CN117104672A - Retractable storage mechanism and storage box for accommodating the retractable storage mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to a telescopic accommodating mechanism, which comprises a plurality of trays and at least two telescopic assemblies, wherein the two adjacent trays are connected together, and the telescopic assemblies can be telescopic to change the distance between the trays. The application also provides a storage box for accommodating the telescopic storage mechanism, which comprises an upper cover, a lower cover and an accommodating space, wherein the accommodating space is formed by enclosing the upper cover and the lower cover and is used for accommodating the telescopic storage mechanism, and when the upper cover moves upwards relative to the lower cover, the telescopic assembly is in an extension state from a compression state to an extension state, so that the distance between the tray bodies is increased. Therefore, when the distance between two adjacent trays is increased, the carrying objects can be conveniently taken and placed, and when the distance between two adjacent trays is decreased, the volume of the telescopic accommodating mechanism can be effectively reduced, and the operation space is further saved.

Description

Retractable storage mechanism and storage box for accommodating the retractable storage mechanism

The application claims priority from U.S. patent office, application Ser. No. 17/751,104, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 5/23, application name "ADJUSTABLE DEVICE AND AN ADJUSTABLE STORAGE BOX," which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Technical Field

The present application relates to a storage device, and more particularly, to a retractable storage mechanism and a storage box for accommodating the retractable storage mechanism.

Background

The storage and transportation of wafers is an important technique in semiconductor manufacturing processes, because the wafers themselves may be made of silicon or similar glass materials, and are easily damaged by improper handling procedures or handling tools, resulting in a significant increase in wafer manufacturing cost and time. In order to transport a large amount of wafers at a time and save the storage space, the conventional wafer storage box generally stores the wafers in a stacked manner, but the wafers after storage are all at a fixed distance from each other, so the wafer storage box often has a certain volume and occupies quite a small working space.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, one of the objects of the present application is to provide a retractable storage mechanism that can store a plurality of articles at a time and has a retractable function so as to save storage volume; another object of the present application is to provide a storage box for accommodating the retractable storage mechanism.

In order to achieve one of the above objects, the present application discloses a retractable accommodating mechanism, which comprises a plurality of trays for accommodating a plurality of substrates; and at least two telescopic components connecting adjacent first discs with second discs, the telescopic components being telescopic to change the distance between the discs, each telescopic component comprising: the first side wall comprises a right part, a left part and a connecting part for connecting the right part and the left part, wherein the right part comprises a right upper pivot hole, a right lower pivot hole and a right limiting rail which is adjacently arranged, and the left part comprises a left upper pivot hole, a left lower pivot hole and a left limiting rail which is adjacently arranged; the two second side walls respectively comprise an upper pivot hole, a lower pivot hole, a right limiting convex column and a left limiting convex column which are adjacently arranged on the upper pivot hole and are arranged on two sides of each second side wall; the lower pivot hole of one second side wall, the right upper pivot hole of the first side wall and the left upper pivot hole of the first side wall are fixed on the first disc body through pivot connection, the right limiting convex column and the left limiting convex column of the other second side wall respectively extend into the right limiting track and the left limiting track of the first side wall, and when the plurality of telescopic components are in a compressed state, the two second side walls are mutually close to each other and are abutted.

In one embodiment, the upper pivot hole of the other second side wall, the right lower pivot hole and the left lower pivot hole of the first side wall are fixedly connected with each other through the other pivot.

In one embodiment, the right limiting rail and the left limiting rail form a perforation structure with the right lower pivot hole and the left lower pivot hole respectively.

In one embodiment, the right and left restraining rails are of an open notch configuration.

In one embodiment, the connecting portion of the first side wall is located at a center position between the upper right pivot hole and the lower right pivot hole, and at a center position between the upper left pivot hole and the lower left pivot hole.

