JP2012190837A - Splicing jig and splicing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a splicing jig in which a connection tape is laminated together reliably and can be prevented from being peeled off, and to provide a splicing method.SOLUTION: The splicing jig splices a carrier tape having a housing part for housing an electronic component, and two supply tapes having a cover tape covering the housing part, by a connection tape. The splicing jig comprises a lower base which supports the two supply tapes having a connection surface connected by the connection tape from below, an upper base having a pressing member which presses the upper part of the connection surface from above, and a contact means for moving the upper and lower bases relatively and bringing the pressing member into contact with the connection surface.

Description

  The present invention relates to a splicing jig and a splicing method for connecting a supply tape being set and a new supply tape to a feeder that is currently supplying or has finished supplying electronic components.

  Supply tapes that have a cover tape that stores electronic parts in each storage part of the carrier tape and covers the upper surface opening of the storage part are widely known, so-called supply tapes that are almost out of supply or have been supplied. And a new supply tape (hereinafter, both referred to as two supply tapes) are also known, and for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, there is an act of bonding supply tapes together. Performed by human hands.

JP 2006-306058 A

  However, there are individual differences in the bonding performed by human hands, and there have been cases where they are peeled off.

  Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a splicing jig and a splicing method in which connecting tapes are securely attached and can be prevented from peeling off.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has at least the following features.
The present invention provides a splicing jig for splicing with a connecting tape a carrier tape having a storage part for storing electronic components and two supply tapes having a cover tape for covering the storage part. A lower base for supporting the two supply tapes having a connecting surface from below, an upper base having a pressing member for pressing the upper portion of the connecting portion from above, and moving the upper base and the lower base relative to each other. The first feature is that it has contact means for bringing the pressing member into contact with the connecting portion.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a splicing method in which a worker tapes a carrier tape having a storage portion that stores an electronic component and two supply tapes having a cover tape that covers the storage portion by connecting with a connecting tape. The two supply tapes having connection surfaces connected by the connecting tape are supported from below, and the connection member is fixed by contacting the pressing member that presses the upper portion of the connection surface from above. This is the second feature.

  Furthermore, this invention makes it the said 3rd characteristic to move while making the said contact and pressing the said press member to the said connection part.

  According to the present invention, the contact means is provided on the upper base, the first columnar member fixed to the lower base, the first sliding portion on which the first columnar member slides, and the lower A fourth feature is provided with a first elastic member that is provided between the base and the first sliding portion and that exerts a force in a direction that always separates the upper base and the lower base. .

  Further, in the present invention, the pressing means is provided on the upper base, and a pressing member supporting portion that rotatably supports the pressing member, a second columnar member fixed to the pressing member supporting portion, and the second A second sliding portion on which the columnar member slides, and between the pressing member supporting portion and the second sliding portion, and the pressing member supporting portion and the second sliding member are always provided. A fifth feature is that the second elastic member has a force acting in the direction of separation.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that it has a symmetric structure with respect to the longitudinal direction of the connecting portion.
Furthermore, the present invention is characterized in that the first columnar member or the second columnar member is a cylindrical pin, and the first elastic member or the second elastic member is a spring. .

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the pressing member is a cylindrical roller rotatable in the longitudinal direction of the supply tape.
Furthermore, the present invention has a ninth feature that a plurality of the rollers are provided.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can provide a splicing jig and a splicing method that can securely bond connecting tapes and prevent peeling.

It is a figure which shows the splicing jig which is the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the processing flow of the splicing in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure corresponding to FIG. 1, and is a figure which shows the state which presses the upper base, closes an opening part, and is pressing the connection part of two supply tapes. It is a figure which shows the splicing jig which is the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The example of a supply tape and the state which affixed two supply tapes by the hand of a person using the connection tape are shown. It is the figure which showed an example of the connection tape.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment of the present invention, as in the prior art, first, the connecting tape is applied to two supply tapes that are connected manually, and then the firmness and the connecting tape are applied to the two supply tapes using the splicing jig of the present invention. .

  FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the supply tape 60 and a state in which the two supply tapes 60 are connected by a human hand using a connection tape 90. The two supply tapes 60 are embossed tapes having a width of about 8 mm, for example, and roughly cover the storage tape 60a having a storage portion 60c for storing the electronic component D and the storage portion 60c so that the electronic component D does not jump out. The carrier tape 60a further includes a sprocket hole 60d that engages with a sprocket tooth (not shown) for moving the supply tape 60 to a longitudinal end side that is not covered by the cover tape 60b. Have. In order to be driven by sprocket teeth having a constant pitch, the sprocket holes 60d have the same pitch as the sprocket teeth. Even when two supply tapes are connected, it is necessary to connect the sprocket holes 60d of the two supply tapes at the same pitch. Therefore, in FIG. 5, the connecting ends of the two supply tapes are surfaces that are easily understood to satisfy the above conditions and are cut at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the supply tape at the positions of the respective semicircular sprocket holes 60 ds. . Note that the tape handled by the splicing jig of the present embodiment is not limited to the embossed tape, and can be a paper tape, for example.

  FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of the connecting tape 90 having a length of about 40 mm, for example. The connecting tape 90 has an adhesive surface and is attached to a mount (not shown) of the same size. The connecting tape 90 has a black portion indicated by oblique lines that clearly indicate the position to be attached, and a transparent portion 90d provided therebetween. 90a shows the back surface connection part which connects the back surfaces of the carrier tape 60a of the two supply tapes 60. FIG. Reference numeral 90b denotes a surface connecting portion that connects the surfaces of the cover tapes 60b of the two supply tapes 60 to each other. 90c shows the side part connection part which connects the side parts which have the sprocket hole 60d of the carrier tape 60a of the two supply tapes 60. FIG. Broken lines 90e and 90f indicate folds when connecting. Further, the mount is divided and peeled off so as to guide the position where the two supply tapes 60 are attached when the two supply tapes 60 are connected.

  First, the first mount on the back surface connecting portion 90a and the front surface connecting portion 90b is peeled off, and the cover tapes 60b of the two supply tapes 60 are sequentially attached to the front surface connecting portion 90b along the remaining mount. Next, the connecting tape is folded from the fold 90f, and the back surface connecting portion 90a is attached to the carrier tape 60a of the two supply tapes 60. Thereafter, the second mount on the side connecting portion 90c is peeled off, the fold 90e corresponding to the carrier tape side portions of the two supply tapes 60 is folded, and the side connecting portion 90c is attached to complete the connection. At this time, the sprocket hole 60d is covered with the transparent portion 90d of the connecting tape 90. When the sprocket teeth are engaged again after the completion of splicing, the sprocket teeth break the corresponding portion of the connecting tape 90, so that the mounting process is performed. Will not be disturbed.

  For example, the worker can perform such manual work, for example, the current supply tape that is almost out of components is connected to a feeder (not shown) having an outlet for the electronic component D, and the other new supply tape is also stored. This is performed while connected to a supply reel (not shown). Therefore, this work requires some kind of dexterity, and even if it is intended to be connected, it may come off.

  The above-described connecting tape 90 is an example, and depending on the dimensions of the electronic component D, the width of the supply tape 60, etc., the width of each connecting portion and between the front surface connecting portion and the back surface connecting portion or the side connecting portion and the surface connecting portion. The distance between them is different. Further, the connecting tape itself has various forms such as no side connecting portion. The splicing jig described below is applicable to such various types of connecting tapes.

Next, the configuration and operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 shows a splicing jig 20 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Fig.1 (a) shows the side view of the splicing jig 20 which inserts the two connected supply tapes 60 mentioned above in the longitudinal direction. FIG. 1B shows a front view seen from the direction of arrow A in FIG.

