CN115108187A

CN115108187A - Component storage device

Info

Publication number: CN115108187A
Application number: CN202210255086.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 小久贯太一; 玉村真一; 岩本耕一; 工藤敦
Original assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-23
Filing date: 2022-03-15
Publication date: 2022-09-27
Also published as: TW202332645A; KR20220132419A; JP7400762B2; TWI804241B; JP2022147614A; TWI853551B; TW202239317A; KR20240135715A

Abstract

The invention provides a component storage device which can automatically store a plurality of components in a shell and can manage the components. The component storage device includes: a plurality of setting sections (240) for setting a plurality of housings (1), respectively; a plurality of conveying units (210) for continuously conveying a plurality of electronic components (50) with respect to the plurality of setting units, respectively; and a discharge unit (230) which is disposed between the transport unit and the installation unit and drops the electronic components one by one from the transport unit to an opening (6) which is a discharge port of a housing provided in the installation unit by its own weight, the transport unit including: a vibration conveying unit (211) that conveys the electronic component by vibration; and a non-vibration conveying part (220) which is arranged between the vibration conveying part and the discharging part, wherein a conveying component detection part (279) is arranged on the non-vibration conveying part, and the conveying component detection part detects the electronic component conveyed at the non-vibration conveying part.

Description

Component storage device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a component housing device for housing electronic components such as chip components in a case.

Background

Conventionally, a box-shaped case is known which collectively stores a plurality of small electronic components such as chip components in a separated state when collectively transporting the electronic components (for example, patent document 1).

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 2009-295618

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

A housing in which a plurality of components are housed in a separated state is more efficient than a Carrier Tape (Carrier Tape) or the like in terms of the efficiency of housing the plurality of components in a certain volume. In order to promote efficiency, a device capable of automatically housing a plurality of components in such a case and managing the components is required.

The invention aims to provide a component storage device which can automatically store a plurality of components in a shell and can manage the components.

Means for solving the problems

The component housing device according to the present invention is a component housing device that houses a plurality of components from an opening in a case having the opening, the component housing device including: a plurality of setting portions on which the plurality of housings are respectively set; a plurality of transport sections that successively transport a plurality of electronic components with respect to the plurality of placement sections, respectively; and a discharge unit disposed between the conveyance unit and the installation unit, the discharge unit dropping the components from the conveyance unit toward the opening of the housing provided in the installation unit by their own weight, the conveyance unit including: a vibration conveying unit that conveys the member by vibration; and a non-vibration conveying unit disposed between the vibration conveying unit and the discharge unit, wherein the non-vibration conveying unit is provided with a conveying member detection unit that detects a member conveyed by the non-vibration conveying unit.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a component housing device capable of automatically housing a plurality of components in a housing and managing the components.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the housing of the embodiment viewed from an obliquely upper side, showing a state in which the discharge port is opened.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal state of the housing of the embodiment, showing a state in which the discharge port is opened.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an internal state of the housing of the embodiment, showing a state in which the discharge port is closed.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the housing of the embodiment viewed from an obliquely lower side, and shows a state in which the discharge port is closed.

Fig. 5 is a plan view schematically showing the component housing apparatus according to the embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a side view showing a portion from the vibration conveying portion to the non-vibration conveying portion in the conveying portion of the component housing apparatus according to the embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a partially sectional side view schematically showing a discharge portion of the embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a partially sectional side view showing a housing and a setting portion for setting the housing of the embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a partially sectional side view showing a state in which the housing of the embodiment is disposed in the installation portion and the discharge port of the housing is closed.

Fig. 10 is a partially sectional side view showing a state in which the housing of the embodiment is disposed in the installation portion and the discharge port of the housing is open.

Description of the reference numerals

1. A housing; 3. an opening/closing member; 5. an RFID tag; 6. a discharge port (opening); 50. an electronic component (part); 200. a component housing device; 210. a conveying section; 211. a vibration conveying section; 220. a vibration-free conveying section; 230. a discharge section; 240. a setting part; 243. a reader/writer (information reading/writing unit); 250. a holding section; 260. an opening and closing mechanism; 271. a 1 st component detection unit (passage detection unit); 272. a 2 nd component detecting section (shape detecting section); 273. a 3 rd component detecting section (performance detecting section); 274. a passage detection unit; 279. a conveying member detection unit.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

Fig. 1 to 4 are views of a housing 1 according to an embodiment. Fig. 5 to 10 are views of the component storage device 200 according to the embodiment. The component housing device 200 is a device that automatically houses a plurality of components in the housing 1. First, the case 1 will be explained.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the housing 1 viewed from an obliquely upper side. The case 1 accommodates therein electronic components 50 (shown in fig. 2) as components in a separated state. The housing 1 is detachably assembled to the feeder 100. The feeder 100 is a device that discharges the electronic component 50 from the inside of the housing 1 by vibration and supplies the electronic component 50 to a mounting device, not shown. The electronic component 50 of the present embodiment is, for example, a fine rectangular parallelepiped electronic component having a length in the longitudinal direction of 1.2mm or less. Examples of such electronic components include a capacitor and an inductor, but the present embodiment is not limited thereto.

