VACUUM PACKING MACHINE
A vacuum packing machine includes: a lower housing; an upper housing hinge-coupled with the lower housing to be rotationally opened and closed; a heating wire part for vacuum-packing mounted at an end of an upper side of the lower housing to carry out vacuum-packing; a pressing part mounted at a position where it coincides with the heating wire part at the end of the upper face of the upper housing; a gas intake tube mounted within the heating wire part inside the lower housing and inhaling and discharging gas; a tube driving part for progressing and reversing the gas intake tube; a suction pump mounted inside the lower housing and connected with the gas intake tube to inhale gas; a lower sealing member located on the upper side of the lower housing and mounted within the heating wire part; and a control unit.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a vacuum packing machine, and, more particularly, to a vacuum packing machine which can carry out vacuum-packing using general wrapping paper on which embossed patterns or flow channel patterns are not formed.
2. Background Art
In general, people vacuum-pack and store food ingredients in order to manage the food ingredients in a sanitary way or extend a storage period of the food ingredients. That is, as shown in
In this instance, there is a problem that it is difficult to inhale the gases inside the bag when the parts of the vacuum wrapping bag 1 which gets bitten by the vacuum intake device 3 get in contact with each other. Therefore, Korean Patent Nos. 10-2002-39131 and 10-2002-68468 disclose technology for manufacturing vacuum packing bags which make vacuum inhalation easy.
However, to form fine flow channel patterns on the surface of a film which is used to make vacuum packing bags is very difficult work, and may damage the surface of the film so as to ruin the original purpose of the vacuum packing film. Therefore, development of a vacuum packing machine which can use a general film intactly as a vacuum packing bag is in desperate need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior arts, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a vacuum packing machine which has a structure that a gas intake tube for vacuum inhalation penetrates into the inside of a vacuum packing bag, thereby carrying out vacuum-packing using general wrapping paper on which embossed patterns or flow channel patterns are not formed.
To accomplish the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a vacuum packing machine including: a lower housing; an upper housing which is hinge-coupled with the lower housing to be rotationally opened and closed; a heating wire part for vacuum-packing which is mounted at an end of an upper side of the lower housing to carry out vacuum-packing by applying heat to a vacuum packing bag; a pressing part which is mounted at a position where it coincides with the heating wire part at the end of the upper face of the upper housing, and which presses the vacuum packing bag in the direction of the heating wire part; a gas intake tube which is mounted within the heating wire part inside the lower housing and inhales and discharges gas after passing the heating wire part and going into the inside of the vacuum packing bag; a tube driving part for progressing and reversing the gas intake tube; a suction pump which is mounted inside the lower housing and connected with the gas intake tube to inhale gas; a lower sealing member which is located on the upper side of the lower housing and mounted within the heating wire part to press and seal an inlet of the vacuum packing bag in a state where the gas intake tube is interposed; an upper sealing member which is located on the lower side of the upper housing and mounted at a position where it coincides with the lower sealing member to press and seal the inlet of the vacuum packing bag in the state where the gas intake tube is interposed; and a control unit which moves the position of the gas intake tube to a gas inhalation position and a sealing position and controls the tube driving part, the suction pump and the heating wire part to inhale and discharge the inside gas of the vacuum packing bag so that the vacuum packing bag is vacuum-packed.
In the present invention, the vacuum packing bag has a flat surface on which embossed patterns or flow channel patterns are not formed.
Moreover, the gas intake tube has a streamlined cross section.
Furthermore, the gas intake tube has a frictional force falling layer formed on the surface thereof.
Additionally, the tube driving part includes: a moving guide for guiding a horizontal moving route of the gas intake tube; a driving plate spring connected and mounted to an end of the moving guide to progress and reverse the gas intake tube along the moving guide; and a driving motor on which the driving plate spring is wound and which rotates the driving plate spring to progress and reverse the gas intake tube.
In addition, the pressing part is elastically connect in the inward direction of the upper housing to move vertically.
Moreover, the control unit includes: a first sensor mounted at an end of the plate spring side of the moving guide to sense the shortest movement position of the gas intake tube; a second sensor mounted at an outer end of the moving guide to sense the longest movement position of the gas intake tube; and a microprocessor for controlling the driving motor, the suction pump and the heating wire part based on information sensed by the first and second sensors.
Furthermore, the control unit further includes a position control part for controlling front and rear operation positions of the gas intake tube.
Additionally, the vacuum packing machine further includes a tightening part which is mounted at the upper housing and the lower housing in order to closely press the upper sealing member and the lower sealing member.
Accordingly, the vacuum packing machine according to the present invention can intactly use general wrapping film on which embossed patterns or flow channel patterns are not formed.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Hereinafter, reference will be now made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the attached drawings.
