Patents Assigned to ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180079542
    Abstract: A film roll supporting device comprises a shaft body part, a shaft tip part, and a projection part. The shaft body part extends through a central hole of a film roll and having the film roll mounted thereon. The shaft tip part extends in an axis direction of a shaft from one end of the shaft body part on a side to be inserted into the central hole of the film roll. The projection part extends in a direction intersecting the axis direction of the shaft body part from the shaft tip part. The projection part abuts from below to a core of the film roll provisionally placed on the shaft tip part when the mounting of the film roll is performed. A cutout recessed in a direction intersecting the axis direction of the shaft body part is formed in the projection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi HASHIMOTO, Ryota NAGASHIMA, Takafumi SHIMODA, Ryo SASAKI, Hiroki FUJIHARA
  • Patent number: 9908657
    Abstract: A package pricing apparatus includes a plurality of label issuing mechanisms, a plurality of label attaching mechanisms for attaching a plurality of labels to a commodity, an acquisition part for acquiring commodity information about the commodity, and a control part for controlling operations of the plurality of label attaching mechanisms. On the basis of the commodity information, the control part switches to a first mode in which all of the labels to be attached to the commodity are attached to the commodity by the plurality of label attaching mechanisms or a second mode in which some of the labels to be attached to the commodity are attached to the commodity by one of the label attaching mechanisms and the remaining labels are carried to a given position by the other label attaching mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Hirata, Tomoyuki Kazuno, Kyohei Otsu, Nobuyuki Uhara
  • Patent number: 9908652
    Abstract: A box packing system includes a frame, a cardboard sheet feeder, a box making section and a box packing device. The cardboard sheet feeder is configured to lift one of a plurality of cardboard sheets from a cardboard sheet stacking area of the frame. The cardboard sheets are in an upright state within the cardboard sheet stacking area and are folded or collapsed. The box making section re-shapes the cardboard sheet unfolding the cardboard sheet and transforms the cardboard sheet into a cardboard box where a bottom lid is closed and a top lid is opened defining an opening of the cardboard box. The box packing device has a dropping part that moves the cardboard box in a laterally opened state downwardly to s located filling position and a pushing part that pushes an article into the opening of the cardboard box while within the filling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yokota, Atsushi Takahashi, Hiroaki Tokura, Takeshi Noguchi, Seisaku Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20180057294
    Abstract: Provided is a bag making and packaging machine having superior workability in film joining work. A bag making and packaging machine is a bag making and packaging machine that uses film having at least one character or a figure printed on its front side, and is equipped with a film roll support unit, a conveyance unit, a bag making unit, and a light emitting component. The film roll support unit supports a film roll in which the film is wound in a roll. The bag making unit processes the film to make bags. The conveyance unit is positioned between the film roll support unit and the bag making unit. The conveyance unit feeds the film to the bag making unit. The light emitting component illuminates, from the direction of the front side of the film, the film positioned between the film roll support unit and the conveyance unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto ICHIKAWA, Satoshi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9901104
    Abstract: Apparatus for controlling a poultry packaging system includes a first receiving unit operable to receive a plurality of orders for poultry product, wherein the poultry product is either a whole or a portion of a poultry bird; a second receiving unit operable to receive at least one measurable parameter of at least one poultry bird from a measurement unit; a recommendation unit operable to determine which of the plurality of received orders best corresponds to the received at least one measurable parameter, and a control unit operable transmit a signal to a poultry processing system such that the poultry processing system processes the at least one poultry bird in accordance with the determined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventor: Ulrich Carlin Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20180045555
    Abstract: Provided is a mix weighing device which facilitates a constant mixing ratio, in terms of external appearance, of a plurality of types of materials after mix weighing. This mix weighing device (1) is a device to mix-weigh a plurality of types of the material on the basis of individual weighed target weight (Wt), wherein the mix weighing device (1) is provided with a conveying unit (10), a mix weighing unit (20), a storage unit (61), a weighed target weight setting unit (66), and a control unit (60). The conveying unit (10) conveys the material. The mix weighing unit (20) weighs and discharges the material. The storage unit (61) stores the apparent specific gravity and a mix volume proportion (Pv) of each type of material. The weighed target weight setting unit (66) sets individual weighed target weight (Wt) for each type of the material on the basis of the apparent specific gravity and the mix volume proportion (Pv).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seisaku IWASA
  • Publication number: 20180038729