  The splicing jig 20 inserts the two supply tapes 60 from the openings 14 in order to securely fix the connection parts 12 of the two supply tapes 60, and the roller 8 as a rotatable pressing member moves the connection parts 12 on the connection parts 12. The roller 8 is rotated by pressing. For this purpose, the splicing jig 20 is roughly divided into a structurally lower lower base 1 and upper upper base 2, and functionally the two supply tapes 60 inserted from the openings 14. It has the press means 22 which presses the connection part 12 with a press member, fixes the connection part 12 reliably, and the contact means 21 which makes a press member contact a connection part.

  First, the contact means 21 will be described. The contact means 21 is provided on the upper base 2 and has a cylindrical hole 3d that forms a first sliding portion provided on both sides of the side surface of FIG. 1 (a), and slides through the hole 3d and from above the hole 3d. A cylindrical pin 3 which is a columnar member having a head 3t having a large diameter and whose lower side is fixed to the lower base 1 and a first pin provided around the pin 3 between the upper base 2 and the lower base 1 And a spring 5 which is an elastic member. With this structure, when the upper base 2 is pushed, the upper base 2 can move to a position where the stopper 2 s contacts the lower base 1. Further, the spring 5 is always acting in the direction in which the lower base 1 and the upper base 2 are separated. Accordingly, unless an external force is applied to the upper base 2, the upper base 2 is separated from the lower base 1, that is, opened. As a result, when the upper base 2 is pressed, a roller 8 as a pressing member to be described later can come into contact with the connecting portions 12 of the two supply tapes 60.

  In the above example, the contact means is provided on the upper base, but a similar mechanism may be provided on the lower base. Moreover, as the shape of the columnar member, a cylinder, a polygonal column, or the like is suitable in addition to a column. Further, the elastic member may be a member having elasticity such as rubber.

Next, the pressing means 22 will be described. The pressing means 22 includes an upper base pressing means provided on the upper base 2 and a lower base pressing means provided on the lower base portion 1.
The upper base pressing means presses the roller 8 against the connecting portion 12 when the roller 8 comes into contact with the connecting portion 12 by the roller 8 that is a plurality of pressing members that rotate and move on the connecting portion 12 and the contact means 21. And a spring 6 as a second elastic member. The roller 8 is fixed to a rotating shaft 9 that is rotatably provided on a U-shaped plate 7 that is a pressing member supporting portion. The roller 8 is made of, for example, a conductive resin or metal and prevents charging.

  On the other hand, the spring 6 is provided with a cylindrical hole 4d that forms the second sliding portion and a head 4t that slides on the hole 4d and has a diameter larger than the hole 4d, similar to the spring 5 of the contact means 21. The lower side is provided around the lower side of the pin 4 fixed to the plate 7. Moreover, the force is acting on the spring 6 in the direction which always separates a sliding member and a press member support part.

  On the other hand, the lower base pressing means includes a roller 11 that is a rotating member that supports the connecting portion 12 so as to be rotatable, and a rotating shaft 10 that is fixed to the lower base 1 and is rotatably provided on the lower base 1. The roller 11 has a recess 16 for storing the storage portion 60 s of the supply tape 60. The recess 16 allows splicing without collapsing the storage 60s. In FIG. 1B, a gap is provided between the bottom of the recess 16 and the storage portion 60s, but it may be omitted.

  Further, a supply tape guide 18 protruding upward as shown by a broken line in FIG. 1B may be provided at the right end of the lower base 2 having the roller 11. Providing the supply tape guide 18 makes it easy for an operator to set a thin supply tape 60 such as a paper tape at a proper position, or prevents the supply tape 60 from coming off during processing with this jig. it can.

  Next, the splicing method by the splicing jig which is this embodiment is demonstrated using FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing flow of splicing in the embodiment of the present invention. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are views corresponding to FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b). The upper base 2 is pushed to close the opening 14 to connect the connecting portions 12 of the two supply tapes 60. FIG. The state which is pressing is shown.

