Automatic packaging, measuring and pricing machine

• US 4,583,345 A
• Filed: 08/31/1984
• Issued: 04/22/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co.
• Original Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co.
• Inventors: Nishida, Manabu, Hirosaki, Yukihiro, Sekioka, Kunikazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Coan, James F.
• Application Number:
  US06/646,063
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• Field of Search: 53/66, 53/64, 53/77, 53/137, 53/131, 53/502, 53/389, 177/5, 177/4, 177/3, 177/25, 177/245
• US Class Current: 53/77
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 57/12 and operating to control, or stop, the feed of wrapping materials, containers, or packages

Abstract

The present invention provides an arrangement wherein a cutting length for a film is included in PLU (price look up) data so that, upon PLU operation, a film can be automatically cut into a sheet having a length suitable to envelope therein an article to be packaged.

Claims

1. An automatic packaging, measuring and pricing machine which includes an automatic packaging machine and an automatic measuring and pricing machine integrated with said automatic packaging machine, characterized in that, in setting of PLU data of said automatic measuring and pricing machine, a cutting length data for detecting cutting length of a packaging film on said automatic packaging machine is set while included in PLU data so that the film cutting length may be automatically set upon PLU operation.

2. An automatic packaging, measuring and pricing machine which includes an automatic packaging machine and an automatic measuring and pricing machine integrated with said automatic packaging machine, characterized in that, in setting of PLU data of said automatic measuring and pricing machine, a cutting length data for detecting cutting length of a packaging film on said automatic packaging machine is set while included in PLU data so that the film cutting length may be automatically set upon PLU operation and can be temporarily varied without changing the contents of a PLU memory.

3. An automatic packaging, measuring and pricing machine which includes an automatic packaging machine and an automatic measuring and pricing machine integrated with said automatic packaging machine, characterized in that, in setting of PLU data of said automatic measuring and pricing machine, a cutting length data for detecting cutting length of a packaging film on said automatic packaging machine is set while included in PLU data so that the film cutting length may be automatically set upon PLU operation and that it comprises a change-over switch for selectively determining whether the film cutting length is set upon PLU of said automatic measuring and pricing machine or on said automatic packaging machine.

4. An automatic packaging, measuring and pricing machine which includes an automatic packaging machine and an automatic measuring and pricing machine integrated with said automatic packaging machine, characterized in that, setting of PLU data of said automatic measuring and pricing machine, a cutting length data for detecting cutting length of a packaging film on said automatic packaging machine is set while included in PLU data so that the film cutting length may be automatically set upon PLU operation and that it is selectively determined by setting of an operation mode of said automatic measuring and pricing whether the film cutting length is set upon PLU of said automatic measuring and pricing machine or on said automatic packaging machine.