In one embodiment, the telescopic housing mechanism further comprises two springs extending from the right lower pivot hole and the left lower pivot hole of the first side wall to the upper pivot hole of the other second side wall, respectively, to provide tension so that the telescopic housing mechanism can maintain a relaxed state or a compressed state.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present application discloses a storage box for accommodating a retractable storage mechanism, the storage box comprises an upper cover, a handle disposed on the upper cover, a lower cover disposed below the upper cover, and an accommodating space surrounded by the upper cover and the lower cover; the upper cover can be connected with a tray body at the topmost layer of the telescopic containing mechanism; the upper cover is movably covered on the lower cover, and the lower cover can be connected with a tray body at the bottommost layer of the telescopic containing mechanism; the accommodating space is used for accommodating the telescopic accommodating mechanism; when the upper cover moves upwards relative to the lower cover, the telescopic assembly of the telescopic accommodating mechanism is changed from a compressed state to an extended state, so that the distance between the tray bodies is increased.

In one embodiment, the upper cover has at least an upper limiter, the lower cover has at least a lower limiter, the upper limiter is directly or indirectly connectable to the top-most tray of the telescoping mechanism, and the lower limiter is directly or indirectly connectable to the bottom-most tray of the telescoping mechanism.

In one embodiment, at least one tray of the telescopic housing mechanism has a side opening for the lower limiter to pass through.

Through the flexible of flexible subassembly, when the distance between two adjacent disk bodies grow, can help carrying the object get put conveniently, when the distance between two adjacent disk bodies diminishes, telescopic receiving mechanism holistic volume can effectively reduce, and then saves the operation space.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a retractable storage mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the retractable storage mechanism according to the preferred embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the telescoping assembly of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of a retractable storage mechanism according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of a retractable storage mechanism according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a view of the storage case of the telescopic assembly of the present application in a compressed state;

FIG. 7 is a view of the storage case of the telescopic assembly of the present application in an extended state;

fig. 8 is a perspective view of an upper cover of the storage case of the present application;

fig. 9 is a perspective view of the lower cover of the storage case of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the bottom cover of the storage box of the present application being directly hooked to the bottom tray;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of the top cover of the storage box of the present application indirectly hooked on the top tray.

Reference numerals illustrate:

10a,10b,10c: telescopic storage box

20,20': disk body

21: side through port

50: storage box

60: upper cover

62: upper limiting piece

621: upper limit part

70: lower cover

72: lower limiting piece

721: lower limit part

80: accommodation space

81: first side wall

813: limiting rail

814: lower right pivot hole

818: left lower pin joint hole

819: pivot spring

82,82': a second side wall

820: limiting convex column

821: upper pin joint hole

90: telescopic assembly

91: first side wall

911: right part of first side wall

912: upper right pivot hole

913: right limiting rail

914: lower right pivot hole

915: left part of the first side wall

916: upper left pivot hole

917: left limiting rail

918: left lower pin joint hole

92: a second side wall

920: limiting convex column

921: upper pin joint hole

922: lower pin joint hole

92': a second side wall

920': limiting convex column

921': upper pin joint hole

922': lower pin joint hole

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 and 2 show a retractable storage mechanism 10A according to a preferred embodiment of the present application, which comprises a plurality of trays 20, and at least two retractable assemblies 90 for connecting two adjacent trays 20,20', wherein the retractable assemblies 90 are retractable to change the distance between the trays 20,20', the distance between the two adjacent trays 20,20 'is the largest when the retractable assemblies 90 are in the extended state, and the distance between the two adjacent trays 20,20' is the smallest when the retractable assemblies 90 are in the compressed state. More than two groups of telescopic assemblies 90 are disposed between each adjacent tray 20,20 'and are respectively located at the left and right sides (view angle of fig. 1) of the plurality of trays 20,20', in this embodiment, each tray 20,20 'may have a regular polygon, for example, may have a square shape, or a regular octagon shape, etc., however, the shape of each tray 20,20' may be changed according to the requirement without any limitation; each of the trays 20,20' may optionally carry an object, which may be a wafer, a bowl, a record, or the like. The telescopic assembly 90 comprises a first side wall 91 and a second side wall 92, and the telescopic assembly 90 'comprises a first side wall 91' and a second side wall 92', wherein the first side wall 91 and the second side wall 92 are fixed on the tray 20, and the first side wall 91' and the second side wall 92 'are fixed on the tray 20', and meanwhile, the first side wall 91 is connected with the second side wall 92', so that when the telescopic assembly 90, 90' is in a compressed state, the first side wall 91 and the first side wall 91 'are close to each other, and the second side wall 92' are close to each other. Through the extension and retraction of the extension and retraction assembly 90, when the distance between the two adjacent trays 20 and 20 'is increased, the object can be conveniently taken and placed, and when the distance between the two adjacent trays 20 and 20' is reduced, the whole volume of the telescopic storage mechanism 10A can be effectively reduced, and the operation space is further saved.

