CN115119494A

CN115119494A - Component storage device

Info

Publication number: CN115119494A
Application number: CN202210258003.XA
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: 2022-03-16
Publication date: 2022-09-27
Also published as: TW202239318A; TWI800317B; JP2022147615A; TW202335577A; KR20220132423A; JP7415996B2; TWI844348B; KR20240122702A

Abstract

The invention provides a component storage device which can automatically store a plurality of components in a shell. The component storage device (200) stores a plurality of electronic components (50) in a housing (1) having an outlet (6) from an opening (6) that is the outlet, and is provided with: a conveying unit (210) that continuously conveys a plurality of electronic components (50); a discharge unit (230) that drops the electronic components (50) conveyed by the conveying unit (210) one by their own weight; a setting part (240) on which the housing (1) is set in a state in which the electronic component (50) positioned to be discharged from the discharge part (230) falls down to the discharge port (6); a supply standby unit (510) that holds a plurality of cases (1) to be supplied to the installation unit (240); and a supply transfer unit (550) that transfers the cases (1) one by one from the supply standby unit (510) to the installation unit (240).

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 is required which can automatically store a plurality of components in such a case.

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

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 conveying unit that continuously conveys a plurality of members; a discharging unit that drops the components conveyed by the conveying unit one by their own weight; a setting portion to which the housing is set in a state where the member positioned to be discharged from the discharge portion falls toward the opening; a supply standby unit that holds the plurality of cases to be supplied to the setting unit; and a supply transfer unit that transfers the shells one by one from the supply standby unit to the setting 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.

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, showing 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 partial sectional view corresponding to line VI-VI of fig. 5.

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 an installation portion for installing the housing according to 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 at the installation portion and the discharge port of the housing is opened.

Description of the reference numerals

1. A housing; 5. an RFID tag; 6. an outlet (opening); 50. an electronic component (part); 200. a component housing device; 210. a conveying section; 230. a discharge unit; 240. a setting part; 510. a supply standby part; 520. a recovery storage part; 530. a supply-side reader/writer (supply-side information reading/writing section); 540. a recovery-side reader/writer (recovery-side information reading/writing section); 550. a supply transfer section; 560. and (6) recovering the transfer part.

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 housing apparatus 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 a separated state inside the case 1.

In the present specification, the vertical direction in a state where the casing 1 is assembled to the feeder 100 is referred to as the vertical direction of the casing 1. The side of the casing 1 on which the discharge port 6 is provided is the front side, and the opposite side is the rear side. The left-right direction such as the left side and the right side 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 split into right and left 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 6a of the discharge port 6 and inclined so that the lower edge 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 in 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 that 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 at the front end.

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 showing an outline of the component housing apparatus 200, and fig. 6 is a partial sectional view corresponding to a line VI-VI in fig. 5.

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 and 6, the component housing apparatus 200 of the embodiment includes: a conveying unit 210 for conveying the electronic component 50; a discharge unit 230 that drops and discharges the electronic component 50 from the transfer unit 210; and a setting portion 240 for setting the above-described housing 1.

The conveying unit 210 continuously conveys the plurality of electronic components 50 to the discharge unit 230. The conveyance unit 210 of the embodiment includes: a linear feeder 211 that linearly and continuously conveys a plurality of electronic components 50; and a turntable 212 that receives the plurality of components conveyed by the linear feeder 211 one by one, and intermittently conveys the components by rotating the electronic components 50 by a rotating operation.

The plurality of electronic components 50 are conveyed toward the turntable 212 by the substantially horizontally arranged linear feeders 211 in a state of being arranged in 1 row. The linear feeder 211 is vibrated by a vibrator, not shown, for example, and the electronic components 50 are sequentially conveyed in the direction of the arrow F toward the turntable 212 by the vibration. The electronic component 50 is conveyed on the linear feeder 211 while being pressed by the subsequent electronic component 50. The linear feeder 211 extends toward the rotation center of the turntable 212, and its distal end portion reaches the vicinity of the outer peripheral edge of the turntable 212.

The turntable 212 is a horizontally disposed disk-shaped rotary member. The turntable 212 is made of ceramic, glass epoxy, or the like. The turntable 212 is rotatably disposed on a base 214 via a rotation shaft 213 extending in the vertical direction. The turntable 212 is intermittently rotated in the direction of arrow R in fig. 5 about the rotary shaft 213 by a drive source 217 that drives the rotary shaft 213 to rotate. A plurality of notches 215, which are open on the outer peripheral side, are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral edge of the turntable 212. The 1 electronic component 50 is accommodated in the 1 notch 215. The rotation direction of the turntable 212 is not limited to the R direction in fig. 5, and may be the reverse direction of the R direction.