Fig. 2 and 3 are perspective views each showing an internal state of the housing 1 after the 2 nd member 22 described later is removed. Fig. 2 shows a state where discharge port 6 for discharging electronic component 50 is opened, and fig. 3 shows a state where discharge port 6 is closed. The discharge port 6 is an example of an opening. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the housing 1 viewed from an obliquely lower side.

The housing 1 includes a housing main body 2, an opening/closing member 3, a slider 4 integrated with the opening/closing member 3, and an RFID tag 5.

The housing main body 2 has a 1 st member 21 and a 2 nd member 22. The housing 1 is a container in which the 1 st member 21 and the 2 nd member 22 are combined and joined to form a housing space S therein. The case body 2 includes a top plate 2U, a bottom plate 2D, a front wall 2F, a rear wall 2B, a right wall 2R on the 1 st member 21 side, and a left wall 2L on the 2 nd member 22 side. The plurality of electronic components 50 are housed in the case 1 in a separated state.

In the present specification, the vertical direction in a state where the housing 1 is assembled to the feeder 100 is referred to as the vertical direction of the housing 1. The side of the casing 1 where the discharge port 6 is provided is defined as the front side, and the opposite side is defined as the rear side. The left-right direction, i.e., the left and right directions, is a left-right direction when the housing 1 is viewed from the front. The 1 st member 21 is located on the right side and the 2 nd member 22 is located on the left side.

The front wall portion 2F, the rear wall portion 2B, the right side wall portion 2R, and the left side wall portion 2L are wall portions extending in the vertical direction, i.e., the vertical direction. The top plate 2U and the bottom plate 2D are plates extending in the horizontal direction.

As shown in fig. 1 and 4, the housing 1 is formed by joining the 1 st member 21 and the 2 nd member 22, which are formed in bilateral symmetry, to each other. That is, the 1 st member 21 and the 2 nd member 22 are split bodies that are divided into left and right parts.

The housing main body 2 has a discharge port 6 on the lower side of the front side wall portion 2F. The discharge port 6 is a rectangular opening in the embodiment. The discharge port 6 is not limited to a square shape, and may be an opening having a contour such as a circular shape or an elliptical shape.

As shown in fig. 2, the plate member 7 extends between the 1 st member 21 and the 2 nd member 22 in the housing space S. The upper surface of the plate member 7 is an inclined surface 7a extending from the rear to the lower edge portion 6a of the discharge port 6 in the front direction and inclined so that the lower edge portion 6a side is the lowermost side. In a state where the casing 1 is assembled to the feeder 100, the inclination angle θ of the inclined surface 7a is preferably 3 ° to 10 ° with respect to the horizontal direction, and more preferably 5 ° to 7 °.

As shown in fig. 2, the opening/closing member 3 that opens and closes the discharge port 6 extends continuously from the bottom plate portion 2D to the front side wall portion 2F. The opening/closing member 3 slides in the extending direction thereof to open and close the discharge port 6. The opening-closing member 3 extends continuously from the bottom plate portion 2D to the front side wall portion 2F, and is slidable in the extending direction thereof. The opening/closing member 3 is a relatively long and thin strip-shaped film member. The opening/closing member 3 is made of a flexible material that can be bent with a certain degree of rigidity, such as pet (polyethylene terephthalate). The opening/closing member 3 has a width slightly larger than the width of the discharge port 6 and a width capable of covering the discharge port 6 without a gap.

The opening/closing member 3 has an opening 3a having substantially the same shape as the discharge port 6 at its distal end portion. When the opening portion 3a is aligned with the discharge port 6, the discharge port 6 is opened. When the opening-closing member 3 covers the discharge port 6, the discharge port 6 is closed by the opening-closing member 3. The opening 3a does not necessarily have to have the same shape as the discharge port 6, and may have any shape and size that allows the discharge port 6 to be opened.