Please refer to fig. 3, which is an exploded view of the first sidewall 91, the second sidewall 92 and the second sidewall 92'. The first sidewall 91 includes a first sidewall right portion 911, a first sidewall left portion 915, and a connecting portion 910 connecting the two portions. The first side wall right portion 911 includes a right upper pivot hole 912, a right lower pivot hole 914, and a right limiting rail 913 adjacent thereto; the first sidewall left 915 includes a left upper pivot hole 916, a left lower pivot hole 918, and an adjacent left constraint track 917; wherein, the connecting portion 910 is located at about the center between the upper right pivot hole 912 and the lower right pivot hole 915, and between the upper left pivot hole 916 and the lower left pivot hole 918, for connecting the right portion 911 and the left portion 915 of the first sidewall, so as to more firmly connect the first sidewall 91 and the tray 20; wherein the right and left limiting rails 913 and 917 are of a perforated design. The second side wall 92 includes an upper pivot hole 921, and a lower pivot hole 922 and a limiting post 920 disposed adjacent to the upper pivot hole 921; similarly, the second side wall 92' includes an upper pivot hole 921', and a lower pivot hole 922' is disposed adjacent to the limiting post 920' and beside the upper pivot hole 921 '.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, a pivot post (not shown) may be inserted through the lower pivot hole 922 of the second side wall 92 and the left upper pivot hole 916 and the right upper pivot hole 912 of the first side wall 91 to be fixed on the tray 20; similarly, a pivot post (not shown) may be inserted through the upper pivot hole 921 'of the second side wall 92' and the right lower pivot hole 914 and the left lower pivot hole 918 of the first side wall 91 and fastened together, and the limiting post 920 'may extend into the right limiting rail 913 and the left limiting rail 917, so that the limiting post 920 may only be displaced in the right limiting rail 913 and the left limiting rail 917, thereby limiting the telescopic direction of the telescopic assembly 90'.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of another retractable storage mechanism 10B according to the present application, which is similar to the retractable storage mechanism 10A, and is different in that the limiting rail 813 of the first side wall 81 of the retractable storage mechanism 10B may be a hollowed-out design (refer to fig. 3, in which the right limiting rail 913 and the left limiting rail 917 of the retractable storage mechanism 10A are perforated designs), that is, the limiting rail 813 may be formed at the outer edge portions of the left and right portions of the first side wall 81 instead of the perforated design similar to the pivot hole, and the design of the retractable storage mechanism 10B is relatively easy to install the limiting boss 820 on the limiting rail 813.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the telescopic mechanism 10C of the present application, which is similar to the telescopic mechanism 10B, but is different in that pivot springs 819 are disposed on two sides of the pivot post passing through the right lower pivot hole 814, the left lower pivot hole 818 and the upper pivot hole 821 'of the second side wall 82', which provide elastic tension so that the telescopic mechanism 10C can maintain a relaxed state or a compressed state, so that only a unidirectional external force is applied to the upper cover in the following process, and the substrate of the telescopic mechanism 10C can be more easily operated.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, the present application also provides a storage box 50 for accommodating the retractable storage mechanisms 10a,10b,10c (hereinafter, referred to as 10) in the above embodiments, wherein the storage box 50 includes an upper cover 60, a lower cover 70 below the upper cover 60, and an accommodating space 80 between the upper cover 60 and the lower cover 70, the upper cover 60 is movably covered on the lower cover 70, and the accommodating space 80 is used for accommodating the retractable storage mechanism 10. Fig. 6 shows the state of the storage box 50, that is, the upper cover 60 is covered on the lower cover 70 when the telescopic assembly 30 is in the compressed state, and fig. 7 shows the state of the storage box 50, that is, the upper cover 60 is separated from the lower cover 70 when the telescopic assembly 30 is in the extended state. The external shapes of the upper cover 60 and the lower cover 70 may be changed according to the shape of the tray 20, and even the upper cover 60 may be only flat plate-shaped; in addition, the storage box 50 may further have a handle provided on the upper cover 60 for manually or mechanically holding the upper cover 60.