As shown in fig. 6, the turntable 212 is disposed on the upper surface 216 of the base 214. The notch 215 is opened on the outer peripheral surface side and upper and lower surfaces of the turntable 212. The turntable 212 includes an unillustrated air suction passage therein that communicates with each notch 215. The air suction passage is open on the inner surface of each notch 215. The air suction passage communicates with a suction source such as a vacuum pump, and the suction source operates to suck air in the notch 215 toward the back surface to be in a negative pressure state. Thus, the electronic component 50 accommodated in the notch 215 is attracted to the rear surface by the negative pressure action, and is held in the notch 215.

The electronic components 50 conveyed to the vicinity of the turntable 212 by the linear feeder 211 are stored in each of the plurality of notches 215 of the intermittently rotating turntable 212 from the side, and are sucked and held on the back surface as described above. The electronic component 50 stored and held in the notch 215 is intermittently conveyed to the discharge section 230 in the direction of arrow R by the rotation of the turntable 212. The electronic component 50 accommodated in the notch 215 moves on the upper surface 216 of the base 214.

The discharge unit 230 is disposed corresponding to the turntable 212. Specifically, the discharge unit 230 is disposed on a circular conveying path corresponding to the rotation trajectory of the notch 215 of the turntable 212. The discharge unit 230 is disposed at a rotation angle position rotated by approximately 270 ° with respect to a transfer portion transferred from the linear feeder 211 to the turn table 212. The discharge unit 230 is a portion that drops the electronic components 50 conveyed by the turntable 212 toward the discharge port 6 of the housing 1 provided in the installation unit 240 one by its own weight.

The discharge unit 230 may be disposed at any position of the turn table 212, for example, at a position located at the innermost side as viewed from the linear feeder 211, that is, at a rotational angle rotated by 180 ° with respect to a transition portion from the linear feeder 211 to the turn table 212.

As shown in fig. 7, the discharge portion 230 includes a cylindrical member 231 and a pressing pin 236. In the discharge portion 230, a through hole 218 corresponding to the notch 215 of the turntable 212 is provided in a portion directly below the turntable 212. The passage hole 218 has a size through which the electronic component 50 passes. Further, the ejection portion 230 is provided with a suction release mechanism, not shown, which releases the suction holding of the electronic component 50 by the air suction in the notch 215. The suction release mechanism may be, for example, a mechanism that discharges air to stop or weaken the flow of the sucked air. When the turntable 212 rotates and the notch 215 is aligned with the through hole 218, the holding of the electronic component 50 in the notch 215 is released by the suction release mechanism, and the electronic component 50 which has moved on the upper surface 216 of the base 214 falls from the notch 215 to the through hole 218 and further falls into the cylindrical member 231 through the through hole 218.

The electronic component 50 dropped through the through hole 218 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 passage hole 218 falls down to the inside of the upper tube 233 to reach the inside of the lower tube 234, and passes through the inside of the lower tube 234 to fall down. The electronic component 50 may slide down while contacting the inner surface 232 of the cylindrical member 231.

Further, it is preferable that the inner diameter of the upper tube 233 is larger than the longitudinal dimension of the electronic component 50, and the inner diameter of the lower tube 234 is larger than the longitudinal dimension of the electronic component 50 and smaller than the inner diameter of the upper tube 233.

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 notch 215. The pressing pin 236 is disposed at a position above the notch 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 notch 215 is pressed downward, and the electronic component 50 drops into the cylindrical member 231 through the through hole 218. By pressing the pressing pin 236, the electronic component 50 can be surely detached from the notch 215 and dropped without being caught in the notch 215.

In addition, an air flow generating portion 237 for dropping the electronic component 50 from the notch 215 by the flow of air may be provided in the discharge portion 230 instead of or in addition to 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 in the gap 215, the through hole 218, and the inside of 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 setting portion 240 in a state positioned such that the electronic component 50 discharged from the discharge portion 230 falls 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 251 and a lower hook 252, which are a pair of upper and lower hooks protruding from the wall surface 241 a. The upper hook 251 and the lower hook 252 have the same shape, and are plate pieces having a letter L shape in side view with their distal ends 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 upper hook 251 and the lower hook 252 may not have the same shape.

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 concave portion 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.

