CN112573207A

CN112573207A - Glass substrate bearing device

Info

Publication number: CN112573207A
Application number: CN202011326335.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 瞿小强
Original assignee: Suzhou Mengfu Electronic Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Mengfu Electronic Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-24
Filing date: 2020-11-24
Publication date: 2021-03-30

Abstract

The invention provides a glass substrate bearing device which comprises a plurality of adjustable supporting mechanisms, wherein the adjustable supporting mechanisms jointly form a supporting plane in the horizontal direction, each adjustable supporting mechanism comprises a fixed part, a rotating and translating part and a supporting part, the fixed parts are vertically arranged, the rotating and translating parts are horizontally arranged at the top ends of the fixed parts, and the supporting parts are vertically arranged on the rotating and translating parts; the rotating and translating part is in a long strip shape, a through groove is formed in the rotating and translating part in the length direction of the rotating and translating part, the top end of the fixing part penetrates through the through groove, and the rotating and translating part can rotate in the horizontal direction by taking the fixing part as an axis and can reciprocate in the horizontal direction. So set up for glass substrate strutting arrangement can be applicable to the glass substrate of different shapes and size, and the compatibility is strong, convenient to use.

Description

Glass substrate bearing device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of display panel production, in particular to a glass substrate bearing device.

Background

The OLED display is a new type of display applied in digital products, and the OLED, i.e. an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), has characteristics of lightness, thinness, power saving, and the like, and thus is widely applied to the display of the digital products, and has a large market potential. The glass substrate is a basic component forming the OLED display screen, in actual production, the OLED display screens with different sizes correspond to the glass substrates with different sizes, and in the process of carrying the glass substrates, the conventional carrying device only generally fixedly carries the glass substrate with a certain size but cannot be compatible with other sizes, so that the carrying efficiency of the glass substrate is seriously influenced, and further the production efficiency is influenced.

Therefore, it is necessary to design a glass substrate carrying apparatus to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a glass substrate bearing device flexibly adapting to glass substrates with different sizes.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a glass substrate bearing device comprises a plurality of adjustable supporting mechanisms, wherein the plurality of adjustable supporting mechanisms jointly form a supporting plane in the horizontal direction, and each adjustable supporting mechanism comprises

A fixed part vertically arranged;

the rotating translation part is horizontally arranged at the top end of the fixed part;

the supporting part is vertically arranged on the rotary translation part;

the rotating and translating part is in a long strip shape, a through groove is formed in the rotating and translating part in the length direction of the rotating and translating part, the top end of the fixing part penetrates through the through groove, and the rotating and translating part can rotate in the horizontal direction by taking the fixing part as an axis and can reciprocate in the horizontal direction.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the present invention further comprises a connecting portion for fixing the rotation and translation portion to the fixing portion; the upper end of the fixing portion is a threaded portion, the connecting portion comprises nuts and retaining rings, the nuts and the retaining rings are arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the rotation and translation portion respectively, the retaining rings are fixedly connected with the fixing portion, and the threaded portion is matched with the nuts to fix the rotation and translation portion between the retaining rings and the nuts.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the adjustable supporting mechanism further includes a shift mechanism, the shift mechanism includes a first shift portion, a second shift portion and an elastic portion, the first shift portion and the elastic portion are located between the rotational translation portion and the retainer ring, the elastic portion presses the first shift portion toward the second shift portion, the second shift portion is an engaging tooth disposed on an upper surface of the retainer ring, a through hole for the fixing portion to pass through is disposed inside the first shift portion, and an engaging tooth engaged with the second shift portion is disposed on a lower surface of the first shift portion.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the elastic portion includes a snap ring and a spring, the snap ring is clamped at the periphery of the fixing portion, a protrusion is disposed in the through hole, the spring of the first position portion abuts against between the snap ring and the protrusion, the spring is in a compressed state, and the protrusion is located below the snap ring.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, a sliding groove is formed at an upper end of the first gear portion, a width of the sliding groove matches a width of the rotational translation portion, and the rotational translation portion can move back and forth along the sliding groove.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the supporting portion is fixed at one end of the rotational translation portion, and the rotational translation portion moves along the length direction thereof and drives the supporting portion to approach or depart from the fixing portion.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the rotational translation portion is provided with distance scales along a length direction, the rotational translation portion can move quantitatively according to the distance scales, the retainer ring is provided with angle scales in a circumferential direction, and the rotational translation portion can rotate quantitatively according to the angle scales.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the glass substrate carrying device further includes a plurality of fixed supporting mechanisms, and the fixed supporting mechanisms and the adjustable supporting mechanisms together form a supporting plane.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the present invention further includes a bearing main body, wherein the adjustable supporting mechanism and the fixed supporting mechanism are fixed on the bearing main body, the fixed supporting mechanism is located within a range enclosed by the adjustable supporting mechanism, and the adjustable supporting mechanism is located at a position close to an edge of the bearing main body.