The upper cover 60 may be connected to the top tray 20 of the telescopic mechanism 10, and the lower cover 70 may be connected to the bottom tray 20 of the telescopic mechanism 10. Referring to fig. 8 and 9, in the present embodiment, the upper cover 60 has eight upper limiting members 62 respectively disposed at inner edges of eight sides of the upper cover 60, the lower cover 70 also has eight lower limiting members 72 disposed at inner edges of eight sides of the lower cover 70, the upper limiting members 62 may directly or indirectly hook the top tray 20 of the telescopic accommodation mechanism 10, and the lower limiting members 72 may directly or indirectly hook the bottom tray 20 of the telescopic accommodation mechanism 10. In this embodiment, each of the upper limiting members 62 has an upper limiting portion 621 directly hooked on the top-most tray 20, and each of the lower limiting members 72 has a lower limiting portion 721 directly hooked on the bottom-most tray 20. In other possible embodiments, the number of the upper limiting members 62 and the lower limiting members 72 may be changed, and the structures of the upper limiting members 62 and the lower limiting members 72 are not limited to the present embodiment, as long as they can be connected to the upper cover 60 and the lower cover 70, respectively.

As shown in fig. 10, the plurality of discs 20, except the topmost layer and the bottommost layer, have a side opening 21 for the lower limit portion 721 of the lower limit member 72 to pass through; when the upper cover 60 moves upward relative to the lower cover 70, the upper limit portion 621 of the upper limit piece 62 of the upper cover 60 directly drives the top tray 20 to make the telescopic assembly 90 of the telescopic storage mechanism 10 change from the compressed state to the extended state, thereby each tray 20 moves upward with increasing distance between the trays 20, the plurality of side openings 21 allow the lower limit piece 72 to pass through, until the bottom tray 20 is directly fixed by the lower limit portion 721 of the lower limit piece 72 of the lower cover 70 and cannot move upward, at this time, the telescopic assembly 90 is in the extended state and the distance between two adjacent trays 20,20' is the maximum, and the objects carried on each tray 20 can be conveniently taken and placed; then, when the upper cover 60 moves downward relative to the lower cover 70, the upper cover 60 abuts against the top tray 20, so that each tray 20,20 'moves downward and the distance between each tray 20,20' decreases until the telescopic assembly 90 is in the compressed state, and the distance between two adjacent trays 20 is the smallest, and at this time, the overall volume of the telescopic housing mechanism 10 can be effectively reduced, thereby saving the working space.

The carrying object may be taken and placed by a manual force or a mechanical arm, etc., and the upper cover 60 may be moved up and down by taking the carrying handle, or by directly taking the upper cover 60. The topmost tray 20 and the bottommost tray 20 may optionally not carry objects.