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 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 of the embodiment further includes a component detection section 270.

The component detection unit 270 detects the electronic component 50 at an arbitrary position on the 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 detecting unit 270 of the embodiment includes a 1 st component detecting unit 271 disposed at a predetermined position on the side of the linear feeder 211 shown in fig. 5, a 2 nd component detecting unit 272 and a 3 rd component detecting unit 273 disposed on the turn table 212, and a 4 th component detecting unit 274 provided in the discharging unit 230 shown in fig. 7.

The 1 st component detecting unit 271 detects the electronic component 50 conveyed by the linear feeder 211 at a fixed position. The 2 nd component detecting unit 272 is disposed on the upstream side of the conveying path of the turn table 212. The 3 rd component detector 273 is disposed downstream of the 2 nd component detector 272 on the conveying path of the turntable 212.

The 1 st component detection unit 271, the 2 nd component detection unit 272, and the 3 rd component detection unit 273 each detect any matter related to the electronic component 50. The 1 st component detection unit 271 has a function of, for example, a counter that detects the passage of the electronic component 50 and counts the number of passages of the electronic component 50. The 2 nd component detecting unit 272 is, for example, an image sensor 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 that counts the number of passages of the electronic component 50 that has passed through the passage hole 218 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 for counting the number of passages of the electronic component 50 that has 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.

As shown in fig. 5, the component housing apparatus 200 of the embodiment includes a supply standby unit 510, a supply transfer unit 550, a recovery storage unit 520, and a recovery transfer unit 560.

The supply standby unit 510 and the supply transfer unit 550 are disposed on one side (the right side in fig. 5) of the housing 1 provided in the installation unit 240. The recovery storage unit 520 and the recovery transfer unit 560 are disposed on the other side (left side in fig. 5) of the housing 1 provided in the installation unit 240. The arrangement of the supply transfer unit 550 and the recovery transfer unit 560 is not limited to the embodiment of fig. 5, and may be arranged along the vertical direction of the component storage device 200, or may be arranged on the lower side and the upper side in fig. 5.

The supply standby part 510 is a part that houses and holds a plurality of cases 1 (for example, empty cases) that house the electronic components 50 therein thereafter. The supply standby section 510 is constituted by appropriate storage equipment such as a box, shelf, rack, cabinet, and the like, which can hold the plurality of housings 1 in a parallel state. In the supply standby portion 510, the plurality of housings 1 are held in a state of being aligned in a direction toward the installation portion 240. In the standby supply section 510, the casing 1 is preferably held in the standby supply section 510 in a state in which the discharge port 6 faces upward and the bottom plate portion 2D faces the wall portion 241 side in a vertical position. Thus, the housing 1 is transported by the supply transport unit 550 in parallel without changing its posture, and the housing 1 can be smoothly set in the setting unit 240.

The supply transfer unit 550 transfers the housings 1 held by the supply standby unit 510 to the installation unit 240 one by one. The supply transfer unit 550 transfers the first row 1 of the plurality of housings 1 aligned in the supply standby unit 510, which is closest to the installation unit 240, to the installation unit 240. The supply/transfer portion 550 is constituted by a member such as a roller or a belt having a function of transferring the housing 1 from the supply standby portion 510 to the vicinity of the setting portion 240 by the rotation mechanism. In this case, the work of picking up 1 housing 1 from the supply standby part 510 and placing it in the supply and transfer part 550 or setting the housing 1 from the supply and transfer part 550 to the setting part 240 is performed manually or by a robot. The operation of setting the housing 1 on the setting portion 240 is an operation of engaging the front claw portion 8A and the rear claw portion 8B of the housing 1 with the upper hook portion 251 and the lower hook portion 252 of the setting portion 240, respectively. Further, a series of operations for picking up 1 casing 1 from the supply standby unit 510 and setting the casing 1 in the setting unit 240 may be performed by the supply transfer unit 550. As the supply and transfer unit 550 having such a function, a robot can be applied. The supply transfer unit 550 may be, for example, a member that: the case 1 is set on the inclined surface and sequentially lowered along the inclined surface by gravity, whereby the case 1 is transferred to the vicinity of the setting portion 240.

A supply-side reader/writer 530 as a supply-side information reading/writing section is disposed between the supply standby section 510 and the housing 1 provided in the installation section 240. The supply-side reader/writer 530 reads and writes information from and to the RFID tag 5 provided in the housing 1 transferred from the supply standby unit 510 to the installation unit 240. For example, the supply-side reader/writer 530 reads the case number of the case 1, information that the case 1 is empty and can store the electronic component 50, and the like. For example, the type of the electronic component 50 stored in the case 1 is written in the RFID tag 5. The reader/writer 530 may be disposed in the supply standby unit 510.

