The present invention refers to a device for packaging visual communication boards and to the respective packaging method, characterized by a set of at least nine sections that comprises feeding the boards (1); fitting the lateral and upper profiles (2), cleaning of the boards (3); placing of the boards in the packaging material (4) and the positioning of the packaging material, the distribution of the bonding product on the surface of the packaging material and the placing of tops on the packaging material (5); executing the bonding of the referred tops on the packaging material; folding the packaging material and package seal (6); sealing the packaging material (7), labelling the package (8); control and wrapping (9) or palletization of the final product.

The present invention refers to a device for packaging visual communication boards and to the respective packaging method, characterized by a set of at least nine sections that comprises feeding the boards (1); fitting the lateral and upper profiles (2), cleaning of the boards (3); placing of the boards in the packaging material (4) and the positioning of the packaging material, the distribution of the bonding product on the surface of the packaging material and the placing of tops on the packaging material (5); executing the bonding of the referred tops on the packaging material; folding the packaging material and package seal (6); sealing the packaging material (7), labelling the package (8); control and wrapping (9) or palletization of the final product.

A cardboard box production device includes: a stocker that holds a plurality of vertically stacked folded original boxes in a cardboard box having the top and bottom thereof open; a expansion provided upstream in a conveyance direction that is substantially orthogonal to the stacking direction of the original boxes, moving one side surface of an original box away from a first side on the stocker side towards a second side, and expanding the one side surface such that openings are formed at the top and bottom; a folding-in device that folds in the bottom of an open box opened upstream in the conveyance direction; a feeding device that feeds boxes from the upstream side in the conveyance direction to the downstream side; a conveyance belt; and an adhesion device that applies an adhesive tape to the bottom of the box in the conveyance area of the conveyance belt.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random case sealer including a pneumatically-controlled top-head-actuating assembly configured to vary the speed of the top-head assembly when ascending (to make room for the case beneath the top-head assembly) and when descending onto the case (to engage the top surface of the case during sealing). The case sealer includes a pressure sensor that monitors the pressure of gas incoming from a gas source delivered to the top-head-actuating assembly via one or more valves. A controller controls the open level and/or the open time of the valves based on the pressure of the incoming gas to ensure the top-head-actuating assembly operates as desired regardless of whether the pressure of the incoming gas is equal to, below, or above a desired pressure. These features result in increased throughput compared to prior art random case sealers without requiring stronger cases or more protective dunnage.

A tape head assembly—which tapes flaps of boxes on a conveyor—includes power-assist functionality to stretch a first spring used to power a trailing roller to press tape against a trailing case sidewall of a case. A force by the case moving on the conveyor acting upon a leading roller may provide some of the energy to stretch the first spring. However, a roller-assist air cylinder uses compressed air to assist or fully stretch the first spring. A knife assembly may be used to cut the tape applied to a case. A second spring may be stretched by the force of the moving case acting upon a knife arm. The second spring may be used later operate the knife blade. However, a knife-assist air cylinder uses compressed air to assist or fully stretch the second spring. Both assist assemblies may be turned off to operate the tape head in a conventional manner.

A threadlike adhesive sticking apparatus of the present invention is an adhesive sticking apparatus that presses a threadlike adhesive wound around a winding body against an object while feeding out the threadlike adhesive, and includes an assist mechanism configured to apply an external force in a feeding direction to the threadlike adhesive fed out from the winding body, and a pressing unit configured to press the threadlike adhesive fed out from the winding body against the object.

A sealing tape to be used with a sealing device includes an adhesive surface to which an adhesive is applied and RFID tags are attached; and a non-adhesive surface being a back side of the adhesive surface. The sealing device includes a tape supply reel for supplying a sealing tape to which an RFID tag has been coupled; and a sealing part for sealing, with the sealing tape, an opening of a plastic packaging material holding a product, wherein the sealing part adheres the RFID tag, which is coupled to one end of the sealing tape having the length for one use, to an adhesive positioned on the other end portion of the sealing tape having the length for one use, wherein the RFID tag is broken by the adhesive strength with respect to the other end portion when the sealing tape sealing the plastic packaging material is torn.

A sealing tape to be used with a sealing device includes an adhesive surface to which an adhesive is applied and RFID tags are attached; and a non-adhesive surface being a back side of the adhesive surface. The sealing device includes a tape supply reel for supplying a sealing tape to which an RFID tag has been coupled; and a sealing part for sealing, with the sealing tape, an opening of a plastic packaging material holding a product, wherein the sealing part adheres the RFID tag, which is coupled to one end of the sealing tape having the length for one use, to an adhesive positioned on the other end portion of the sealing tape having the length for one use, wherein the RFID tag is broken by the adhesive strength with respect to the other end portion when the sealing tape sealing the plastic packaging material is torn.

A packaging device for packaging material includes: a carry-in conveyor configured to carry in a food container along a conveyance direction; a carry-out conveyor configured to carry out the food container along the conveyance direction; a conveyor moving mechanism configured to move at least one of the carry-in conveyor or the carry-out conveyor; a packaging material pressing mechanism configured to press a band-shaped packaging material against the food container conveyed between the carry-in conveyor and the carry-out conveyor and to attach the band-shaped packaging material to the food container; and a control device configured to cause the conveyor moving mechanism to move at least one of the carry-in conveyor or the carry-out conveyor to thereby form an attachment space between the carry-in conveyor and the carry-out conveyor where the packaging material pressing mechanism attaches the band-shaped packaging material to the food container.

A threadlike adhesive sticking apparatus of the present invention is a threadlike adhesive sticking apparatus configured to press a threadlike adhesive wound in a roll shape together with a release liner against an object while feeding out the threadlike adhesive, and includes a pressing unit configured to press the threadlike adhesive debonded from the release liner against the object. A compression elastic modulus of the release liner is 1.5 MPa or less.