As shown in
First, as shown in
Next, as shown in
Therefore, as shown in
Next, as shown in
In this instance, as shown in
Moreover, it is preferable that the pressing part 140 in this embodiment be elastically joined in the inward direction of the upper housing 120 to move vertically. As shown in
Next, as shown in
Furthermore, as shown in
In addition, it is preferable that the gas intake tube 150 further include a frictional force falling layer 154. As shown in
In the meantime, as described above, the tube driving part 160 is mounted within the tube mounting part 112 inside the lower housing 110 in order to progress and reverse the gas intake tube 150. For this, as shown in
First, as shown in
Next, as shown in
Next, as shown in
Next, the suction pump is mounted inside the lower housing 110, is connected with the gas intake tube 150 to inhale gas. The suction pump inhales and discharges the inside gas of the vacuum packing bag 1 by the suction pump in order to make a vacuum state.
Next, as shown in
Next, as shown in
Next, the control unit 190 moves the gas intake tube 150 to a position for gas inhalation and sealing and controls the tube driving part 160, the suction pump and the heating wire part 130 for vacuum-packing in order that the inside gas of the vacuum packing bag 1 is inhaled and discharged out and the vacuum packing bag 1 is vacuum-packed at the moved position. That is, the control unit 190 properly controls the components of the vacuum packing machine 110 according to the present invention so that the vacuum packing process can go along smoothly.
For this, the control unit 190 includes a first sensor 192, a second sensor 194 and a microprocessor (not shown). As shown in
Next, as shown in
Next, the microprocessor is to control the driving motor 166, the suction pump and the heating wire part 130 for vacuum-packing based on information sensed by the first and second sensors 192 and 194, has control programs for controlling the above-mentioned components to operate the component in timely manners.
Preferably, the control unit 190 further includes a position control part (not shown) for individually controlling front and rear operation positions of the gas intake tube 150. The position control part is mounted on the upper side of the upper housing 120 in the form of a button in order to move the gas intake tube 150 to an appropriate position while checking the front and rear operation positions of the gas intake tube 150 with naked eyes.
Next, as shown in
Claims
1. A vacuum packing machine comprising:
- a lower housing;
- an upper housing which is hinge-coupled with the lower housing to be rotationally opened and closed;
- a heating wire part for vacuum-packing which is mounted at an end of an upper side of the lower housing to carry out vacuum-packing by applying heat to a vacuum packing bag;
- a pressing part which is mounted at a position where it coincides with the heating wire part at the end of the upper face of the upper housing, and which presses the vacuum packing bag in the direction of the heating wire part;
- a gas intake tube which is mounted within the heating wire part inside the lower housing and inhales and discharges gas after passing the heating wire part and going into the inside of the vacuum packing bag;
- a tube driving part for progressing and reversing the gas intake tube;
- a suction pump which is mounted inside the lower housing and connected with the gas intake tube to inhale gas;
- a lower sealing member which is located on the upper side of the lower housing and mounted within the heating wire part to press and seal an inlet of the vacuum packing bag in a state where the gas intake tube is interposed;
- an upper sealing member which is located on the lower side of the upper housing and mounted at a position where it coincides with the lower sealing member to press and seal the inlet of the vacuum packing bag in the state where the gas intake tube is interposed; and
- a control unit which moves the position of the gas intake tube to a gas inhalation position and a sealing position and controls the tube driving part, the suction pump and the heating wire part to inhale and discharge the inside gas of the vacuum packing bag so that the vacuum packing bag is vacuum-packed.
2. The vacuum packing machine according to claim 1, wherein the vacuum packing bag has a flat surface.
3. The vacuum packing machine according to claim 2, wherein the gas intake tube has a streamlined cross section.
4. The vacuum packing machine according to claim 2, wherein the gas intake tube has a frictional force falling layer formed on the surface thereof.
5. The vacuum packing machine according to claim 1, wherein the tube driving part comprises:
- a moving guide for guiding a horizontal moving route of the gas intake tube;
- a driving plate spring connected and mounted to an end of the moving guide to progress and reverse the gas intake tube along the moving guide; and
- a driving motor on which the driving plate spring is wound and which rotates the driving plate spring to progress and reverse the gas intake tube.
6. The vacuum packing machine according to claim 1, wherein the pressing part is elastically connect in the inward direction of the upper housing to move vertically.
7. The vacuum packing machine according to claim 5, wherein the control unit comprises:
- a first sensor mounted at an end of the plate spring side of the moving guide to sense the shortest movement position of the gas intake tube;
- a second sensor mounted at an outer end of the moving guide to sense the longest movement position of the gas intake tube; and
- a microprocessor for controlling the driving motor, the suction pump and the heating wire part based on information sensed by the first and second sensors.
8. The vacuum packing machine according to claim 7, wherein the control unit further comprises a position control part for controlling front and rear operation positions of the gas intake tube.
9. The vacuum packing machine according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a tightening part which is mounted at the upper housing and the lower housing in order to closely press the upper sealing member and the lower sealing member.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 3, 2015
Publication Date: May 26, 2016
Inventor: OH SUNG KWON (Anyang-si)
Application Number: 14/816,326