A recess 61 recessed inward from the outside of the case body 2 is provided above the discharge port 6 of the front side wall portion 2F of the case body 2. Guide grooves 62 extending in the vertical direction are provided in a pair of left and right sides on the side surfaces in the thickness direction, i.e., the left and right direction, of the portion of the front side wall portion 2F where the discharge port 6 and the recess 61 are provided. The portions of the opening and closing member 3 on both sides extending in the longitudinal direction are inserted into the left and right guide grooves 62, respectively. The opening/closing member 3 is guided by the guide groove 62 to slide in the vertical direction on the front side wall portion 2F.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, a circular hole 3b is provided at the rear end of the opening/closing member 3. The slider 4 is attached to the opening/closing member 3 integrally with the hole 3 b. The slider 4 is a rectangular parallelepiped member, and as shown in fig. 4, has a lower opening 4c that opens downward, and has a front end plate portion 4d and a rear end plate portion 4 e.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the slider 4 has flange portions 4a extending in the left-right direction at the upper end portions thereof. The slider 4 has a convex portion 4b on its upper surface. The projection 4b is fitted in the hole 3b of the opening/closing member 3 and projects upward, whereby the slider 4 and the opening/closing member 3 are integrated.

As shown in fig. 4, a recess 23 which is long in the front-rear direction and is recessed upward is provided in the bottom plate portion 2D of the housing 1. A slit 24 is provided on the front surface of the recess 23. The rear end of the opening/closing member 3 penetrates the slit 24. The rear end of the opening/closing member 3 passes through the slit 24 and extends along the lower surface of the recess 23. A pair of front and rear recessed

portions

26a and 26b are provided on the lower surface of the recessed portion 23. The convex portion 4b of the slider 4 can be fitted into the concave portion 26a and the concave portion 26b, respectively.

Grooves 25 extending in the front-rear direction are provided on both surfaces of the bottom plate 2D in the left-right direction of the portion where the recess 23 is provided. The left and right flange portions 4a of the slider 4 penetrate the left and right groove portions 25, respectively. The slider 4 slides in the front-rear direction by the flange portion 4a sliding back and forth along the groove portion 25. At this time, the sliding range of the slider 4 is between the position where the convex portion 4b engages with the front concave portion 26a and the position where the convex portion 4b engages with the rear concave portion 26 b.

As shown in fig. 3, when the convex portion 4b of the slider 4 is fitted into the front concave portion 26a, the opening 3a of the opening-closing member 3 is positioned in the concave portion 61 and is not aligned with the discharge port 6. At this time, the entire discharge port 6 is closed by the opening/closing member 3, and the electronic component 50 is not discharged from the discharge port 6 to the outside. On the other hand, when the opening/closing member 3 slides rearward and the convex portion 4b is fitted in the concave portion 26b on the rear side as shown in fig. 2, the opening 3a of the opening/closing member 3 is aligned with the discharge port 6. At this time, the discharge port 6 is opened, and the electronic component 50 can be discharged from the discharge port 6.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the housing body 2 has an upper grip portion 10A and a rear grip portion 10B. The upper grip portions 10A are a pair of front and rear recessed portions provided at both front and rear ends of the upper side of the housing body 2. The rear side grip portions 10B are a pair of upper and lower recessed portions provided at upper and lower ends of the rear side of the housing body 2. The upper grip portion 10A and the rear grip portion 10B are gripped by the hand, for example, when the case 1 is conveyed by the hand.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a through hole 9 penetrating right and left is provided in a lower portion of the housing main body 2 at a position substantially corresponding to the recess 23. The through hole 9 is a slit-like hole extending in the front-rear direction. A band-shaped RFID tag 5 that is long in the front-rear direction is attached to the upper surface inside the through hole 9. The RFID tag 5 has a known configuration, and includes a transmitting/receiving unit, a memory, an antenna, and the like. As shown in fig. 1, a reader/writer 105 is disposed in the feeder 100, and the reader/writer 105 reads and writes information from and to the RFID tag 5 in a non-contact manner.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the case main body 2 further includes a claw portion 8 extending downward from the outer surface of the bottom plate portion 2D and a T-shaped groove portion 13.

The claw portion 8 includes a front side claw portion 8A and a rear side claw portion 8B. The front claw portion 8A and the rear claw portion 8B are plates having the same shape, and are formed in a shape of letter L in a side view extending downward from above and having lower ends bent rearward by substantially 90 °. The front claw portion 8A and the rear claw portion 8B may not have the same shape.

The T-letter groove portion 13 includes a front T-letter groove portion 13A and a rear T-letter groove portion 13B. The front letter T-shaped groove portion 13A and the rear letter T-shaped groove portion 13B are projections each having an inverted letter T shape in front view. The front letter T-shaped groove portion 13A has a tapered portion formed at the front end thereof.