  First, the operator connects the two supply tapes 60 by hand using the connecting tape 90 (Step 1). Next, in the state shown in FIG. 1, the contact means 21 side is placed on the palm of one hand (Step 2), and two supply tapes 60 connected by the other hand are inserted from the opening 14 to store the supply tape 60. The splicing jig 20 is set so that the portion 60c is housed in the recess 16 (Step 3). Thereafter, the splicing jig 20 is held with one hand, and the contact means 21 is brought into contact with the connecting portion 12 and pressed as shown in FIG. 3 (Step 4). At this time, the lower end surface 2A of the upper base 2, that is, the stopper 2s hits the upper surface 1A of the lower base 1, and the connection portion 12 can be stably pressed with a substantially constant force while the spring is contracted by a predetermined amount. Even when the spring 6 is not provided, the pin 4 can be fixed to the upper base 2 and pressed by the operator's hand.

  Next, when the supply tape connected with the other hand is held at, for example, position E shown in FIG. 3 and the splicing jig 20 is pushed out in the direction of arrow B, the central roller 8 rotates while pressing on the connection portion 12. On the other hand, the roller 11 rotates while supporting the carrier tape 60a, and the left roller 8 rotates while pressing the upper part of the connecting portion 12, and as a result, the connecting portion is securely fixed. (Step 5). Next, when one hand is released, the upper base 2 is separated from the lower base 1 by the spring 5 of the contact means 21, and an opening 14 is formed as shown in FIG. The supply tape 60 is taken out (Step 6), and the splicing operation is completed.

According to the embodiment described above, it is possible to provide a splicing jig and a splicing method in which the connecting tape is securely bonded to the cover tape 60b and the carrier tape 60a and can be prevented from peeling off. In the above description, the connecting portion 12 is set on the central roller 8, but the supply tape 60 is set on the splicing jig so that the connecting portion 12 is positioned on the left side of the left end roller 11 as shown by a broken line in FIG. When the splicing jig is moved in the direction of arrow B, the connecting portion 12 is pressed by the three rollers at the center and the left and right, and can be bonded more reliably.
Moreover, according to embodiment described above, the splicing jig which is a handy type which can be operated with one hand and is easy to handle can be provided.
Furthermore, according to the embodiment described above, the splicing jig 20 is an object on the left and right sides of the paper as shown in FIG. 1 (a), and can be operated in the same manner by both right-handed and left-handed people. is there.

FIG. 4 shows a splicing jig 20A according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are respectively shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) showing the first embodiment. It is a corresponding figure.
The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the following two points. The other points are basically the same as those in the first embodiment.

  A different first point is that one roller 8 is provided. In the first embodiment, since there are a plurality of rollers 8, when the splicing jig 20 is moved in the direction of arrow B, even if the connecting portion 12 is inserted into an appropriate position excluding the right portion of the right roller, In the second embodiment, if the splicing jig 20A is pushed out as indicated by an arrow C in FIG. 4A, the connecting portion is located on the left side of the paper surface from the roller 6 in FIG. 12 is inserted through the opening. Therefore, an alignment mark 17 indicating a right-handed or left-handed insertion position is provided so that the insertion position of the connection portion 12 of the worker is clear. In this embodiment, the roller 6 is provided at the center as shown in FIG. 4, but the rollers 6 may be provided on both sides.

  The second point is that the roller 11 is not provided on the lower base 1. Therefore, when the splicing jig 20A moves in the direction of arrow C, the carrier tape 60b slides on the sliding surfaces on the upper ends on both ends of the recess 16 provided on the lower base.

  The third point is that, in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the upper end and the lower end of the spring 6 are fixed to the upper base 2 and the plate 7 respectively, and when the operator is not applying force, the plate 6 is attached to the spring 6. Has a hanging space.