    Abstract: A combination weighing apparatus includes a distributing unit that distributes articles supplied from above, a plurality of radiation units that conveys the articles distributed from the distributing unit, a plurality of detection sensors disposed above the radiation units to detect the articles conveyed by the radiation units, a plurality of weighing units disposed below the radiation units on a downstream side in an article conveying direction to accumulate and weigh the articles, a controller that controls the distributing unit or the radiation units based on detection by the detection sensors, and a sensor cover that incorporates the plurality of detection sensors, and the sensor cover is disposed at a different position from an end portion of each of the radiation units on the downstream side when viewed in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takakazu MORIWAKI, Shinya IKEDA, Toshiharu KAGEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180029734
    Abstract: A weighing and packaging system includes a combination weighing apparatus including a plurality of weighing units that accumulates and weighs supplied articles, a combination calculator that performs combination calculation using weighing values weighed by the weighing units and selects a combination of corresponding articles, and a collecting chute that collects and discharges the articles pertaining to the combination and a packaging apparatus including a former that receives the articles discharged from the combination weighing apparatus disposed on an upper side and forms a belt-shaped package into a cylindrical shape such that the articles fill an inside thereof, a seal portion disposed below the former to seal the cylindrical package, thereby forming a bag, and a discharge portion that discharge the bag formed by the seal portion, wherein a first opening that opens to a lateral side of a discharge direction of the bag and exposes the collecting chute and the former on the lateral side is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio KISHIKAWA, Yoshiki HORITANI, Naomi IMAAKI
  • Publication number: 20180022113
    Abstract: A label printer is configured to sequentially issue a reserved number of printed labels on which information on a reserved commodity is printed, and the label printer includes: a designation means configured to designate a commodity; an input means configured to input the number of printed labels to be issued on which information on the commodity designated by the designation means is printed; and a registration means configured to receive, while the printed labels are issued, designation of the commodity by the designation means and input of the number of printed labels to be issued by the input means, and register a reservation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Souhei TASHIRO, Kengo AOYAMA, Tamaki MATSUURA, Naoki KOMAI, Suguru DOIGUCHI, Osamu HIRAIWA
  • Publication number: 20180023996
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyor apparatus in which weighing accuracy in a combined weighing apparatus can be improved. In this conveyor apparatus in which a radial feeder (30) controls the operation of a trough (31) such that a article supplied from the trough becomes a target supply amount, the apparatus includes: a ranging sensor (32) for detecting a height (S) of the article on the trough; a drive unit (33) for driving a trough unit with predetermined feed power (P); a supply amount acquiring part (93) for acquiring a supply amount (W) supplied from the trough (31); and a deriving part (94) for deriving a relation among the height of the article, the supply amount of the trough, and the feed power of the trough by changing the feed power from the drive unit multiple times to convey the article to the trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya IKEDA, Toshiharu KAGEYAMA, Takakazu MORIWAKI, Yoshito INAZUMI
  • Publication number: 20180016042
    Abstract: Provided is a stretch wrapping machine that can stably convey film even in a case where, for the purpose of wrapping, a holding component that holds the film is provided separately from belts for conveyance. The stretch wrapping machine is equipped with conveyance devices (22) having belt conveyance units and belt pressing mechanisms, a clamp device (23), a wrapping station, and a control device (9). At the wrapping station, product is pushed against film held by the clamp device (23), and the product is wrapped by the film. The belt conveyance units have upper belts and lower belts that sandwich end portions of the film. Pressing members (221e) of the belt pressing mechanisms apply force to the upper belts so that the force with which the upper belts and the lower belts sandwich the film increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Susumu KIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180010955
    Abstract: A combination weighing apparatus includes a timing hopper, a frame, and a support member. The support member is a member attached to the frame and moves a position of the timing hopper between (1) a first mounting position at which the timing hopper receives and retains objects to be weighed and (2) a second mounting position related to attachment and detachment of the timing hopper without changing a fixed state of the timing hopper with respect to the support member. A movement direction in which the timing hopper moves from the first mounting position to the second mounting position intersects a removing direction in which the timing hopper fixed at the predetermined position is removed from the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mikio KISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9862509
    Abstract: A boxing apparatus erects packages that can be erected along a limited section of a conveyor, without having to erect them all at once, even with individual packages that are long in the feed direction. The boxing apparatus has a fourth conveyor belt that blocks the front of a line of incoming packages and exerts an upward force on the front package. The front package is raised up by this upward force, so the following package rides up onto the package in front, and the packages are erected successively. Consequently, even individual packages that are long in the feed direction can be erected at a limited section of a third conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Arimatsu, Seisaku Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20180002045
