JPH0530708B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a jig (magazine rack) for accommodating plate-shaped substrates, particularly a loader suitable for accommodating ceramic substrates used in the manufacture of hybrid ICs.
Regarding unloader jig (magazine rack).

[Background technology]

Substrates made of alumina ceramics, etc. in hybrid ICs can be found, for example, in the May 1983 issue of Electronic Materials Magazine, pages 71 to 74 and pages 32, "Assembling and Inspecting Hybrid ICs Using Visual Robots"
As described in 2007, the product is housed in a magazine (magazine rack) and supplied to the assembly line.
This magazine rack has a box structure with one end open, and a plurality of corresponding storage grooves are provided on the inner walls of the opposing side plates. The substrates are accommodated in the magazine rack in a spaced stack by inserting their peripheral edges into the pair of accommodation grooves.

By the way, the inventor of the present invention has found that such a magazine rack has many problems as described below.

That is, the shape of substrate-like products always changes depending on the product series. For this purpose, each equipment manufacturer has prepared a dedicated magazine rack (jig), but no matter which one is used, there is a lack of correlation.

When introducing various types of equipment as a production line in a factory, etc., it is inevitable to configure the line with equipment from various manufacturers. This creates the need to transfer products to a jig, which cannot serve as a magazine rack for running a consistent line, and becomes an obstacle to line rationalization.

Furthermore, since conventional magazine racks of this type are box-shaped, the entire board cannot be seen from the outside, making it difficult to confirm the product type.

Furthermore, since the housing groove that supports the board has a directional support, the magazine rack has the disadvantage that it cannot be used in an upside down position.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to increase the degree of freedom in the size of a plate-shaped substrate to be accommodated, and to increase the degree of freedom in loading and unloading the plate-shaped substrate. To provide a jig for accommodating a plate-shaped substrate that allows easy visual confirmation of the plate-shaped substrate.

[Summary of the invention]

To achieve this object, the present invention has a box-shaped structure with both ends open, consisting of a pair of side plates made of parallel flat plates and a pair of connecting plates made of flat plates connecting the upper and lower ends of these side plates. A plurality of paired accommodation grooves for accommodating plate-like objects are formed extending horizontally on the inner surface of the plate, and partitions made of round bars can be freely inserted and removed in the central part of the two connecting plates and at both ends thereof. The connecting plate has an insertion hole into which the connecting plate is inserted, and a plate-like object viewing portion consisting of a U-shaped notch facing the insertion hole in the center portion is provided at both ends of each of the connecting plates. This is a jig that stores a plate-shaped substrate.

According to the present invention, two substrates can be placed in each pair of storage grooves from the open end sides by inserting a partition made of a round bar into the insertion hole provided in the center of both connecting plates. . On the other hand, by removing this partition, it becomes possible to accommodate one board equivalent to the two, increasing the degree of freedom in accommodating the boards.

Furthermore, when loading and unloading circuit boards, it is important to note that both ends of the magazine rack are open, and even if a partition is inserted into the insertion hole, the partition is made of a round bar and only one open end is opened. There is room for an arm or the like to be pushed out or dragged from one end to the other open end, thus making it possible to load and unload it using the openings at both ends, increasing the degree of freedom.

In addition, plate-like object viewing parts consisting of U-shaped notches facing the insertion hole in the center are provided at both ends of both connecting plates, so that the partition body consisting of a round bar can be removed and integrated. Not only can you visually check the storage status of the large boards, but also the two partitions made of round bars can be inserted and stored in the same storage groove from the respective opening sides facing each other.
It is possible to visually check the accommodation state of each board from the plate-shaped object viewing portion formed by each U-shaped notch.

〔Example〕

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a magazine rack according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2a and b are conceptual plan views showing an example of accommodating substrates, and Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view showing a accommodating groove for accommodating substrates. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, this magazine rack consists of side plates 1 and 2 made up of a pair of parallel flat plates, and connecting plates 3 and 4 made of flat plates that connect the upper and lower ends of the side plates 1 and 2. It has a tall open box-like structure. Furthermore, a plurality of paired housing grooves 5 are formed extending horizontally on the inner surfaces of the side plates 1 and 2. As shown in FIG. 3, these pair of accommodation grooves 5 are U-shaped grooves into which both side edge portions of a substrate 6 made of, for example, ceramic for manufacturing a hybrid IC are inserted. Therefore, since this magazine rack is provided with substrate support edges 7 and 8 above and below the storage groove 5, it is possible to securely hold the substrate 6 not only in the upright state but also in the upside down state. Both side edge parts can be accommodated.

On the other hand, this magazine rack has a long length in the direction in which the storage grooves 5 extend, and two substrates 6 can be stored in series between the pair of storage grooves 5, as shown in FIG. 2a. It's becoming like that. In addition, in order to prevent the two boards 6 stored side by side in the magazine rack from overlapping each other and getting stuck in the storage groove 5, making it difficult to remove them, the connecting plates 3 and 4 are A partition body 9 made of a removable round rod is attached to the part. Furthermore, a partition 10 having the same dimensions as the partition 9 serves as a stopper to prevent the board 6 housed in the magazine rack from falling off when the magazine rack is handled.
It is inserted and removably inserted between the ends of 4. In addition,
The partitions 9 and 10 have insertion holes 1 bored in the connecting plates 3 and 4.
1 and 12, and does not easily fall off due to its own weight or a slight external force, but is fitted to such an extent that it can be inserted and removed by the insertion and removal force of the operator.

On the other hand, each of the connecting plates 3 and 4 of the magazine rack is provided with a viewing portion 13 by a notch, so that the shape, type, etc. of the accommodated board 6 can be visually confirmed from outside the magazine rack. .

As shown in FIG. 2a, such a magazine rack can accommodate two substrates 6 side by side in a pair of storage grooves 5 by using three partitions 9 and 10. By pulling out the partition body 9 from the insertion hole 11, as shown in FIG. 2b,
One large substrate 6 can be accommodated in the pair of accommodation grooves 5 . In addition, in FIGS. 2a and 2b, the white circle indicates only the insertion hole 11, and the black circle indicates the state in which the partition body 10 is inserted into the insertion hole 12 (the same applies to FIG. 4).

〔effect〕

(1) According to the present invention, two substrates are arranged in a pair of accommodation grooves from both open end sides by inserting a partition made of a round bar into an insertion hole provided in the center of both connecting plates. be able to. On the other hand, by removing this partition, it becomes possible to accommodate one substrate equivalent to the two, and the degree of freedom in accommodating substrates is increased.

(2) According to the present invention, both ends of the magazine rack are open, and even if the partition body 9 is inserted into the insertion hole, the partition body is a round bar as shown in FIG. It has room for an arm, etc. that can be pushed out or dragged from one open end to the other, thus making it possible to load and unload using the openings at both ends, increasing the degree of freedom.

(3) According to the present invention, as is clear from FIGS. 1 to 2 a and b, each of the connecting plates has a U-shaped notch at both ends facing the insertion hole in the center. By providing the shaped object viewing part 6, it is possible to remove the partition body 9 made of a round bar and visually confirm the accommodation state of a single large board, and also the partition body 9 made of the round bar can be removed. The two substrates housed in the same housing groove can also be checked from the respective opening sides facing each other through the plate-like object viewing portion 6 consisting of a U-shaped notch. It has the effect that it can be visually confirmed.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically explained based on Examples above, the present invention is not limited to the above Examples, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist thereof. Needless to say.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, if the magazine rack is made longer in the direction along the storage groove 5 and a plurality of insertion holes 11 are provided in the center of the connecting plates 3 and 4 at predetermined intervals, an even larger number of substrates can be accommodated. 6. In the figure, three substrates 6 can be accommodated, improving the accommodation capacity. Furthermore, in this case, by providing a viewing portion 13' for looking into the housing board located at the center,
Product types can be viewed without removing the board.

[Application field]

The above explanation has mainly been about the application of the invention made by the present inventor to the technology for accommodating ceramic substrates in the manufacturing of hybrid ICs, which is the background field of application, but the invention is not limited to this, for example. , it can also be applied to printed circuit board housing technology, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a magazine rack according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2a and 2b are conceptual plan views showing examples of accommodating substrates, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a conceptual plan view of a magazine rack according to another embodiment of the present invention. 1, 2... Side plate, 3, 4... Connection plate, 5... Accommodating groove, 6... Board, 7, 8... Board support edge, 9,
10... Partition body, 11, 12... Insertion hole, 13...
...Peeping part, 13'...Peeping part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A box-shaped structure with both ends open is formed by a pair of side plates consisting of a pair of parallel flat plates and a pair of connecting plates consisting of a flat plate connecting the upper and lower ends of these side plates, and plate-like objects are accommodated on the inner surfaces of the side plates. A plurality of pairs of accommodation grooves are formed extending in the horizontal direction, and an insertion hole is provided in the center portion of both connecting plates and at both ends thereof, into which a partition body made of a round bar is removably inserted; A jig for storing a plate-shaped substrate, characterized in that both ends of each of the connecting plates are provided with a plate-shaped object viewing portion consisting of a U-shaped notch facing the insertion hole in the central portion. .