The feeder 100 has an engagement portion, not shown, with which the claw portion 8 and the letter T-shaped groove portion 13 are detachably engaged, and the housing 1 can be assembled to the feeder 100. The claw portion 8 and the letter T-shaped groove portion 13 are engaged with the engagement portions, respectively, and the housing 1 is detachably assembled to the feeder 100. In the case 1 assembled to the parts feeder 100 in this manner, the parts feeder 100 is vibrated in a state where the discharge port 6 is opened, and the electronic components 50 are lowered along the inclined surface 7a and discharged from the discharge port 6. The discharged electronic component 50 is supplied to the mounting device as described above.

Next, the component housing apparatus 200 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to fig. 5 to 10.

Fig. 5 is a plan view schematically showing the component housing apparatus 200.

The component storage device 200 is a device that automatically stores a plurality of electronic components 50 in the storage space S in the housing 1 via the discharge port 6. As shown in fig. 5, the component housing apparatus 200 of the embodiment includes: a plurality of setting sections 240 on which the plurality of housings 1 are respectively set; a plurality of conveying units 210, the plurality of conveying units 210 linearly and continuously conveying the plurality of electronic components 50 with respect to the plurality of setting units 240, respectively; and a discharging unit 230 disposed between the conveying unit 210 and the installation unit 240, and configured to drop the electronic components 50 from the conveying unit 210 to the discharge port 6 of the housing 1 installed in the installation unit 240 one by its own weight.

In the embodiment, 3 installation parts 240 are provided, and the discharge part 230 and the transport part 210 are provided for the 3 installation parts 240, respectively. The number of the setting portions 240 is not limited to 3, and may be 4 or more as long as at least two are provided. In the following description, as shown in fig. 5, the transfer lines along the path from the transfer unit 210 to the housing 1 of the electronic component 50 may be referred to as a 1 st transfer line 210A, a 2 nd transfer line 210B, and a 3 rd transfer line 210C. That is, the component storing apparatus 200 of the embodiment includes the 1 st transfer line 210A, the 2 nd transfer line 210B, and the 3 rd transfer line 210C.

First, the conveying unit 210 will be described. The conveying unit 210 of the embodiment includes: a vibration conveying unit 211 that conveys the member by vibration; and a vibration-free conveying unit 220 disposed at a distal end portion of the conveying unit 210. The vibration carrying portion 211 and the non-vibration carrying portion 220 are continuously and substantially horizontally provided, and the upper surfaces thereof serve as a carrying path of the electronic component 50.

The vibration conveying unit 211 occupies a main part of the conveying unit 210, and is vibrated by a vibrator not shown. The vibration transport section 211 transports the plurality of electronic components 50 in order in the direction of arrow F toward the discharge section 230 by performing vibration. The electronic component 50 is pressed by the subsequent electronic component 50 and is conveyed in the direction of the discharge portion 230 on the vibration conveying portion 211.

The non-vibrating conveying section 220 is disposed between the vibrating conveying section 211 and the discharging section 230. The electronic component 50 conveyed on the vibration conveying portion 211 moves onto the non-vibration conveying portion 220. As shown in fig. 6, 3 partition portions 221 are provided on the upper surface of the non-vibration feeding portion 220 on which the electronic component 50 moves, with a space therebetween from the upstream side to the downstream side. Each partition 221 is moved up and down or laterally by an actuator or the like, not shown, to block or open the upper space without the vibration transport unit 220, i.e., the passage of the electronic component 50. Fig. 6 shows a state in which the electronic component 50 is stopped by the partitions 221 each of which cuts off the passage in the non-vibration carrying section 220.

When the partition 221 cuts off the path on the vibration-free conveying unit 220, the conveyance of the electronic component 50 is stopped by the partition 221. The electronic component 50 is detected by the conveyance component detection portion 279 provided laterally to the vibration free conveyance portion 220 with respect to the stopped 1 electronic component 50. The conveying member detecting portion 279 includes 3 member detecting portions, that is, the 1 st member detecting portion 271, the 2 nd member detecting portion 272, and the 3 rd member detecting portion 273, in correspondence with the 3 partitioning portions 221. The conveying member detection unit 279 will be described later.

The 3 discharge portions 230 are disposed corresponding to the end portions of the non-vibration conveying portions 220 of the 3 conveying portions 210, respectively. The discharge unit 230 is a portion that drops the electronic components 50 conveyed by the conveying unit 210 toward the discharge port 6 of the housing 1 provided in the installation unit 240 one by its own weight.