Fig. 11 shows a state that the upper limiting member 62 is indirectly connected to the top tray 20 of the telescopic housing mechanism 10 in other embodiments, that is, the upper limiting member 62 is pivotally connected to the first side wall 91 of the telescopic assembly 90, and when the upper cover 60 moves upwards, the first side wall 91 is pulled to further drive the telescopic assembly 90 to extend; similarly, the lower limiting member 72 may be indirectly connected to the bottom tray 20 of the telescopic housing mechanism 10, that is, the lower limiting member 72 is pivotally connected to the first side wall 91' of the telescopic assembly 90 (not shown); in other possible embodiments, the upper limiting member 62 may be pivotally connected to the first side wall 91', and the lower limiting member 72 may be pivotally connected to the first side wall 91. Such simple modifications, substitutions, and omissions of elements are intended in the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims (9)

1. A retractable storage mechanism, comprising:

a plurality of trays for accommodating a plurality of substrates; and

at least two flexible subassemblies, make adjacent first disk body and two disk body link together, flexible subassembly can stretch out and draw back in order to change each distance between the disk body, each flexible subassembly contains:

the first side wall comprises a right part, a left part and a connecting part for connecting the right part and the left part, wherein the right part comprises a right upper pivot hole, a right lower pivot hole and a right limiting rail which is adjacently arranged, and the left part comprises a left upper pivot hole, a left lower pivot hole and a left limiting rail which is adjacently arranged;

the two second side walls respectively comprise an upper pivot hole, a lower pivot hole, a right limiting convex column and a left limiting convex column which are adjacently arranged on the upper pivot hole and are arranged on two sides of each second side wall; and

the lower pivot hole of one second side wall, the right upper pivot hole of the first side wall and the left upper pivot hole of the first side wall are fixed on the first disc body through pivot connection, the right limiting convex column and the left limiting convex column of the other second side wall respectively extend into the right limiting track and the left limiting track of the first side wall, and when the plurality of telescopic components are in a compressed state, the two second side walls are mutually close to each other and are abutted.

2. The telescopic housing mechanism of claim 1, wherein said upper pivot hole of the other said second side wall, said right lower pivot hole of said first side wall and said left lower pivot hole are fixedly connected to each other by another pivot.

3. The retractable storage mechanism of claim 1, wherein the right and left restraining rails form a perforated structure with the right and left lower pivot holes, respectively.

4. The retractable storage mechanism of claim 1, wherein the right and left restraining rails are open notched structures.

5. The retractable storage mechanism of claim 1, wherein said connecting portion of said first side wall is located at a central location between said upper right pivot hole and said lower right pivot hole, and at a central location between said upper left pivot hole and said lower left pivot hole.

6. The retractable storage mechanism of claim 1, further comprising two springs extending from said right lower pivot hole and said left lower pivot hole of said first side wall to the other of said upper pivot holes of said two second side walls, respectively, to provide tension to maintain said retractable storage mechanism in a relaxed state or a compressed state.

7. A storage box for accommodating the telescopic storage mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the storage box comprises:

the upper cover can be connected with a tray body at the topmost layer of the telescopic storage mechanism;

the lower cover is positioned below the upper cover, the upper cover is movably covered on the lower cover, and the lower cover can be connected with a tray body at the bottommost layer of the telescopic accommodating mechanism; and

the accommodating space is formed by enclosing the upper cover and the lower cover and is used for accommodating the telescopic accommodating mechanism;

when the upper cover moves upwards relative to the lower cover, the telescopic assembly of the telescopic accommodating mechanism is changed from a compressed state to an extended state, so that the distance between the tray bodies is increased.

8. The cartridge of claim 7, wherein the upper cover has at least an upper limiter and the lower cover has at least a lower limiter, the upper limiter being connectable directly or indirectly to a topmost tray of the collapsible housing mechanism and the lower limiter being connectable directly or indirectly to a bottommost tray of the collapsible housing mechanism.

9. The cartridge of any one of claims 7-8, wherein at least one tray of the retractable storage mechanism has a side opening for the lower limiter to pass through.