Also in the second embodiment, it is possible to provide a splicing jig and a splicing method in which the connecting tapes are securely attached and can be prevented from peeling off.
Also in the second embodiment described above, a splicing jig that is a handy type that can be operated with one hand and is easy to handle can be provided.
Furthermore, also in the second embodiment described above, the splicing jig 20A is an object on the left and right sides of the paper as shown in FIG. 1 (a), and can be operated in the same way by both right-handed and left-handed people. Is possible.

  As described above, in the first and second embodiments, the rotatable cylindrical roller is provided as the pressing member, but a plurality of semi-cylindrical sliding portions such as sleepers to be slid on the connecting portion are provided in the moving direction of the splicing jig. The sliding part on the semi-cylindrical shape may be slid on the connecting part with the movement of the splicing jig.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various alternatives, modifications, and variations can be made by those skilled in the art based on the above description, and the present invention is not limited to the various alternatives described above without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It includes modifications or variations.

1: Lower base 2: Upper base 2s: Stopper 3, 4: Pin 3d, 4d: Hole 3t, 4t: Pin head 5, 6: Spring 7: U-shaped plate 8, 11: Roller 9, 10 : Rotating shaft 12: connecting part 14: opening 16: recessed part 17: alignment mark 20: splicing jig 21: contact means 22: pressing means 60: supply tape 60 a: carrier tape 60 b: cover tape
60c: Supply tape storage 60d: Sprocket hole 90: Connection tape 90a: Back connection 90b: Front connection 90c: Side connection D: Electronic component

Claims (14)

In a splicing jig for splicing a carrier tape having a storage part for storing electronic components and two supply tapes having a cover tape covering the storage part with a connecting tape,
A lower base for supporting the two supply tapes having a connecting portion connected by the connecting tape from below; an upper base having a pressing member for pressing an upper portion of the connection surface from above; and the upper base and the lower base. A splicing jig comprising contact means for moving the pressing member in contact with the connecting portion.   The splicing jig according to claim 1, further comprising pressing means for pressing the pressing member against the connection portion.   The contact means is provided on the upper base, a first columnar member fixed to the lower base, a first sliding portion on which the first columnar member slides, the lower base and the first 2. A splicing jig according to claim 1, further comprising: a first elastic member that is provided between the first sliding member and the first elastic member that acts in a direction that always separates the upper base and the lower base. .   The pressing means is provided on the upper base, and a pressing member supporting portion that rotatably supports the pressing member, a second columnar member fixed to the pressing member supporting portion, and the second columnar member slidingly. A second sliding portion that moves, and is provided between the pressing member support portion and the second sliding portion, and forces the pressing member support portion and the second sliding member to always move away from each other. The splicing jig according to claim 2, further comprising: a second elastic member on which is applied.   The first columnar member or the second columnar member is a cylindrical pin, and the first elastic member or the second elastic member is a spring. Splicing jig.   The splicing jig according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pressing member is a cylindrical roller rotatable in a longitudinal direction of the supply tape.   The splicing jig according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of the rollers are provided.   The splicing jig according to claim 4, wherein the pressing means is a plurality of rotating members that are provided on the lower base and rotatably support the supply tape.   The splicing jig according to claim 4, wherein the pressing means is provided on the lower base and is a sliding surface on which the supply tape slides.   The splicing jig according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the rotating member or the sliding surface has a recess in which the storage portion moves.   The splicing jig according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the splicing jig has a symmetric structure with respect to a longitudinal direction of the connecting portion. In a splicing method in which a worker tapes a carrier tape having a storage part for storing electronic components and two supply tapes having a cover tape covering the storage part by connecting with a connecting tape,
The two supply tapes having a connection surface connected by the connecting tape are supported from below, and the pressing member that presses the upper portion of the connection surface from above is brought into contact with the connection portion to fix the connection portion. Splicing method characterized by the above.   The splicing method according to claim 12, wherein the splicing method is moved while the pressing member is pressed against the connecting portion.   The splicing method according to claim 12, wherein the pressing member is a cylindrical roller that is rotatable in a longitudinal direction of the supply tape.

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