As shown in fig. 7, the ejection section 230 includes a plate 212 that receives the electronic component 50 from the vibration-free conveying section 220 of the conveying section 210, a cylindrical member 231, and a pressing pin 236. The plate 212 has a drop hole 215 for dropping the electronic component 50 toward the lower cylindrical member 231. The electronic component 50 is dropped into the cylindrical member 231 through the drop hole 215.

The electronic component 50 dropped through the drop hole 215 passes through the inside of the cylindrical member 231 having a funnel shape, thereby being guided toward the discharge port 6 of the housing 1. The cylindrical member 231 includes an upper cylindrical portion 233 having an inverted conical shape whose inner diameter increases upward, and a lower cylindrical portion 234 extending downward from the center of the lower end of the upper cylindrical portion 233. The upper tube 233 and the lower tube 234 are integral. The electronic component 50 passed through the drop hole 215 drops inside the upper tube 233 to reach the inside of the lower tube 234, and passes through the inside of the lower tube 234 to drop. The electronic component 50 may slide down while contacting the inner surface 232 of the cylindrical member 231.

In order to suppress the electronic component 50 from being electrically damaged by static electricity generated by friction, at least the inner surface 232 of the cylindrical member 231 is preferably made of a material containing a conductive material such as a metal having conductivity. In order to smoothly slide down the electronic component 50, the inner surface 232 of the cylindrical member 231 is preferably a smooth low friction surface, and is preferably surface-processed with a resin such as a fluororesin.

The ejection portion 230 is provided with a pressing pin 236 for forcibly dropping the electronic component 50 from the drop hole 215. The pressing pin 236 is disposed at a position above the drop hole 215 aligned with the through hole 218. The pressing pin 236 is a rod-shaped member extending in the vertical direction, and is driven in the vertical direction by an actuator or the like not shown. When the pressing pin 236 is driven downward, the electronic component 50 in the drop hole 215 is pressed downward, and the electronic component 50 drops into the cylindrical member 231. By pressing the pressing pin 236, the electronic component 50 can be reliably detached from the drop hole 215 and dropped without being caught in the drop hole 215.

In addition, an air flow generating portion 237 for dropping the electronic component 50 from the dropping hole 215 by using the flow of air may be additionally provided in the discharging portion 230 instead of the pressing pin 236. Examples of the air flow generating portion 237 include an air flow generating portion having a function of blowing air to the electronic component 50 from above to cause the electronic component to fall down, or sucking air from a side to cause the electronic component 50 to fall down.

The discharge portion 230 is further provided with a cleaning portion 238, and the cleaning portion 238 cleans a path of the electronic component 50 passing through the discharge portion 230. Specifically, the cleaning portion 238 is disposed above the pressing pin 236, and is constituted by an air suction mechanism that sucks air. By sucking air in through the cleaning portion 238, air falling inside the hole 215 and the cylindrical member 231, that is, in the path of the electronic component 50 is sucked in. Thereby, debris, dust, and the like present in the path are sucked into the cleaning portion 238 and cleaned.

The cleaning unit 238 may be a member that blows off debris, dust, or the like by blowing air to clean the path of the electronic component 50. In this case, in order to prevent debris, dust, and the like from entering the housing 1, the cleaning unit 238 is preferably operated in a state where the discharge port 6 is closed by the opening/closing member 3.

Fig. 8 shows a state where the housing 1 is provided in the setting section 240. The housing 1 is disposed in the installation portion 240 in a state where the electronic component 50 positioned to be discharged from the discharge portion 230 is dropped toward the discharge port 6. The housing 1 is disposed in the installation portion 240 in a state in which the front-back direction of the housing 1 is along the vertical direction, that is, in a vertical state.

The installation portion 240 includes a wall portion 241, a holding portion 250 for holding the housing 1 in a vertical state on the wall portion 241, and an opening/closing mechanism 260 for opening/closing the opening/closing member 3 of the housing 1.

The wall portion 241 has a wall surface 241a which is a surface along the substantially vertical direction.

The holding portion 250 includes an upper hook portion 251 and a lower hook portion 252, which are a pair of upper and lower hook portions protruding from the wall surface 241 a. The upper hook 251 and the lower hook 252 have the same shape, and are plates having a letter L shape in a side view with their tips bent upward by substantially 90 °. As shown in fig. 9, front-side claw portions 8A of case 1 are detachably engaged with upper-side hook portions 251, and rear-side claw portions 8B of case 1 are detachably engaged with lower-side hook portions 252. Thus, the housing 1 is detachably held by the holding portion 250 in a vertically-arranged state in which the discharge port 6 faces upward and the longitudinal direction, i.e., the longitudinal direction, extends in the vertical direction along the wall surface 241 a. The bottom plate 2D of the case 1 faces the wall surface 241a in parallel with a gap.