As a further improved technical scheme of the invention, the lower end of the fixing part is fixed with the bearing main body through threads; the fixed supporting mechanism comprises a supporting rod and a supporting piece arranged at the top end of the supporting rod, and the supporting piece is spherical, conical, tower-shaped or sucker-shaped.

According to the technical scheme, the adjustable supporting mechanism is arranged, the rotating and translating part rotates and moves relative to the fixed part, so that the position of the supporting part is controlled, the glass substrate supporting device can be suitable for glass substrates of different shapes and sizes, the compatibility is high, the device does not need to be frequently replaced when the glass substrates of various specifications are loaded, the use is convenient, and manpower and material resources are saved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a top view of a glass substrate carrier according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the glass substrate carrier device of FIG. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the adjustable support mechanism of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the adjustable support mechanism of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the adjustable support mechanism of fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the first shift position portion in fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a top view of the first shift portion in fig. 6.

FIG. 8 is a view showing another state of the glass substrate carrier device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another state of the glass substrate carrier device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view showing another state of the glass substrate carrier device according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present invention provides a glass substrate supporting apparatus 100, which includes a supporting body 10, a plurality of adjustable supporting mechanisms 20 and a plurality of fixed supporting mechanisms 30 disposed on the supporting body 10. The plurality of adjustable support mechanisms 20 and the plurality of fixed support mechanisms 30 together form a support plane for supporting the glass substrate 200. In the present invention, the carrying body 10 may be a fork of a stacker, a baking platform or a robot arm of a baking oven, or other common devices for carrying or supporting glass substrates, which is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the adjustable supporting mechanism 20 specifically includes a fixing portion 21, a rotational/translational portion 22, a supporting portion 23, a connecting portion 24 for mounting the rotational/translational portion 22 on the fixing portion 21, and a shift position assembly 25.

The fixing portion 21 is cylindrical and vertically disposed on the bearing body 10, the fixing portion 21 includes a body 211, and a fixing bolt 212 is disposed at a lower end of the body 211. Specifically, main part 211 lower extreme is screw thread portion, and fixing bolt 212 includes coaxial fixed nut and bolt, and the nut is screwed up with the cooperation of screw thread portion, and the bolt is screwed up with load-bearing platform 10 cooperation.

The rotation/translation portion 22 is horizontally disposed at the top end of the fixing portion 21, and can rotate around the fixing portion 21 and move along the longitudinal direction thereof. Specifically, the rotation and translation portion 22 is long, a through groove 221 is formed in the rotation and translation portion 22 in the length direction, the top end of the fixing portion 21 penetrates through the through groove 221, and the rotation and translation portion 22 reciprocates along the through groove 221 in the horizontal direction and can rotate in the horizontal direction with the fixing portion 21 as an axis. The through groove 221 not only provides a translational passage, but also limits the translational range and plays a role in limiting. The rotation and translation part 22 is provided with distance scales along the length direction, and the rotation and translation part 22 can move quantitatively according to the distance scales. The translation range of the rotation and translation portion is 0- ± 25mm (i.e. the length of the through groove 221 is greater than 50mm), in other embodiments, the length and the translation range of the rotation and translation portion may be selected according to actual needs.

The supporting portion 23 is vertically disposed on the rotation and translation portion 22, specifically, the supporting portion 23 is fixed at one end of the rotation and translation portion 22, and the rotation and translation portion 22 moves along the length direction thereof and drives the supporting portion 23 to be close to or far away from the fixing portion 21. The supporting portion 23 includes a supporting rod 231 and a supporting member 232, the supporting rod 231 is screwed to the rotation and translation portion 22, the supporting member 232 is fixed to the top end of the supporting rod 231, and the end of the supporting member 232 is arc-shaped, conical or tower-shaped, so that the contact surface with the glass substrate 200 is small. The support 232 is preferably made of polyimide or polyetheretherketone material, and can be used in high temperature environments such as baking ovens.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, the connecting portion 24 is used for fixing the rotation-translation portion 22 to the fixing portion 21. The connecting portion 24 includes a nut 241, a spacer 243 and a retainer ring 242 respectively disposed on the upper and lower sides of the rotational/translational portion 22, the retainer ring 242 is fixedly connected to the fixing portion 21, and preferably, the retainer ring 242 is integrally formed with the fixing portion 21. The fixing portion 21 has a screw portion at an upper end thereof, and the screw portion is engaged with the nut 241 to fix the rotation/translation portion 22 between the retainer ring 242 and the nut 241. The rotation range of the rotation-translation portion 22 is 0 to 360 °. Preferably, the retaining ring 242 is further provided with an angle scale in the circumferential direction, and the angle scale ranges from 0 to 360 °.