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus includes a first holding unit configured to hold a peripheral edge portion of a film on a front side; a second holding unit configured to hold the peripheral edge portion on a rear side; a lifting unit configured to press an article to be packaged to the film; a folding unit configured to fold the peripheral edge portion on the rear side into an underside of the article to be packaged; and an extruding unit configured to extrude the article to be packaged to the front side. The first holding unit moves to decrease tension of the held film after the peripheral edge portion on the rear side starts to be folded into the underside of the article to be packaged before the extruding unit starts to extrude the article to be packaged from the rear side to the front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuuki TAI
  • Publication number: 20170350831
    Abstract: An X-ray inspecting apparatus, with which X-rays of a broad energy band can be detected while manufacturing costs are suppressed, comprises an X-ray radiation device, a line sensor assembly, and other components. The line sensor assembly has a plurality of detection units and other components. Each detection unit has a scintillator, a detection main body including a plurality of elements disposed thereon, and a ceramic substrate supporting the scintillator and detection main body. In the line sensor assembly, the plurality of detection units etc. are aligned in a forward-backward direction so that the scintillators and the detection main bodies of the detection units etc. are aligned without gaps with the scintillators and detection main bodies of adjacent detection units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro SUHARA
  • Patent number: 9815577
    Abstract: A batching system (200) for use in a food packaging system comprises a batching table (202) having a plurality of filling stations (206) positioned around an axis of a predefined delivery position. A weigher (204) is operable to provide food product in predefined batches at the delivery position; and a conveyor (230) is provided for transporting said batches provided from the weigher (204) to at least one of said plurality of filling stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventors: Nickolas Martin Clark, Ulrich Carlin Neilsen
  • Patent number: 9809333
    Abstract: A box-packing system having a first conveyor, a first robot that applies suction, holds, and transports a package, and a control device. The package includes soft packaging material, and is conveyed by the first conveyor. The control device operates the first robot to move the package to a box-packing preparation area. The first robot has a suction part applying suction the package from above, an arm that moves the suction part in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and a servomotor. The servomotor drives the arm so that the suction part can apply suction to the package at a predetermined vertical location. An acquisition part of the control device acquires thickness information of the package. The determination part determines the predetermined height location based the thickness information. The command generation part drives the servomotor in response to the predetermined height location determined by the determination part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shizuo Minamino, Kousuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170305679
    Abstract: Provided is a dispersion and supply apparatus and a combination weighing apparatus capable of uniformly supplying articles to a plurality of positions from a dispersion table. A dispersion and supply apparatus 20 includes an acquisition unit 64 that acquires a load amount of an article on a dispersion table 22, a calculation unit 104 that calculates a deviation in a loading state of the article based on the load amount acquired by the acquisition unit 64, and a control unit 106 that controls a driving unit 30 such that a conveying direction of the article on the dispersion table 22 is changed based on the deviation in the loading state of the article calculated by the calculation unit 104.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu KAGEYAMA, Yuji OKAMOTO, Michihiko YONETSU
  • Publication number: 20170305684
    Abstract: To provide a highly reliable combination weighing device having an object supply chute disposed above a dispersion section, which can prevent foreign matter from being mixed into objects due to the falling of screw members from a support frame supporting the object supply chute. A combination weighing device is provided with a dispersion section, weighing hoppers, a control unit, an object supply chute (150), and a support frame (100). The dispersion section disperses and supplies objects around the dispersion section. The weighing hoppers are arranged around the dispersion section. The control unit performs combination calculation based on weighing values in the weighing hoppers. The object supply chute is placed above the dispersion section and supplies the objects to the dispersion section. The support frame supports the object supply chute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiharu KAGEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170297826
    Abstract: A vibratory conveying apparatus (10) comprises a trough (20) for conveying articles from an upstream side to a downstream side, a vibrator (30) for vibrating the trough (20), and an attachment/detachment mechanism (40) for attaching and detaching the trough (20) and the vibrator (30). The attachment/detachment mechanism (40) has a trough-side attachment/detachment member (50), a vibrator-side attachment/detachment member (70), and a lever (65). The trough-side attachment/detachment member (50), which is secured to a trough bottom plate (21), has a protruding part (55) disposed on the upstream side and an eccentric cam (66) disposed on the downstream side. The vibrator-side attachment/detachment member (70), which is secured to the vibrator (30), has a protruding part (72) disposed on the upstream side and a bent part (73) disposed on the downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiharu KAGEYAMA, Toshikazu SHIMADA, Takakazu MORIWAKI