The recovery storage 520 is a part that: the case 1 to be collected after the electronic component 50 is completely stored is received from the installation unit 240, and a plurality of such cases 1 are stored and held. The collection storage unit 520 is constituted by appropriate storage facilities such as a box, a shelf, a rack, and a cabinet capable of holding the plurality of housings 1 in parallel, as in the supply standby unit 510. In the collection storage unit 520, the plurality of cases 1 are held in a state of being aligned in a row, similarly to the supply standby unit 510.

The collection and transfer unit 560 transfers the housings 1 set in the setting unit 240 to the collection and storage unit 520 one by one. The recovery transfer unit 560 may have the same structure as the supply transfer unit 550 described above. That is, the collecting and transferring unit 560 is constituted by a member having a function of transferring the casing 1 from the installation unit 240 to the vicinity of the collecting and storing unit 520 by a rotation mechanism, such as a roller or a belt. In this case, the work of picking up 1 casing 1 set in the setting part 240 and placing it in the collection and transportation part 560 or the work of placing the casing 1 from the collection and transportation part 560 in the collection and storage part 520 is performed manually or by a robot. Further, a series of operations of picking up the casing 1 from the setting unit 240 and storing the casing 1 in the recovery storage unit 520 may be performed by the recovery transfer unit 560. As the collecting and transferring unit 560 having such a function, a robot can be applied.

A collection-side reader/writer 540 as a collection-side information reading/writing unit is disposed between the collection storage unit 520 and the housing 1 provided in the installation unit 240. The recovery-side reader/writer 540 reads and writes information with respect to the RFID tag 5 provided in the housing 1 transferred from the installation unit 240 to the recovery storage unit 520. For example, the recovery-side reader/writer 540 writes, for example, the type of the electronic component 50 stored in the casing 1, the number of the electronic components 50 stored, and the like, to the RFID tag 5. The reader/writer 540 may be disposed in the collection storage 520.

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

The 1 casing 1 held by the supply standby unit 510 is transferred to the installation unit 240 by the supply transfer unit 550, and then installed in the installation unit 240. In the case 1 provided in the installation portion 240, the opening/closing mechanism 260 slides the opening/closing member 3 to open the discharge port 6, thereby bringing the electronic component 50 into a state in which it can be housed.

The electronic components 50 are transferred to the turntable 212 one by the linear feeder 211. The electronic component 50 is detected by the 1 st component detecting section 271. The number of electronic components 50 conveyed is counted by the 1 st component detection unit 271, for example. 1 electronic component 50 is accommodated from the linear feeder 211 in the notch 215 of the turntable 212 that is intermittently rotating. In the intermittent rotation of the turntable 212, the electronic component 50 in the notch 215 is detected by the 2 nd component detecting portion 272 and the 3 rd component detecting portion 273.

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 2 nd component detecting portion 272 and the 3 rd component detecting portion 273 determine that the electronic component is a defective product, the electronic component 50 is excluded from the turntable 212.

The electronic components 50 are conveyed one by one to the discharge unit 230 by the turntable 212. In the discharge portion 230, the pressing pin 236 descends while the notch 215 is aligned with the through hole 218, and the electronic component 50 is pressed downward. The electronic component 50 falls from the notch 215 to the through hole 218, further passes through the through hole 218, enters the inside of the cylindrical member 231, falls into the cylindrical member 231, falls from the discharge port 6 of the housing 1 into 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 notch 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.

The above operations are performed continuously, and the plurality of electronic components 50 are housed in the case 1. During the conveyance at the linear feeder 211, the number of conveyed electronic components 50 is counted by the 1 st component detecting part 271. The number of electronic components 50 that have fallen from the notch 215 and are finally accommodated 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 housed in the case 1 reaches a predetermined number, the conveyance of the electronic components 50 by the conveying section 210 is interrupted.

The case 1 containing a predetermined number of electronic components 50 is transferred from the installation unit 240 to the collection storage unit 520 by the collection transfer unit 560. Then, the supply and transfer unit 550 transfers 1 casing 1 from the supply standby unit 510 to the installation unit 240, and the new casing 1 (for example, an empty casing) that stores the electronic component 50 is replaced with the installation unit 240. After that, the housing of the electronic component 50 into the housing 1 provided in the installation portion 240 is started again.

