suitable for rapid packaging, comprising: a plurality of sheets stacked in a stacking direction to form a sheet assembly, the sheet assembly having an upper top surface and a lower bottom surface opposite the upper top surface, a gap between the upper top surface and the lower bottom surface; a support member having a top, a bottom, and a first side portion, the top and bottom facing each other, the first side portion connecting the top and the bottom, the support member for covering the sheet assembly to form a semi-finished product assembly; and an outer packaging having a receiving portion and at least one sealing portion, the receiving portion forming a receiving space for receiving the semi-finished product assembly; wherein... The top of the support member abuts the upper top surface of the sheet assembly and forms a top support surface of the semi-finished product assembly; the bottom of the support member abuts the lower bottom surface of the sheet assembly and forms a bottom support surface of the semi-finished product assembly; the first side of the support member covers the gap between the upper top surface and the lower bottom surface and forms a first side support surface of the semi-finished product assembly; wherein, when the semi-finished product assembly is housed in the receiving portion of the outer packaging, the first side support surface of the semi-finished product assembly is adjacent to the at least one sealing portion of the outer packaging, and the first side support surface provides support for the at least one sealing portion during sealing to maintain the appearance of the at least one sealing portion flat.

2. The packaging material as claimed in claim 1, wherein each sheet comprises: a sheet body; and a plurality of capsule portions disposed on the sheet body; wherein, One of the plurality of sheets has one of the plurality of capsule portions facing and abutting against another of the plurality of sheets, and another sheet body of the plurality of sheets faces and abuts against yet another sheet body of the plurality of sheets.

3. The packaging material as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sheet body of the uppermost sheet in the sheet assembly constitutes the upper top surface of the sheet assembly, and the sheet body of the lowermost sheet in the sheet assembly constitutes the lower bottom surface of the sheet assembly.

4. The packaging material as claimed in claim 3, wherein the top of the support member is connected to the first side via a first fold line, and the bottom of the support member is connected to the first side via a second fold line.

5. The packaging material as claimed in claim 3, wherein the support member further has a second side portion, the bottom of the support member is connected to the second side portion via a third fold line, and one end edge of the second side portion is separated from one end edge of the top portion.

6. The packaging material as claimed in claim 3, wherein the length of the support is twice the sum of the length of the sheet and the distance between the upper top surface and the lower bottom surface, and the width of the support is substantially equal to the width of the sheet.

7. An automated packaging device for packaging a packaging material, the packaging material comprising a plurality of sheets, a support member, and an outer packaging, the plurality of sheets being stacked along a stacking direction to form a sheet assembly, the support member being used to cover the sheet assembly to form a semi-finished assembly, a top of the support member abutting an upper top surface of the sheet assembly and forming a top support surface of the semi-finished assembly, a bottom of the support member abutting a lower bottom surface of the sheet assembly and forming a bottom support surface of the semi-finished assembly, a first side portion of the support member covering a gap between the upper top surface and the lower bottom surface and forming a first side support surface of the semi-finished assembly, the automated packaging device comprising: a machine body; a suction cup module disposed on the machine body, the suction cup module being movable relative to the machine body in a vertical direction; An expansion module is disposed on the machine body, the expansion module being movable relative to the machine body along a first horizontal direction, and the expansion module being rotatable relative to the machine body; a first pneumatic cylinder module is disposed on the machine body, the first pneumatic cylinder module being movable relative to the machine body from a retracted position to an extended position along the first horizontal direction; a fork-leveling mechanism is disposed on the machine body, the fork-leveling mechanism being movable relative to the machine body along a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction; and a sealing module is disposed on the machine body, the sealing module being movable relative to the machine body from an ascending position to a descending position along the vertical direction; when the semi-finished product assembly is placed on the machine body, the automated packaging equipment is used to perform: the suction cup module opening at least one sealing portion of the outer packaging along the vertical direction; The expansion module moves along the first horizontal direction from the at least one sealed opening of the outer packaging opened by the suction cup module into a receiving portion of the outer packaging, and the expansion module expands the receiving portion by rotation after entering the receiving portion; the first pneumatic cylinder module pushes the semi-finished product assembly along the first horizontal direction through the at least one sealed opening of the outer packaging into the receiving portion, and pushes the semi-finished product assembly together with the outer packaging to the extended position; the fork-flattening mechanism moves along the second horizontal direction and inserts into a first side and a second side of the at least one sealed opening of the outer packaging, so that the first side and the second side of the at least one sealed opening abut against the first side support surface of the semi-finished product assembly and overlaps the upper and lower parts of the at least one sealed opening; When the fork-flat mechanism rests the first and second sides of the at least one sealing portion against the first side support surface of the semi-finished product assembly and overlaps the upper and lower parts of the at least one sealing portion, the sealing module moves from the rising position to the falling position along the vertical direction to close the upper and lower parts of the overlapped at least one sealing portion.

8. The automated packaging equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein the suction cup module comprises: a first suction cup for suctioning the upper portion of the at least one sealed portion; and a second suction cup for suctioning the lower portion of the at least one sealed portion.

9. The automated packaging equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein the expansion module comprises: a first-side rotary guide; and a second-side rotary guide; wherein, The first-side rotating guide and the second-side rotating guide can rotate relative to each other between a retracted position and an extended position.

10. The automated packaging equipment as claimed in claim 7, further comprising: a storage device disposed on the machine body for storing the outer packaging; and a second pneumatic cylinder module disposed on the machine body, the second pneumatic cylinder module being movable relative to the machine body from an initial position to a preparatory position along the second horizontal direction.

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