Referring to fig. 4 to 7, the shift mechanism 25 includes a first shift portion 251, a second shift portion 25 and an elastic portion for pressing the first shift portion 251 toward the second shift portion 252, the first shift portion 251 and the elastic portion are disposed between the rotational and translational portion 22 and the retaining ring 242, the second shift portion 252 is an engaging tooth disposed on an upper surface of the retaining ring 242, a through hole 2512 for the fixing portion 21 to pass through is disposed inside the first shift portion 251, and an engaging tooth 2511 engaged with the second shift portion 252 is disposed on a lower surface of the first shift portion 251. The elastic part comprises a clamping ring 254 and a spring 253, the clamping ring 254 is clamped on the periphery of the fixing part 21, a protrusion 2513 is arranged in the through hole 2512, the spring 253 abuts between the clamping ring 254 and the protrusion 2513, the spring 253 is in a compressed state, and the protrusion 2513 is located below the clamping ring 254. A sliding slot 2514 is formed at the upper end of the first gear 251, the width of the sliding slot 2514 is matched with that of the rotation and translation part 22, and the rotation and translation part 22 is arranged on the fixing part 21 in a penetrating manner and can move back and forth along the sliding slot 2514. The cooperation of the first shift portion 251, the second shift portion 252, the elastic portion and the fixing portion 21 allows the two sets of

engaging teeth

252, 2511 to sequentially engage, disengage and re-engage when the rotational/translational portion 22 rotates, thereby providing a pause feeling to the user so that the user can easily grasp the rotational range of the rotational/translational portion. Preferably, an indication mark is disposed outside the first shift portion 251, and when the first shift portion 251 rotates, the rotation angle can be determined according to a value on the retaining ring 242 to which the indication mark indicates.

The gear mechanism 25 is configured to not only provide gear support for the rotation of the rotation and translation portion, but also prevent the rotation and translation portion 22 from rotating while translating, so that the adjustment of the angle and the translation distance can be performed separately to accurately position the support portion 23. When the translation unit 22 and the support unit 23 are further rotated as needed, the nut 241 and the washer 243 can be removed, and the support unit 23 of the translation unit 22 can be removed and replaced. At this time, the first shift portion 251 is still fixed to the fixed portion 21 by the elastic portion, and is not loosened by the nut 241 being screwed off.

The fixed support mechanism 30 is disposed within a range surrounded by the plurality of adjustable support mechanisms 20, and the adjustable support mechanisms 20 are disposed at a position close to the edge of the main body 10. Preferably, the plurality of fixed supporting mechanisms 30 are arranged in a matrix. In this embodiment, the fixing and supporting mechanism 30 includes a vertically disposed supporting rod and a supporting member disposed at the top end of the supporting rod, and the lower end of the supporting rod is fixed to the bearing body 10 by a screw thread. The shape and material of the supporting member are similar to those of the supporting member 232, and are not described herein. In other embodiments, the supporting member may be a suction disc, and the material of the supporting member is preferably rubber. So set up, can adsorb the glass substrate, reduced the risk that drops in the glass substrate bearing process, and then increased the application scene of glass substrate bearing device 100.

When the adjustable supporting mechanism 20 is used, the nut 241 can be slightly unscrewed according to the size of the glass substrate 200 to be supported, so that the first engaging portion 251 can rotate relative to the second engaging portion 252 under the action of external force, that is, the rotating and translating portion 22 drives the first engaging portion 251 to rotate, then the rotating and translating portion 22 is pushed or pulled along the sliding groove 2514, the supporting portion 23 at one end of the rotating and translating portion is located at a required position, and finally the nut 241 is screwed, so that the adjustable supporting mechanism 20 is adjusted. In addition, the position can be adjusted by firstly translating and then rotating.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 8 to 10, four states of the glass substrate carrier device 100 are shown. Fig. 1 shows a state where the rotation/translation section 22 is rotated until the support section 23 faces the outer periphery, and the size of the glass substrate 200 supported at this time is maximized. Fig. 8 shows a state where the rotation/translation section 22 is rotated until the support section 23 is oriented toward the center, and the size of the glass substrate 200 supported at this time is minimized. Fig. 9 shows a state where the end of the rotation/translation section 22 where the support 23 is provided is directed toward the center and the rotation/translation section 22 partially moves toward the center, in which case the glass substrate 200 ″ is supported to be larger in size than the glass substrate 200'. Fig. 10 shows a state where the rotation and translation portion 22 is rotated to be horizontal and the two pairs of support portions 23 are close to each other, and at this time, the size of the supported glass substrate 200' ″ is smaller than that of the glass substrate 200, and the length-width ratio is different. In other embodiments, the position of the supporting portion 23 can be arbitrarily adjusted by adjusting the angle and the translation distance of the rotation-translation portion 22.