The wall 241 has a recess 242 extending in the vertical direction and opening on the wall 241a side. An opening/closing mechanism 260 for sliding the opening/closing member 3 is disposed in the recess 242. The opening/closing mechanism 260 has a drive pin 261, and the drive pin 261 is provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction along the bottom surface of the recess 242. The tip end portion of the drive pin 261 protrudes beyond the wall surface 241 a. The drive pin 261 is supported to be movable in the vertical direction along a guide groove provided on the bottom surface of the recess 242, for example, and is driven to reciprocate in the vertical direction by an actuator or the like. A reader/writer 243 is disposed in the recessed portion 242 of the wall portion 241, and the reader/writer 243 reads and writes information from and to the RFID tag 5 in a non-contact manner. The reader/writer 243 is an example of an information reading/writing unit. The upper hook 251 and the lower hook 252 may not have the same shape.

As shown in fig. 9, the drive pin 261 engages with the slider 4 of the case 1 held by the holding portion 250. The opening/closing member 3 of the housing 1 shown in fig. 9 slides forward (upward in fig. 9), the convex portion 4b of the slider 4 is fitted in the front concave portion 26a, and the discharge port 6 is closed by the opening/closing member 3. On the other hand, the drive pin 261 moves upward. When the drive pin 261 is positioned upward, if the case 1 having the discharge port 6 closed by the opening/closing member 3 is held by the holding portion 250, the drive pin 261 is inserted into the lower opening portion 4c of the slider 4 shown in fig. 4 and positioned between the front end plate portion 4d and the rear end plate portion 4 e.

In fig. 9, when the drive pin 261 moves downward from this state, the drive pin 261 contacts the rear end plate portion 4e of the slider 4, and the slider 4 is pressed downward and slides. The slider 4 slides downward, whereby the opening/closing member 3 slides rearward of the housing 1. Then, as shown in fig. 10, the convex portion 4b of the slider 4 is fitted into the concave portion 26b on the rear side, and the opening portion 3a of the opening/closing member 3 is aligned with the discharge port 6 of the housing 1 so that the discharge port 6 is opened. When the drive pin 261 returns upward from this state, the drive pin 261 contacts the front end plate portion 4d of the slider 4, and the slider 4 is pushed upward and slides. When the slider 4 slides upward, the opening/closing member 3 slides forward of the housing 1, and as shown in fig. 9, the convex portion 4b fits into the concave portion 26a on the front side, and the discharge port 6 is closed by the opening/closing member 3.

The component housing apparatus 200 according to the embodiment includes the component detection unit 270, and the component detection unit 270 detects the electronic component 50 at an arbitrary position on a path from the transport unit 210 to the discharge port 6 of the housing 1 provided in the installation unit 240 of the electronic component 50. The component detection unit 270 of the embodiment includes: a conveying member detecting portion 279 shown in fig. 5, which includes a 1 st member detecting portion 271, a 2 nd member detecting portion 272, and a 3 rd member detecting portion 273; and a 4 th member detector 274 provided in the discharge unit 230 shown in fig. 7.

The 1 st component detecting unit 271, the 2 nd component detecting unit 272, and the 3 rd component detecting unit 273 detect arbitrary items related to the electronic component 50, respectively. The 1 st component detection unit 271 has a function of a counter as a passage detection unit that detects passage of the electronic component 50 and counts the number of passages of the electronic component 50, for example. The 2 nd component detecting unit 272 is, for example, an image sensor as a shape detecting unit that detects the shape of the electronic component 50 and detects whether or not the electronic component 50 has a shape defect based on the detected shape. The 3 rd component detector 273 functions as a performance detector for detecting the performance of the electronic component 50, for example. For example, when the electronic component 50 is a capacitor, the performance detection unit is applied to a capacitance sensor or the like that detects whether or not the capacitance has a predetermined value.