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

(1) The component housing apparatus 200 according to the embodiment is a component housing apparatus that houses a plurality of electronic components 50 from a discharge port 6 as an opening in a housing 1 having the discharge port 6, and the component housing apparatus 200 includes: a conveying unit 210 that continuously conveys a plurality of electronic components 50; a discharging unit 230 for dropping the electronic components 50 conveyed by the conveying unit 210 one by their own weight; a set portion 240 on which the housing 1 is set in a state positioned such that the electronic component 50 discharged from the discharge portion 230 falls toward the discharge port 6; a supply standby part 510 that holds a plurality of cases 1 to be supplied to the setting part 240; and a supply transfer unit 550 that transfers the cases 1 one by one from the supply standby unit 510 to the setting unit 240.

This makes it possible to quickly and easily perform the installation work of installing the housing 1 on the installation portion 240. In addition, a plurality of cases 1 before housing the electronic components 50 can be collectively put on standby in the supply standby section 510. As a result, the efficiency of the storage process for storing the electronic component 50 in the housing 1 can be improved.

(2) In the component housing device 200 of the embodiment, it is preferable that the component housing device 200 includes: a collection storage unit 520 that receives the cases 1 collected from the installation unit 240 and holds the plurality of cases 1; and a collection transfer unit 560 for transferring the cases 1 one by one from the installation unit 240 to the collection storage unit 520.

This makes it possible to quickly and easily perform the replacement operation of the housing 1 with respect to the installation portion 240, and to further increase the efficiency of the storage process of storing the electronic component 50 in the housing 1. Further, since the plurality of cases 1 housing the electronic components 50 can be collectively stored in the collection storage part 520, the plurality of cases 1 housing the electronic components 50 can be easily collectively managed and transported.

(3) In the component housing apparatus 200 of the embodiment, it is preferable that the housing 1 includes the RFID tag 5, and the component housing apparatus 200 further includes a supply-side reader/writer 530 as a supply-side information reading/writing section, and the supply-side reader/writer 530 reads and writes information with respect to the RFID tag 5 of the housing 1 transferred from the supply standby section 510 to the installation section 240.

As a result, desired various information can be read from and written to the RFID tag 5 provided in the case 1 immediately before the installation portion 240, and the electronic component 50, the case 1, and the like housed in the case 1 can be managed based on the information.

(4) In the component housing apparatus 200 of the embodiment, it is preferable that the housing 1 includes the RFID tag 5, and the component housing apparatus 200 further includes a recovery-side reader/writer 540 as a recovery-side information reading/writing unit, and the recovery-side reader/writer 540 reads and writes information with respect to the RFID tag 5 of the housing 1 transferred from the installation unit 240 to the recovery storage unit 520.

As a result, desired various information can be read from and written to the RFID tag 5 provided in the case 1 immediately after the electronic component 50 is housed in the housing 240, and the electronic component 50 housed in the case 1, and the like can be managed based on the information.

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.

For example, it is also possible to provide: a plurality of the installation portions 240 are provided, and a plurality of the discharge portions 230 are provided corresponding to the installation portions 240, while a plurality of the cases 1 can be replaced with the wall portion 241 by transferring the cases 1 from the supply standby portion 510 to the installation portions 240 and transferring the cases 1 in which the electronic components 50 are housed to the collection storage portion 520.

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 conveying unit that continuously conveys a plurality of members;

a discharging unit that drops the components conveyed by the conveying unit one by their own weight;

a setting portion to which the housing is set in a state in which the component positioned to be discharged from the discharge portion falls toward the opening;

a supply standby unit that holds the plurality of cases to be supplied to the setting unit; and

and a supply transfer unit that transfers the shells one by one from the supply standby unit to the setting unit.

2. The component housing apparatus according to claim 1,

the component housing device includes:

a recovery storage section that receives the casing recovered from the setting section and holds a plurality of the casings; and

and a recycling and transferring part which transfers the shells from the setting part to the recycling and storing part one by one.

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

the housing is provided with an RFID tag which,

the component housing device further includes a supply-side information reading/writing unit that reads and writes information with respect to the RFID tag of the housing transferred from the supply standby unit to the installation unit.

4. The component housing apparatus according to claim 2,

the housing is provided with an RFID tag which,

the component housing device further includes a recovery-side information reading/writing unit that reads and writes information with respect to the RFID tag of the housing transferred from the installation unit to the recovery storage unit.