In summary, the glass substrate carrier apparatus 100 of the present invention is provided with the adjustable supporting mechanism 20 to rotate and move the rotation/translation portion 22 relative to the fixing portion 21, so as to control the position of the supporting portion 23. The rotation translation part can rotate 360 degrees and move freely within the length range of the through groove 221, so that the rotation and the movement are combined, so that the glass substrate carrying device 100 can be flexibly suitable for glass substrates with any length-width ratio within a certain range; the plurality of rotating and translating parts are adjusted asynchronously, so that the glass substrate supporting device can be suitable for glass substrates with different shapes and sizes. So set up for glass substrate strutting arrangement 100 is compatible strong, when bearing the glass substrate of multiple specification, need not frequent change device, and convenient to use uses manpower and materials sparingly.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In addition, the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the invention and not for limiting the technical solutions described in the invention, and the understanding of the present specification should be based on the technical personnel in the field, and although the present specification has described the invention in detail by referring to the above embodiments, the ordinary skilled in the art should understand that the technical personnel in the field can still make modifications or equivalent substitutions to the present invention, and all the technical solutions and modifications thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be covered in the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a glass substrate bears device, its includes a plurality of adjustable supporting mechanism, and a plurality of adjustable supporting mechanism form support plane jointly on the horizontal direction, its characterized in that: the adjustable supporting mechanism comprises

A fixed part vertically arranged;

the supporting part is vertically arranged on the rotary translation part;

2. The glass substrate carrier device according to claim 1, wherein: the connecting part is used for fixing the rotation translation part on the fixing part; the upper end of the fixing portion is a threaded portion, the connecting portion comprises nuts and retaining rings, the nuts and the retaining rings are arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the rotation and translation portion respectively, the retaining rings are fixedly connected with the fixing portion, and the threaded portion is matched with the nuts to fix the rotation and translation portion between the retaining rings and the nuts.

3. The glass substrate carrier device according to claim 2, wherein: adjustable supporting mechanism still includes gear mechanism, gear mechanism is including being located first gear portion, second gear portion between rotatory translation portion and the retaining ring and with first gear portion press to the elasticity portion of second gear portion, second gear portion is for locating the meshing tooth of retaining ring upper surface, first gear portion inside is equipped with the through-hole that supplies the fixed part to pass, and first gear portion lower surface is equipped with the meshing tooth with second gear meshing.

4. The glass substrate carrier device according to claim 3, wherein: the elastic part comprises a clamping ring and a spring, the clamping ring is clamped on the periphery of the fixing part, a protrusion is arranged in the through hole, the spring of the first gear part is abutted against the clamping ring and between the protrusions, the spring is in a compressed state, and the protrusion is located below the clamping ring.

5. The glass substrate carrier device according to claim 3, wherein: the upper end of the first gear part is provided with a sliding groove, the width of the sliding groove is matched with that of the rotating and translating part, and the rotating and translating part can move back and forth along the sliding groove.

6. The glass substrate carrier device according to claim 1, wherein: the supporting part is fixed at one end of the rotary translation part, and the rotary translation part moves along the length direction of the rotary translation part and drives the supporting part to be close to or far away from the fixing part.

7. The glass substrate carrier device according to claim 1, wherein: the rotary translation part is provided with distance scales along the length direction, the rotary translation part can quantitatively move according to the distance scales, the circumferential direction of the check ring is provided with angle scales, and the rotary translation part can quantitatively rotate according to the angle scales.

8. The glass substrate carrier device according to claim 1, wherein: the glass substrate bearing device further comprises a plurality of fixed supporting mechanisms, and the fixed supporting mechanisms and the adjustable supporting mechanisms jointly form a supporting plane.

9. The glass substrate carrier device according to claim 8, wherein: the adjustable supporting mechanism and the fixed supporting mechanism are fixed on the bearing main body, the fixed supporting mechanism is located in the range enclosed by the adjustable supporting mechanism, and the adjustable supporting mechanism is located at the position, close to the edge, of the bearing main body.

10. The glass substrate carrier device according to claim 8, wherein: the lower end of the fixing part is fixed with the bearing main body through threads; the fixed supporting mechanism comprises a supporting rod and a supporting piece arranged at the top end of the supporting rod, and the supporting piece is spherical, conical, tower-shaped or sucker-shaped.