The 4 th component detecting portion 274 includes an upstream side passage detecting portion 275 and a downstream side passage detecting portion 276 arranged at respective positions on the upstream side and the downstream side of the cylindrical member 231. The upstream passage detection unit 275 is located upstream of the cylindrical member 231, and functions as a counter functioning as a passage detection unit that counts the number of passages of the electronic component 50 that has passed through the drop hole 215 and entered the cylindrical member 231. The upstream side detection unit 275 uses a known optical sensor including a light emitting element 275a and a light receiving element 275 b. The downstream passage detection unit 276 is located downstream of the cylindrical member 231, and functions as a counter functioning as a passage detection unit that counts the number of passages of the electronic component 50 that have passed through the cylindrical member 231 and entered the discharge port 6 of the housing 1. The downstream passage detection unit 276 also uses a known optical sensor including a light emitting element 276a and a light receiving element 276b, similarly to the upstream passage detection unit 275. The light sensor may be configured to receive light emitted from an object and reflect the light, and the light emitting element and the light receiving element may be integrated without being separated from each other.

According to the component housing apparatus 200 of the above embodiment, the electronic component 50 is housed in the case 1 as follows.

The electronic component 50 is continuously conveyed in the direction of the discharge portion 230 by vibration on the vibration conveying portion 211 of the conveying portion 210. The electronic component 50 moved from the vibration transport portion 211 to the non-vibration transport portion 220 is pressed by the subsequent electronic component 50 and transported in the direction of the discharge portion 230, and the electronic component 50 is transported while being stopped by the 3 partitions 221 in the middle of the transportation. Each time the electronic component 50 is stopped by each partition 221, the electronic component 50 is detected by the 1 st component detecting portion 271, the 2 nd component detecting portion 272, and the 3 rd component detecting portion 273.

The number of electronic components 50 conveyed is counted by the 1 st component detection unit 271, for example. The 2 nd component detecting unit 272 detects, for example, the shape of the electronic component 50, and detects whether or not the electronic component 50 has a shape defect based on the detected shape. The 3 rd component detecting portion 273 detects, for example, the performance of the electronic component 50.

When the electronic component 50 having passed through the non-vibration conveying portion 220 moves onto the board 212 and reaches the drop hole 215, the electronic component 50 drops from the drop hole 215 while being pressed by the pressing pin 236 that is lowered. The electronic component having passed through the drop hole 215 drops into the cylindrical member 231, and further drops into the cylindrical member 231, drops into the housing 1 from the discharge port 6 of the housing 1, and is stored therein. At this time, the upstream passage detecting portion 275 of the 4 th component detecting portion 274 detects that the electronic component 50 dropped from the drop hole 215 enters the cylindrical member 231, and the downstream passage detecting portion 276 detects that the electronic component 50 dropped from the cylindrical member 231 enters the housing 1.

By performing the above operations successively, a plurality of electronic components 50 are housed in a plurality of (3) cases 1. During the conveyance at the vibration-free conveyance section 220, the number of conveyance of the electronic components 50 is counted by the 1 st component detection section 271. The number of electronic components 50 that have fallen from the fall hole 215 and are finally housed in the housing 1 is counted by the 4 th component detector 274 including the upstream passage detector 275 and the downstream passage detector 276. When the number of electronic components 50 stored in each housing 1 reaches a predetermined number, the conveyance of the electronic components 50 by the conveyance unit 210 is interrupted, and the empty housing 1 is replaced with a new one by the installation unit 240, and then the storage of the electronic components 50 in the housing 1 is restarted.

In the above-described continuous operation of the 1 st line 210A, the 2 nd line 210B, and the 3 rd line 210C, which are the plurality of lines, it is preferable that each line is controlled independently, but the operation of the plurality of lines may be controlled in synchronization.

In the component housing device 200 according to the embodiment, when the housing 1 is set in the setting section 240, various kinds of information can be written to the RFID tag 5 of the housing 1 by the reader/writer 243. Examples of the written information include a case number of the set case 1, a device number of the device itself, a line number of the set transfer line, a failure history of the corresponding transfer line, a lot number of the electronic component 50, a factory number in which the component storage device 200 is provided, a date related to manufacture (a manufacturing date, a storage date in which the electronic component is stored in the case 1, and the like), a supplier number, and the like.

According to the component housing apparatus 200 of the embodiment described above, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) The component housing device 200 of the embodiment is a component housing device that houses a plurality of components from an opening into a housing having the opening, and the component housing device 200 includes: a plurality of setting sections 240 on which the plurality of housings 1 are respectively set; a plurality of conveying units 210, the plurality of conveying units 210 conveying the plurality of electronic components 50 successively with respect to the plurality of setting units 240, respectively; and a discharge unit 230 disposed between the transport unit 210 and the installation unit 240, and configured to drop the electronic components 50 from the transport unit 210 to the discharge port 6 of the housing 1 installed in the installation unit 240 one by its own weight, wherein the transport unit 210 includes: a vibration transport unit 211 that transports the electronic component 50 by vibration; and a non-vibration conveying unit 220 disposed between the vibration conveying unit 211 and the discharge unit 230, wherein the non-vibration conveying unit 220 is provided with a conveying member detection unit 279, and the conveying member detection unit 279 detects the electronic component 50 conveyed by the non-vibration conveying unit 220.

