Patents Assigned to ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20180079542Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi HASHIMOTO, Ryota NAGASHIMA, Takafumi SHIMODA, Ryo SASAKI, Hiroki FUJIHARA
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Patent number: 9908657Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Hirata, Tomoyuki Kazuno, Kyohei Otsu, Nobuyuki Uhara
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Patent number: 9908652Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yokota, Atsushi Takahashi, Hiroaki Tokura, Takeshi Noguchi, Seisaku Iwasa
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Publication number: 20180057294Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto ICHIKAWA, Satoshi HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 9901104Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITEDInventor: Ulrich Carlin Nielsen
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Publication number: 20180045555Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventor: Seisaku IWASA
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Publication number: 20180038729Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takakazu MORIWAKI, Shinya IKEDA, Toshiharu KAGEYAMA
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Publication number: 20180029734Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mikio KISHIKAWA, Yoshiki HORITANI, Naomi IMAAKI
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Publication number: 20180022113Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Souhei TASHIRO, Kengo AOYAMA, Tamaki MATSUURA, Naoki KOMAI, Suguru DOIGUCHI, Osamu HIRAIWA
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Publication number: 20180023996Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya IKEDA, Toshiharu KAGEYAMA, Takakazu MORIWAKI, Yoshito INAZUMI
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Publication number: 20180016042Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventor: Susumu KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20180010955Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mikio KISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9862509Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Arimatsu, Seisaku Iwasa
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Publication number: 20180002045Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuuki TAI
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Publication number: 20170350831Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuhiro SUHARA
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Patent number: 9815577Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Nickolas Martin Clark, Ulrich Carlin Neilsen
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Patent number: 9809333Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventors: Shizuo Minamino, Kousuke Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170305679Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiharu KAGEYAMA, Yuji OKAMOTO, Michihiko YONETSU
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Publication number: 20170305684Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshiharu KAGEYAMA
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Publication number: 20170297826Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiharu KAGEYAMA, Toshikazu SHIMADA, Takakazu MORIWAKI