CN100462292C

CN100462292C - Conveyer

Info

Publication number: CN100462292C
Application number: CNB2006100043074A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈盈吉; 刘象强; 郑自强
Original assignee: AU Optronics Corp
Current assignee: AU Optronics Corp
Priority date: 2006-02-06
Filing date: 2006-02-06
Publication date: 2009-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 2026-02-06
Also published as: CN1810609A

Abstract

The conveyer includes one tray with several stacks and one elevating mechanism. The tray includes one bearing tray, and the elevating mechanism includes at least one first elevating arm to lift the tray over the bearing tray to one first height and at least one second elevating arm to lift the bearing tray to one second height.

Description

The transfer machine

Technical field

The invention provides a kind of transfer machine, particularly a kind of transfer machine of bearing glass substrate.

Background technology

Because display panels has that external form is frivolous, consumption of current is few and characteristic such as radiationless pollution, therefore be widely used on the portable type information products such as notebook, personal digital assistant, even the existing trend that replaces the CRT monitoring device of traditional desktop PC gradually.In display panels, glass substrate (glass substrate) is for constituting the key component of display panels, except the cost of the display panels that concerns, for the yield of display panels very important influence arranged more.In recent years, glass substrate also increases along with the increase of display panels size and production capacity demand.With the display panels in present the 5th generation, its glass substrate has arrived 1300 centimetres of sizes that multiply by 1500 centimetres, and the 6th generation more reached 1500 centimetres of sizes that multiply by 1850 centimetres.

After the glass substrate maximization, increased many more critical manufacture crafts, and in complicated manufacture craft,, or claimed carrier for the shelf of placing glass substrate, transporting of glass substrate played the part of a basic role between the per pass manufacture craft.And in the manufacturing process of display panels now, generally be to utilize standard model card casket (normal cassette) or cable type card casket two kinds of different carriers such as (wire cassette) to deposit glass substrate.Please refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the scheme drawing of a traditional standard model card casket.As shown in Figure 1, standard model card casket has one case casket 12 and a plurality of support plates 14.Wherein, be provided with a plurality of vertical thimbles 16 on each support plate 14 again, be used for supporting a glass substrate 18.Therefore when access glass substrate 18, mechanical arm tooth fork 20 can directly insert the gap of 16 on thimble and glass substrate 18 is taken out fast.Generally speaking, but the advantage of standard model card casket any glass substrate 18 that is access, yet when access glass substrate 18, the distance that glass substrate 18 and corresponding support plate are 14 needs the width greater than mechanical arm tooth fork 20, so that mechanical arm tooth fork 20 can insert the specific glass substrate of access 18, but and then the space and the quantity of card casket access glass substrate 18 have been limited.

Please refer to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the scheme drawing of a traditional cable type card casket.As shown in Figure 2, cable type card casket includes one case casket 22 and many cable wires 24.Wherein, cable type card casket mainly is that the mode of utilizing many belt conveyors 28 to go deep into cable type card casket is come each glass substrate 26 of sequential access.Compared to standard model card casket, the advantage of cable type card casket is the less distance of space tolerable of 24 of the corresponding cable wires of each glass substrate 26 of carrying, and then can effectively dwindle the volume of case casket 22, but and improves the quantity of case casket 22 access glass substrates 26.Yet, because the design of cable type card casket is that the mode of utilizing many belt conveyors 28 to go deep into cable type card casket is come each glass substrate 26 of sequential access, therefore only can be from bottom to top access glass substrate 26 in regular turn, and utilize mechanical arm tooth fork 20 to go deep into fast coming the specific glass substrate of access 18 in the gap of thimble 16 as can't standard model card casket as described in Figure 1.

Need the bigger access space or the problem of access in regular turn to be an important topic now when therefore, how effectively improving traditional access glass substrate.

Summary of the invention

Main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of transfer machine, solves above-mentioned traditional problem.

According to the present invention, a kind of transfer machine is disclosed, it includes a pallet and a lifting mechanism that a plurality of storehouses are provided with.Wherein, these pallets comprise pallet to be got; This lifting mechanism includes at least one first lifting arm and at least one second lifting arm, and this first lifting arm is to wait that in order to will be positioned at this these pallets of getting the pallet top are increased to one first height, and this second lifting arm is in order to this pallet to be got is increased to one second height.

Because transfer machine of the present invention is to utilize one first mechanical arm will wait that the pallet of getting the pallet top is increased to one first height earlier, utilize one second mechanical arm that one pallet to be got is increased to one second height, and then utilize a full wind-up to be carried on and wait to get the interior glass substrate rising of pallet, therefore can the mode of separating between pallet and pallet effectively be saved the space of taking in glass substrate by mechanical arm, but and provide enough spaces allow mechanical arm tooth fork free access glass substrate simultaneously.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the scheme drawing of traditional standard formula card casket.

Fig. 2 is the scheme drawing of the cable-styled card casket of conventional steel.

Fig. 3 to Fig. 6 utilizes a transfer machine for the preferred embodiment of the present invention and pipettes the scheme drawing of glass substrate.

Fig. 7 is the scheme drawing of transfer machine before the full wind-up rotation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is that the transfer machine of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is at the postrotational scheme drawing of full wind-up.

The primary clustering nomenclature

12 casees casket 14 support plates

16 thimbles, 18 glass substrates

20 mechanical arm teeth are pitched 22 casees caskets

24 cable wires, 26 glass substrates

28 belt conveyors, 30 transfer machines

34 pallets, 36 lifting mechanisms

38 wait to get pallet 40 first lifting arms

42 second lifting arms, 44 full wind-ups

46 holder edge, 48 glass substrates

50 thimbles, 52 mechanical arm teeth fork

The specific embodiment

Please refer to Fig. 3 to Fig. 6, Fig. 3 to Fig. 6 utilizes a transfer machine for the preferred embodiment of the present invention and pipettes the scheme drawing of glass substrate.

As shown in Figure 3, transfer machine 30 of the present invention comprises a pallet 34 and the lifting mechanism 36 that a plurality of storehouses are provided with.Wherein, comprise in a plurality of pallets 34 and wait to get pallet 38, all can be used to carrying a glass substrate 48 in each pallet 34, and lifting mechanism 36 includes at least one first lifting arm 40 and the both sides of at least one second lifting arm 42 at pallet 34, the first lifting arm 40 of pallet 34 each side and the number of the second lifting arm 42 also can be 2 to 4, decide on transfer machine 30, working space or user's demand, the present invention does not limit to.In addition, the bottom of each pallet 34 all has at least one opening (not illustrating), and the both sides of each pallet 34 have at least one outstanding holder edge 46 all respectively, makes the first lifting arm 40 and the second lifting arm 42 be able to holder edge 46 by both sides with pallet 34 jack-up.Simultaneously, lifting mechanism 36 also comprises an actuating device (figure does not show), in order to drive each

lifting arm

40,42 of lifting mechanism 36.

As shown in Figure 4, take out when waiting to get the glass substrate 48 that pallet 38 carried, at first utilize the first lifting arm 40 to be positioned at and wait that a plurality of pallets 34 of getting pallet 38 tops are increased to one first height when desire.Then as shown in Figure 5, utilize the second lifting arm 42 will wait to get pallet 38 and be increased to one second height.Wherein, first height and about 50 millimeters to 400 millimeters of second diff-H distance, and first height is greater than second height.

As shown in Figure 6, a plurality of thimbles 50, for example resin thimble or metal thimble etc. are vertically set on the full wind-up 44, follow the full wind-up 44 with the mode parallel motion lifting mechanism 36 that circles round,, thimble 50 is aimed at is waited to get the opening of pallet 38 bottoms.The full wind-up 44 that raises then, and the glass substrates 48 that utilize thimble 50 to be carried on to wait to get in the pallet 38 are increased to one the 3rd height, and make the 3rd height between first height and second height.Gaps that the mechanical arm tooth of an access glass substrate 48 fork 52 is inserted 50 on thimbles then will wait to get that upborne glass substrate 48 extracts on the pallet 38 from transfer machine 30.

It should be noted that, the present invention utilizes one first mechanical arm that one pallet of waiting to get on the pallet is increased to one first height earlier, and utilize one second mechanical arm that one pallet to be got is increased to one second height, utilize a full wind-up to be carried on again at last and wait to get the interior glass substrate holder height of pallet.In other words, the present invention can cooperate the transfer machine when the access glass substrate lifting mechanism separates between pallet and the pallet, the glass substrate on the pallet is risen again.Simultaneously, become big, extract the mechanical arm tooth of glass substrate and pitch the access of execution glass substrate that just can be safe, and then effectively reduce the space of taking in glass substrate owing to picking and placeing the space.

Please refer to Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, Fig. 7 is the scheme drawing of transfer machine before full wind-up rotation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 8 is that the transfer machine of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is at the postrotational scheme drawing of full wind-up.As Fig. 7 and shown in Figure 8, transfer machine 30 of the present invention comprises the pallet 34 (only showing two pallets among the figure) and a lifting mechanism 36 that a plurality of storehouses are provided with.Wherein, comprise in a plurality of pallets 34 and wait to get pallet 38, lifting mechanism 36 then includes at least one first lifting arm 40 and at least one second lifting arm 42, and the first lifting arm 40 is to wait that in order to being positioned at the pallet 34 of getting pallet 38 tops is increased to one first height, and the second lifting arm 42 is in order to will wait that getting pallet 38 is increased to one second height.

Simultaneously, the both sides of each pallet 34 have at least one outstanding holder edge 46 respectively, and the first lifting arm 40 and the second lifting arm 42 by holder edge 46 with pallet 34 jack-up.In addition, transfer machine 30 also comprises a full wind-up 44, and a plurality of thimble 50 is vertically set on the full wind-up 44.Therefore after the second lifting arm 42 will wait to get pallet 38 jack-up, full wind-up 44 can be by original state of collecting (as shown in Figure 7), be moved horizontally to the below of waiting to get pallet 38 in the mode of circling round, thimble 50 aimed at waited to get the opening of pallet 38 bottoms, as shown in Figure 8.Full wind-up 44 then raises, and utilize thimble 50 to be carried on to wait the glass substrates of getting in the pallet 38 (figure does not show) to raise, the gap that makes the mechanical arm tooth fork (figure does not show) of an access glass substrate 48 can insert 50 on thimble will wait to get that upborne glass substrate extracts on the pallet 38 from transfer machine 30.

Therefore, deposit the transfer machine of glass substrate compared to tradition, transfer machine of the present invention utilizes one first lifting arm will wait that the pallet of getting the pallet top is increased to one first height earlier, utilize one second lifting arm that one pallet to be got is increased to one second height, and then utilize a full wind-up to be carried on and wait to get the interior glass substrate rising of pallet, therefore can effectively save the space of taking in glass substrate by the mode of separating between pallet and pallet, and provide enough spaces allow mechanical arm tooth fork free access glass substrate simultaneously.Because the accommodation space of transfer machine of the present invention is minimum, therefore but the cooperation deposit position of manoevreability launches the inner space, can when the lifting mechanism of collocation glass substrate, effectively reduce the substrate deformation amount again, and then increase speed and the efficient of mechanical arm tooth fork when the access glass substrate.

The above only is the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and is all according to equalization variation and modification that the present invention did, all should belong to covering scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. transfer machine comprises:

The pallet that a plurality of storehouses are provided with is comprising a pallet to be got; And

One lifting mechanism, it includes at least one first lifting arm and at least one second lifting arm, wherein this first lifting arm is to wait that in order to will be positioned at this pallet of getting the pallet top is increased to one first height, and this second lifting arm is in order to this pallet to be got is increased to one second height.

2. transfer machine according to claim 1, wherein this first height is greater than this second height.

3. transfer machine according to claim 1, wherein this lifting mechanism also includes at least one full wind-up.

4. transfer machine according to claim 3 also includes a plurality of thimbles and is vertically set on this full wind-up.

5. according to claim 1 or 4 described transfer machines, wherein the bottom of each pallet has at least one opening.

6. transfer machine according to claim 4, wherein said a plurality of thimbles are resin thimble or metal thimble.

7. transfer machine according to claim 1, wherein the both sides of each pallet have at least one outstanding holder edge respectively.

8. transfer machine according to claim 7, wherein this first lifting arm and this second lifting arm are with pallet jack-up by described holder edge.

9. transfer machine according to claim 1 also comprises an actuating device, is in order to drive this lifting mechanism.

10. transfer machine according to claim 1, wherein this first height and about 50 millimeters to about 400 millimeters of this second diff-H distance.