As a result, the plurality of electronic components 50 can be automatically housed in the housing 1 in a short time, and component management can be performed by component detection by the conveying component detection unit 279.

Since the electronic component 50 in a non-vibration state is detected by the conveying component detecting portion 279, the electronic component 50 can be detected with high accuracy.

(2) In the component housing device 200 of the embodiment, it is preferable that the housing 1 has the opening/closing member 3 that opens and closes the discharge port 6 by sliding, and the installation portion 240 has: a holding portion 250 capable of holding the housing 1 with the discharge port 6 directed upward; and an opening/closing mechanism 260 that opens and closes the opening/closing member 3.

Since the case 1 is held by the holding portion 250 of the mounting portion 240 with the discharge port 6 facing upward, the electronic component 50 can be smoothly housed in the case 1 through the discharge port 6, and the electronic component 50 is not discharged from the discharge port 6 by gravity, so that a predetermined number of electronic components 50 can be reliably housed.

In the state of being held by the holding portion 250, the opening/closing mechanism 260 slides the opening/closing member 3, and the discharge port 6 of the housing 1 can be easily opened and closed. By detaching the housing 1 from the holding portion 250 in a state where the discharge port 6 is closed by the opening/closing member 3, the electronic component 50 can be prevented from accidentally leaking from the discharge port 6 at the time of detachment.

(3) In the component housing apparatus 200 of the embodiment, the conveying component detecting portion 279 is preferably at least one of a shape detecting portion that detects the shape of the electronic component 50, a passage detecting portion that detects the presence or absence of passage of the component, and a performance detecting portion that detects the performance of the component.

This makes it possible to detect the shape and performance of the electronic components 50 to be housed in the housing 1 and avoid the housing of defective products, or to detect the number of electronic components 50 and accurately house a desired number of electronic components 50 in the housing 1.

(4) In the component housing device 200 according to the embodiment, it is preferable that the housing 1 includes the RFID tag 5, and the installation section 240 includes the reader 243 as an information reading/writing section, and the reader 243 reads and writes information with respect to the RFID tag 5 of the housing 1 installed in the installation section 240.

Thus, by reading the RFID tag 5 in a state where the housing 1 is placed in the placement unit 240, information about the housing 1 and the electronic component 50 in the housing 1 can be grasped, and the electronic component 50 can be housed in the housing 1 and the component management can be performed.

(5) In the component housing device 200 of the embodiment, it is preferable that the detection information detected by the conveying component detecting unit 279 be written to the RFID tag 5 by the reader/writer 243.

By reading the RFID tag 5, the detection information of the electronic component 50 in the housing 1 can be grasped.

The embodiments have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and modifications, improvements, and the like within a range in which the object of the present invention can be achieved are included in the present invention.

Claims

1. A component housing device which houses a plurality of components from an opening in a housing having the opening, wherein,

the component housing device includes:

a plurality of setting portions on which the plurality of housings are respectively set;

a plurality of transport sections that successively transport a plurality of electronic components with respect to the plurality of placement sections, respectively; and

a discharge unit disposed between the conveying unit and the installation unit, and configured to drop the components from the conveying unit to the opening of the housing provided in the installation unit one by its own weight,

the conveying section includes: a vibration conveying unit that conveys the member by vibration; and a vibration-free conveying section disposed between the vibration conveying section and the discharge section,

the non-vibration conveying section is provided with a conveying member detection section that detects a member conveyed by the non-vibration conveying section.

2. The component housing apparatus according to claim 1,

the housing has an opening-closing member that opens and closes the opening by sliding,

the setting part has: a holding portion capable of holding the housing such that the opening faces upward; and an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the opening/closing member.

3. The component housing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,

the conveying member detection unit is at least one of a shape detection unit that detects a shape of the member, a passage detection unit that detects presence or absence of passage of the member, and a performance detection unit that detects a performance of the member.

4. The component housing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the housing is provided with an RFID tag which,

the setting unit includes an information reading/writing unit that reads and writes information with respect to the RFID tag of the housing provided in the setting unit.

5. The component housing apparatus according to claim 4,

the information read/write unit writes the detection information detected by the conveyance member detection unit into the RFID tag.