Abstract: A film roll is provided in which the terminal end of the film can be temporarily held in place and easily peeled off without damaging the film. A film roll (9), which is formed by winding a length of film (F) around a paper tube (9a) and is automatically loaded into a bag packaging machine (3), is provided with an adhesive member (9b) on a portion thereof within 10-20 mm from a terminal end (F1) of the film (F), and between the reverse side of a portion of the terminal end (F1) and the front side of a portion of the film (F) on which the portion of the terminal end (F1) overlaps. The adhesive member (9b) is formed so as to increase in thickness from the inside of the film (F) toward the terminal end (F1).

Abstract: The present invention provides a display strip easy for automating the process of bonding product-enclosed bags and capable of bonding the product-enclosed bags once removed again.

Abstract: The bag-making packaging machine 20 comprises a tubular former 23 having a former surface for aligning a packaging film 11, a pull-down mechanism 24, a vertical seal mechanism 21, a horizontal seal mechanism 22, and a molding apparatus 25 for molding three dimensional designs, in which the tubular former 23 has a molding surface 30 for molding the three dimensional designs at any position of the former surface, and the molding apparatus 25 is provided at the position opposite to the molding surface 30 of the former. As specific examples of the molding apparatus 25, a heater, a light irradiation apparatus, a mold, and pressing machine can be exemplified. When the molding apparatus 25 is the heater or the optical irradiation apparatus, a foamable ink is contained in the printing layer of the packaging film 11 to foam. When the molding apparatus 25 is the mold, the embossing is performed by further laminating the reinforcement sheet or the sheet for the three dimensional designs on the packaging film 11.

Abstract: In a bag 10 in which a laminating film 11 is formed with a substrate layer 13 and a sealant layer 12 sealed in the vertical and horizontal direction and which is provided with the front surface and the rear surface, three dimensional designs molded by a mold are formed on at least either front surface or the rear surface of the bag. As specific means, the methods include the one for imparting the three dimensional designs by the mold to the film with an enhanced shape retention property by providing a reinforcement sheet 14 on the inner side surface of the laminating film 11 or by providing a three dimensional designing sheet 15 on the outer side surface of the laminating film 11 or the one for laminating the three dimensional sheet 16 in which the three dimensional designs are formed beforehand by the mold on the outer side surface of the laminating film 11 by a hot melt adhesive 16A.

Abstract: A packaging apparatus includes a support unit having a first support shaft with a first open end portion, the first support shaft being adapted to rotatably support the film roll in a cantilevered manner; a packaging unit adapted to receive the film of the film roll supported by the support unit, the bag packaging unit being adapted to package items with the film; and a temporary holding unit. The temporary holding unit has a second support shaft that has a second open end portion, the second support shaft being adapted to support the film roll in a cantilevered manner, and a movement mechanism configured to controllably pass the film roll from the second support shaft to the first support shaft when the first open end portion of the first support shaft and the second open end portion of the second support shaft are substantially aligned.

Abstract: A strip-pack manufacturing apparatus is arranged to receive an article having a projecting portion at a prescribed receiving position and to affix the article to a tape at a prescribed affixing position, and includes a transporting mechanism, a grasping section, a transfer mechanism, an affixing mechanism, and a wrinkle smoothing mechanism. The transporting mechanism is arranged to transport the article to the receiving position with the projecting portion of the article being oriented in front. The transfer mechanism is arranged to transfer the article from the receiving position to the affixing position in a state wherein the article is grasped at the project portion by the grasping section. The affixing mechanism is arranged to affix the article to the tape at the affixing position. The wrinkle smoothing mechanism is disposed at the receiving position and arranged to smooth wrinkles of the projecting portion.

Abstract: A packaging apparatus includes a support unit having a first support shaft with a first open end portion, the first support shaft being adapted to rotatably support the film roll in a cantilevered manner; a packaging unit adapted to receive the film of the film roll supported by the support unit, the bag packaging unit being adapted to package items with the film; and a temporary holding unit. The temporary holding unit has a second support shaft that has a second open end portion, the second support shaft being adapted to support the film roll in a cantilevered manner, and a movement mechanism configured to controllably pass the film roll from the second support shaft to the first support shaft when the first open end portion of the first support shaft and the second open end portion of the second support shaft are substantially aligned.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display strip easy for automating the process of bonding product-enclosed bags and capable of bonding the product-enclosed bags once removed again.

Abstract: A load cell includes a strain inducing element having a fixed rigid body fixedly secured to a base support, and a plurality of transverse beams spaced one above the other and connecting the fixed and movable rigid bodies together. Each of the transverse beams has first and second strain generating areas defined therein in spaced relation to each other at respective locations adjacent the fixed and movable rigid bodies. A bridge circuit for outputting a load signal of a magnitude proportional to strains generated at the strain generating areas includes strain gauges for detecting the strains generated at the strain generating areas, adjusting elements for adjusting a balance of the bridge circuit, and lines connecting them together. A circuit portion of the bridge circuit which includes at least the strain gauge and some of the lines is formed in a predetermined pattern on one surface of the strain inducing element so as to straddle between the first and second strain generating areas.