摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cartoner that can reliably pack an accumulation body in which flat articles of indeterminate form are stacked in a case in a stable state. <P>SOLUTION: The cartoner includes an article supply means 10 that supplies the accumulation body PG stacking a light-weight flat pillow package body of indeterminate form in which flat articles such as masks are packaged one by one to a supply position α on an article conveying path, an article conveying means 20 for conveying the accumulation body PG supplied to the supply position α along the article conveying path, a carton conveying means 30 for conveying a carton C whose body is opened cylindrically to an insertion region β, and an article inserting means 40 for inserting the accumulation body PG into the carton C in the insertion region β on the article conveying path while conveying the accumulation body PG by the article conveying means 20. The article inserting means 40 has a pusher 44 for pushing the accumulation body PG to the side of the article conveying path and a holding means 48 for holding the accumulation body PG from above in the insertion region β. When the accumulation body PG is being held from above by the holding means 48, it is pushed to the side by the pusher 44. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |