Content of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of cassette bogey, the cassette bogey can improve glass processing apparatus
Operational efficiency.
To achieve these goals, the present invention provides a kind of cassette bogey, and the cassette bogey includes:Transmission
Device, the conveyer include for be loaded into cassette be loaded into port, for taking out the taking-up port of cassette, for technique
The supply port of equipment supply glass and the receiving port for receiving the glass of process equipment output, the conveyer can
Mobile cassette between the supply port and the receiving port;Power unit, the power unit are used for driving the biography
Plant running is sent, so that the cassette for being positioned over the conveyer can be moved;Control unit, described control unit can be according to putting
The state for being placed in the cassette of the conveyer controls the conveyer.
Preferably, the loading port, the supply port, the receiving port and the taking-up port are along the transmission
The direction of transfer of device is sequentially arranged, and the conveyer can move institute between the loading port and the taking-up port
State cassette.
Preferably, the conveyer includes that the direction of transfer along the conveyer is being sequentially arranged with the loading end
Receiver section that the supply section that is aligned with the supply port of loading section of mouthful alignment is aligned with the receiving port and with institute
The taking-up section for taking out port alignment is stated, wherein, the loading section and the supply section are divided with the receiver section and the taking-up section
Other independent operating.
Preferably, the conveyer includes the wait section between the supply section and the receiver section, the load
Enter section, the supply section, the wait section, the receiver section and the taking-up section independently to run.
Preferably, the conveyer includes to take out port corresponding to the middle part of the supply section.
Preferably, the cassette bogey includes the positioner for positioning the cassette.
Preferably, the conveyer is roller transmissioning device.
By technique scheme, the cassette bogey provided in the present invention can be in the receiving for supplying glass
After the supply cassette for having glass substrate becomes empty cartridge, directly the empty cartridge is sent at receiving port next as cassette is received
Glass is received, supply port is in and new supply cassette continuation supply is put into, after the reception cassette at receiving port receives full glass
Take out through taking out port, reduce the carrying number of times of cassette during the working process of glass, the operational efficiency of equipment is improved,
And the damage for avoiding in handling process to glass, mitigate the load of storage silo, effectively improve production efficiency.
It is a further object to provide a kind of liquid crystal panel production system, to improve liquid crystal panel production system
Operational efficiency.
To achieve these goals, the present invention provides a kind of liquid crystal panel production system, including:Cassette, the cassette have
For accommodating the accommodating chamber of glass substrate;Storage warehouse, the storage warehouse can store the cassette;Process equipment, the process equipment
For processing the glass substrate, the process equipment has glass inlet port end and glass exit end;According to card mentioned above
Casing loading device, the supply port of the conveyer of the cassette bogey are aligned with the glass inlet port end, the reception
Port is aligned with the glass exit end;Handling device, the Handling device be used for the conveyer and the storage warehouse it
Between transport the cassette.
Preferably, the glass producing system is included for transmitting the glass substrate in the cassette at the supply port
To the first roller transfer device at the glass inlet port end, and for the glass substrate at the glass exit end to be sent to
The second roller transfer device in cassette at the receiving port.
Preferably, the liquid crystal panel production system includes:Supply cassette lowering or hoisting gear, the supply cassette lowering or hoisting gear bag
Supply cassette support and the supply elevating mechanism for moving the supply cassette support is included, the supply cassette support has just
Beginning position and complete position, wherein, in the position that completes of the supply cassette support, the supporting surface of the supply cassette support with
The transmission plane of the conveyer is concordant;And cassette lowering or hoisting gear is received, the reception cassette lowering or hoisting gear includes to receive cassette
Support and for moving the reception elevating mechanism for receiving cassette support, the reception cassette support has initial position and complete
Become position, wherein, in the position that completes for receiving cassette support, the placed side of the reception cassette support is filled with the transmission
The transmission plane that puts is concordant.
A kind of cassette transport method according to mentioned above liquid crystal panel production system is also provided according to the present invention, described
Cassette have accommodate the real cassette state of glass and do not accommodate the empty cartridge state of glass, the cassette transport method include with
Lower step:The first step, transports the supply cassette in real cassette state and is in sky from the storage warehouse to the conveyer
The reception cassette of cassette state, and the supply cassette is aligned with the supply port, the reception cassette is connect with described
Receiving end mouth is aligned;Second step, when the supply cassette switches to empty cartridge state, by the supply cassette from the supply side
Remove at mouthful, at the supply port, place new supply cassette;3rd step, when the reception cassette switches to real cassette shape
During state, the reception cassette is removed from the receiving port and transported to the storage warehouse, is put at the receiving port
Put new reception cassette.
Preferably, in the second step, when the reception cassette needs to change, the institute of empty cartridge state will be switched to
State supply cassette and be moved to the conveyer downstream;When the reception cassette need not be changed, empty cartridge shape will be switched to
The supply cassette of state is transported to storage warehouse.
Preferably, in the first step, two are transported in real cassette shape from the storage warehouse to the conveyer
The supply cassette of state and two reception cassettes in empty cartridge state, and cause one of them supply cassette and the confession
To port be aligned in job state, another described supply cassette be waited for, one of them described reception cassette with
The receiving port is aligned in job state, and another described supply cassette is waited for.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will be described in detail in subsequent specific embodiment part.
Specific embodiment
The specific embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.It should be appreciated that this place is retouched
The specific embodiment that states is merely to illustrate and explains the present invention, is not limited to the present invention.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of cassette bogey is provided, and the cassette bogey includes:Transmission dress
Put 3, conveyer 3 include for be loaded into cassette be loaded into port, for taking out the taking-up port of cassette, for process equipment
The supply port of supply glass and the receiving port for receiving the glass of process equipment output, conveyer 3 can be described
Mobile cassette between supply port and the receiving port;Power unit, the power unit are transported for drive transmission unit 3
OK, so that the cassette for being positioned over conveyer 3 can be moved;Control unit, described control unit can be filled according to transmission is positioned over
Put the state control conveyer 3 of 3 cassette.
Cassette bogey provided in the present invention can be in the supply for accommodating glass substrate for supplying glass
After cassette becomes empty cartridge, directly the empty cartridge is sent at receiving port and glass, supply side is received as cassette is received
Mouth is in and is put into new supply cassette continuation supply, after the full glass of the reception cassette receipts at receiving port through taking out port taking-up is
Can, reduce the carrying number of times of cassette during the working process of glass, the operational efficiency of equipment is improved, and is reduced in handling process
Damage to glass, mitigates the load of storage silo, effectively improves production efficiency.
Specifically, above-mentioned cassette bogey can be applicable to liquid crystal panel production system or other needs reciprocal conveyance card
When in the production system of casket, become empty when the glass being loaded with the supply cassette of pending glass at supply port flows out
During cassette, you can the direction of transfer along conveyer 3 is transmitted towards the direction of receiving port, and is placed at supply port new
Supply cassette, receives the direction of transfer after cassette receives full glass along conveyer 3 and is sent to taking-up port, and through Handling device
Storage warehouse 2 is carried to, can be directly used as receiving cassette through the empty cartridge that glass inlet port end 11 sends out, a card is produced with this
Cassette of the casket finished product needed in the case of 1 normal operation of process equipment carries number of times for twice, reduces the conveyance time of cassette
And number of times, effectively improve production efficiency.
Wherein, the arrangement of the loading port, supply port, receiving port and taking-up port can be according to actual needs
Arbitrarily appropriate arrangement is carried out, use demand is disclosure satisfy that, for example, be loaded onto port and supply port is integrated in a position
Put, receiving port and take out port and be integrated in a position, or supply port and port arrangements are taken out the two of conveyer
At end, be loaded into port and port arrangements taken out at middle part of conveyer etc., and the type of conveyer is also dependent on port
The actual conditions such as arrangement carry out arbitrarily appropriate selection.
Preferably, referring to Fig. 1, the loading port, the supply port, the receiving port and taking-up port edge
The direction of transfer of conveyer 3 is sequentially arranged, and conveyer 3 can be moved between the loading port and the taking-up port
The cassette so that the cassette for being loaded into conveyer 3 through being loaded into port is moved along the direction of transfer of conveyer 3, each port
It is sequentially arranged so that the transmission route of cassette is more smoothly, reduces the fault in cassette transmission process.
Wherein, when cassette bogey just starts operation, it is appropriate that user can be placed according to actual needs on conveyer 3
The cassette of quantity, for example, first, is loaded into the empty cartridge for receiving glass through being loaded into port, and by the empty cartridge be moved to
Receiving port is aligned;Then, the real cassette for supplying glass is loaded into through being loaded into port, and cause the real cassette right with supply
Standard, finally, when the empty cartridge completes to be moved to taking-up port after glass is received again, complete a card through taking out by port is taken out
The process of the finished product of casket.Additionally, in the case that the glass treatment cycle of process equipment allows, can not also be pre-placed empty calorie
Casket, enters and places real cassette, is sent to the position being aligned with receiving port again and receives glass after real cassette becomes empty cartridge
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Preferably, user can be in one supply cassette of loading port pre-placing, with the supply at supply port
Cassette completes to supply the supply cassette that more can renew in time after becoming empty cartridge.
The type and structure of conveyer 3 can carry out appropriate selection according to actual needs, and for example, conveyer 3 is overall
Be formed as the band conveyer extended along direction of transfer, roller transmissioning device, a chain transmission device etc..
Process equipment just brought into operation or the operation that closes to an end stage, the cassette at supply port and receiving port is more
Change demand different, it is therefore preferred that conveyer 3 includes that the direction of transfer along conveyer 3 is being sequentially arranged with the loading
The receiver section 34 that the supply section 32 that the loading section 31 of port alignment is aligned with the supply port is aligned with the receiving port
And the taking-up section 35 being aligned with the taking-up port, wherein, section 31 and supply section 32 is loaded into receiver section 34 and taking-up section 35
Independently run, transmission dress is adjusted flexibly so that demand can be changed for specific cassette at supply port and receiving port
The transmission that puts.
As the cassette supplied between section and receiver section changes speed difference, cassette is may result on conveyer 3
Pile up or the cassette of receiver section cannot be supplied in time, user can supply section and receiver section be respectively provided with auxiliary port or
The normal operation of process equipment is ensured by other appropriate modes.Preferably, conveyer 3 include positioned at described supply section and
Wait section 33 between the receiver section, is loaded into section 31, supply section 32, waits section 33, receiver section 34 and take out section 35 respectively solely
Vertical operation, user can wait the multiple standby cassettes of arrangement at section 33, to avoid receiver section 34 from lacking cassette, at supply section 32
Unnecessary cassette is also can transmit to waiting section 33 in stand-by state, without the need for moving into repeatedly or taking out of cassette, improves transmission dress
Put 3 operational efficiency.
Referring to Fig. 1, conveyer 3 includes to take out port corresponding to the middle part of supply section 32, with receiver section 34 without the need for supplying
The cassette for completing glass supply at supply section 32 is directly taken out empty cartridge to when, it is to avoid pile up cassette impact conveyer 3
Normal operation.Wherein, user can transport the cassette for taking out port taking-up from middle part to arbitrarily suitably according to actual needs
Position, in the shown embodiment, take out the cassette that takes out port from middle part and transport and stored to storage warehouse 2, needing
Taken out of from storage warehouse 2 again during use.
Additionally, in case of need, also can wait section 33, be loaded into section 31, supply section 32, wait section 33, receiver section
34 and take out section 35 and be respectively provided with and corresponding pick and place port so that the card in 3 running of conveyer, on conveyer 3
The quantity adjustment of casket is more flexibly, conveniently.
Preferably, the cassette bogey includes the positioner for positioning the cassette, and cassette is accurately fixed
Position is in position so that cassette can smoothly receive glass or smoothly take out glass from cassette, the cassette
Positioner can carry out appropriate selection, for example, position sensor or interface arrangment etc. according to actual needs.
The type of conveyer 3 can carry out appropriate selection according to actual needs, it is preferable that conveyer 3 is passed for roller
Device is sent, roller transmissioning device is applied widely, simple structure and economic and practical, also there is higher flexibility, can achieve each
The independent driving of individual roller, roller transmissioning device also can be divided into arbitrarily appropriate independent operating area according to actual needs.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of liquid crystal panel production system is provided, including:Cassette, the cassette have
For accommodating the accommodating chamber of glass substrate 6;Storage warehouse 2, the storage warehouse 2 can store the cassette;Process equipment 1, the technique
Equipment 1 is used for processing glass substrate 6, and process equipment 1 is with glass inlet port end 11 and glass exit end 12;According to mentioned above
Cassette bogey, the supply port of the conveyer 3 of the cassette bogey are aligned with glass inlet port end 11, the reception
Port is aligned with glass exit end 12;Handling device, the Handling device are used for transporting institute between conveyer 3 and storage warehouse 2
State cassette.
Above-mentioned liquid crystal panel production system in the production process of liquid crystal panel can communicated device 3 by supply port at
Complete glass supply and become the cassette of empty cartridge to be conveyed directly at receiving port, export through glass exit end 12 for receiving
The glass for processing is completed, reduces the carrying number of times of cassette in the process of liquid crystal panel, improve liquid crystal panel production system
Operational efficiency, and the damage in handling process to glass is avoided, mitigate the load of storage silo, effectively improve production efficiency.
Handling device is used for the cassette for being loaded into port conveyance receiving glass to be handled to conveyer 3 and will take out
After the accommodating of port is processed, the cassette of glass substrate is transported to storage warehouse 2, and the type of the Handling device can be according to actual need
Arbitrarily appropriate selection is carried out, the carrying of cassette can be carried out.
Glass substrate transmission between supply port and glass inlet port end 11, receiving port and glass exit end 12 can pass through
Directly dock the glass delivery that two ports are realized therebetween, also can in the appropriate transmission equipment of the two set of time so that
The glass substrate transmission obtained between port is more convenient.Preferably, the glass producing system is included for by the supply side
The glass substrate 6 in cassette at mouthful is sent to the first roller transfer device 4 at glass inlet port end 11, is transferred by the first roller
Device 4 stably transmits the glass substrate 6 in the cassette at supply port to glass inlet port end 11, and is used for glass exit
The second roller transfer device 5 that the glass substrate 6 at 12 is sent in the cassette at the receiving port is held, by the second roller
Transfer device 5 stably transmits the glass substrate 6 at glass exit end 12 in the cassette to receiving port.First roller is transferred
The structure and type of device 4 and the second roller transfer device 5 can carry out appropriate selection according to actual needs, can realize glass
The stable, reliable of substrate 6 is transferred.
Generally glass substrate along cassette short transverse successively arranged for interval in cassette, as glass substrate is constantly taken
Go out, need the position of cassette or glass substrate fetching device to be adjusted can smoothly take out or glass substrate is put into, concrete tune
Perfect square formula and adjustment cassette still adjust glass substrate fetching device and can carry out appropriate selection according to actual needs, additionally,
User also can report glass substrate with glass substrate fetching device by using making a return journey from the self-adjusting cassette of belt lifting mechanism
It is aligned in real time.
Preferably, the liquid crystal panel production system includes:Supply cassette lowering or hoisting gear, the supply cassette lowering or hoisting gear bag
Supply cassette support and the supply elevating mechanism for moving the supply cassette support is included, the supply cassette support has just
Beginning position and complete position, wherein, in the position that completes of the supply cassette support, the supporting surface of the supply cassette support with
The transmission plane of the conveyer 3 is concordant;And cassette lowering or hoisting gear is received, the reception cassette lowering or hoisting gear includes to receive cassette
Support and for moving the reception elevating mechanism for receiving cassette support, the reception cassette support has initial position and complete
Become position, wherein, in the position that completes for receiving cassette support, the placed side of the reception cassette support is filled with the transmission
Put 3 transmission plane concordant.Supply cassette lowering or hoisting gear and reception cassette lowering or hoisting gear arrangement simplicity, will not be to 3 He of conveyer
The structure of process equipment 1 produces impact, supply cassette and receives after cassette fulfils assignment its corresponding supply cassette support and connects
The placed side for receiving cassette support is concordant with conveyer 3 so that the cassette after fulfiling assignment continues to transmit on conveyer 3.
Further, since the conveyer 3 of the cassette carrying device can be along direction of transfer by supply port or receiving port
The cassette of upstream is sent to the position being aligned with port, it is only necessary to arrange a set of cassette positioning dress at supply port or receiving port
Put non-interruptible supply or the reception that glass substrate is can achieve with cassette lowering or hoisting gear, simplify the knot of liquid crystal panel production system
Structure.
It is arbitrarily appropriate that the structure of supply cassette lowering or hoisting gear and reception cassette lowering or hoisting gear can be carried out according to actual needs
Select, the lifting of cassette can be realized.It is further preferred that supply cassette support and reception cassette support include to press from both sides
The clamping device of tight cassette, directly can directly clamp cassette and then with supply by supplying cassette support or reception cassette support
Cassette support receives the movement of cassette support and moves cassette, without the need for cassette is carried to supply cassette by haulage equipment again
Support or reception, simplify the supplying step of cassette.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of cassette according to liquid crystal panel production system mentioned above to remove
Delivery method, the cassette with accommodating the real cassette state of glass and not accommodating the empty cartridge state of glass, remove by the cassette
Delivery method is comprised the following steps:
The first step, transports the supply cassette in real cassette state and is in empty cartridge shape from storage warehouse 2 to conveyer 3
The reception cassette of state, and the supply cassette be directed at the supply port, described receives cassette and the receiving port
Alignment;
Second step, when the supply cassette switches to empty cartridge state, by the supply cassette from the supply port
Place removes, and places new supply cassette at the supply port;
3rd step, when the reception cassette switches to real cassette state, by the reception cassette from the receiving port
Place removes and transports to storage warehouse 2, places new reception cassette at the receiving port.
The conveyance direction of above-mentioned cassette can realize the recycling of cassette, reduce cassette in liquid crystal panel production process
Carry number of times.
And in the cassette transport method that the application is provided, when the glass being loaded with the supply cassette of pending glass flows out
When becoming empty cartridge, you can transmit to the direction of transfer along conveyer 3 towards the direction at glass exit end 12, reduce cassette
Conveyance number of times, receives the direction of transfer after cassette receives full glass along conveyer 3 and is sent to taking-up port, and through Handling device
Storage warehouse 2 is carried to, can be directly used as receiving cassette through the empty cartridge that glass inlet port end 11 sends out, a card is produced with this
Carrying number of times of the casket finished product liquid crystal panel needed in the case of normal operation is only twice (for cassette needed in the art
Carry the half of number of times), the cassette conveyance time is substantially reduced, production efficiency is effectively improved, and is reduced to glass during conveyance
The damage of glass, improves yield rate.
Just started operation in liquid crystal panel production system, close to an end operation or other in particular cases, glass inlet port end
11 is different with the glass substrate at glass exit end 12 conveying situation, and the replacement frequency for supplying cassette and receiving cassette is also different, makes
The replacing for becoming to supply cassette and the replacing for receiving cassette cannot be engaged togather well.Preferably, in the second step, when
When the reception cassette needs to change, the supply cassette for switching to empty cartridge state is moved to 3 downstream of conveyer;When
When the reception cassette need not be changed, the supply cassette for switching to empty cartridge state is transported to storage warehouse.User
Can according to the practical operation situation of process equipment 1 select by the supply cassette for becoming empty cartridge be sent to conveyer downstream or
Person is carried to storage warehouse 2, to adapt to the different operating modes of process equipment.
Preferably, in the first step, two confessions in real cassette state are transported from storage warehouse 2 to conveyer 3
To cassette and two reception cassettes in empty cartridge state, and cause one of them supply cassette and the supply port
In job state, another described supply cassette is waited for alignment, and one of them described reception cassette is connect with described
Receiving end mouth is aligned in job state, and another described supply cassette is waited for, to ensure that process equipment 1 can be continuous
Operation, it is to avoid time interval when cassette is changed causes the interruption of the production process of process equipment 1.
The preferred embodiment of the present invention is described in detail above in association with accompanying drawing, but, the present invention is not limited to above-mentioned reality
The detail in mode is applied, in the range of the technology design of the present invention, multiple letters can be carried out to technical scheme
Monotropic type, these simple variant belong to protection scope of the present invention.
It is further to note that each particular technique feature described in above-mentioned specific embodiment, in not lance
In the case of shield, can be combined by any suitable means, in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, the present invention to various can
The combination of energy is no longer separately illustrated.
Additionally, can also be combined between a variety of embodiments of the present invention, as long as which is without prejudice to this
The thought of invention, its should equally be considered as content disclosed in this invention.