CN213280263U - Automatic clamping and stacking equipment and clamp thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application relates to automatic clamping and stacking equipment and a clamp thereof, which are used for clamping and fixing a substrate, wherein the clamp comprises a bearing plate, two or more clamping structures and a propping and aligning structure, each clamping structure is arranged on the bearing plate and used for clamping the substrate, and the propping and aligning structure is arranged on the bearing plate and formed on the outer side of the substrate; therefore, the clamps can be separated by the abutting alignment structure when being stacked and arranged, so that the clamps are prevented from being stacked and inclined or causing the substrate to be damaged by the upper clamp.

Description

Automatic clamping and stacking equipment and clamp thereof

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to an automated clamping and stacking apparatus, and more particularly, to an automated clamping and stacking apparatus for a substrate and a clamp thereof.

Background

As the demand for various printed circuit boards increases, manufacturers must increase production to meet the demand, and in recent years, many factories are introduced into automated equipment to produce them to reduce the labor burden, obtain a large amount of production in a short time, and reduce the reject ratio compared with manual production due to the non-fatigue property of the machine.

Since the printed circuit boards need to be dried in a baking oven during the manufacturing process, it is necessary to stack the printed circuit boards in batch to introduce an automatic drying process to improve the drying efficiency, and how to stack the printed circuit boards in batch for drying without damaging the printed circuit boards is a problem to be improved.

In view of the above, the present inventors have made extensive studies to solve the above problems in combination with the application of the above-mentioned teachings, and have therefore made an improvement.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The main objective of the embodiments of the present application is to separate the clamps by abutting against the alignment structure when the clamps are stacked and arranged, so as to prevent the clamps from being stacked and tilted or causing the substrate to be damaged by the pressure of the clamps above the substrate.

In order to achieve the above objective, an embodiment of the present invention provides a clamp for clamping and fixing a substrate, the clamp including a carrier plate, two or more clamping structures and an abutting alignment structure, wherein each clamping structure is disposed on the carrier plate and used for clamping the substrate, and the abutting alignment structure is disposed on the carrier plate and formed on an outer side of the substrate.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives, an embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic clamping and stacking apparatus, which includes two or more substrates, two or more clamps, a substrate feeding mechanism, a clamp transfer mechanism, and a substrate clamp assembly mechanism, each clamp includes a carrier tray, two or more clamping structures and an abutting alignment structure, each clamping structure is disposed on the carrier tray, the abutting alignment structure is disposed on the carrier tray and formed on the outer side of the substrate, the substrate feeding mechanism includes a conveying table for sequentially moving the substrates in, the clamp transfer mechanism is disposed on the side of the substrate feeding mechanism and sequentially transfers each clamp, the substrate clamp assembly mechanism is disposed on the side of the clamp transfer mechanism and configured to clamp each clamp corresponding to each substrate and form a substrate clamp assembly, wherein the substrate clamp assemblies are sequentially stacked and arranged, and any two adjacent substrate clamp assemblies are separated by the abutting alignment structure.

The embodiment of the application also has the following effects: the substrate can be clamped on the bearing plate by the clamping structures. Through each limiting piece, the substrate can be limited in each limiting piece to avoid sliding. The clamp can not be inclined or slide down too much when being overlapped by the bolt on the cross-connecting part and the jack on the bearing part.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective external view of a first embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view from another perspective of the first embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a side sectional view of a first embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment of the present application, prior to folding.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the first embodiment of the present application as superimposed.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the present application when superimposed.

Fig. 7 is a perspective external view of a second embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a perspective external view of a third embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a perspective external view of a fourth embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 is a perspective external view of a fifth embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the fifth embodiment of the present application when superimposed.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the automated gripping and stacking apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the automated clamping and stacking apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present application from another perspective.

Fig. 14 to 21 are usage state diagrams (one) to (eight) of the automated gripping and stacking apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 22 to 26 are usage state diagrams (one) to (five) of the automated gripping and stacking apparatus according to the fifth embodiment of the present application.

Description of reference numerals:

10, a clamp;

11, a bearing plate;

111, perforating;

112, an inserting part;

113 hanging part;

12, a clamping structure;

121, a fixing sheet;

122, clamping the elastic sheet;

122A, clamping sheets;

1221, a clamping part;

1222 a pressing part;

1223 a connecting portion;

hinging 124;

13, abutting against the alignment structure;

131, a cross-connecting component;

1311, a pad body;

1312, a bolt;

132 a receiving member;

1321, column;

1322 is an insertion hole;

133, a bump;

14, a limiting part;

100, automatic clamping and stacking equipment;

20, a substrate feeding mechanism;

21, a conveying table;

30, a clamp transfer mechanism;

31, a clamping jaw;

40, a substrate clamp assembling mechanism;

41, a suction nozzle;

42, a collapsible push rod;

50, a substrate clamp assembly;

60, a transfer mechanism;

70, an empty clamp placing area;

71. 81, a bearing platform;

80, a substrate fixture assembly placement area;

82, a hanging rack;

821, a card slot;

90, a fixing mechanism;

91, a push rod;

a, a substrate.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application and the technical contents thereof will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a first embodiment of the present invention provides a fixture 10 for clamping and fixing a substrate a, which includes a carrier tray 11, two or more clamping structures 12 and an abutting alignment structure 13, wherein each clamping structure 12 is disposed on the carrier tray 11 and is used for clamping the substrate a, and the abutting alignment structure 13 is disposed on the carrier tray 11 and is formed on an outer side of the substrate a.

Further, two or more limiting members 14 are convexly disposed on the carrier plate 11, each limiting member 14 is used to limit the substrate a to an area surrounded by each limiting member 14, and the substrate a is a printed circuit board. Each clamping structure 12 comprises a fixing piece 121 and a clamping elastic piece 122, the fixing piece 121 is connected with the bearing plate 11 to enable each clamping structure 12 to be fixed on the bearing plate 11, the clamping elastic piece 122 is provided with a clamping part 1221 and a pressing part 1222, the clamping part 1221 is a strip-shaped block and is located at the front end of the clamping elastic piece 122, the clamping part 1221 can be clamped with the bearing plate 11 together when being closed through self elasticity, the pressing part 1223 is located at the tail end of the clamping elastic piece 122, and when the pressing part 1223 is pushed downwards by external force, the clamping part 1221 is driven to be opened for the substrate a to be put in.

The abutting alignment structure 13 includes two or more penetrating members 131 and two or more receiving members 132, each receiving member 132 is disposed corresponding to each penetrating member 131, each penetrating member 131 includes a pad 1311 and a plug 1312 penetrating through the pad 1311, each receiving member 132 includes a column 1321 and a socket 1322 disposed on the column 1321, please refer to fig. 4 to 6, each column 1321 is attached corresponding to each pad 1311, and each plug 1312 is inserted corresponding to each socket 1322, so that each clamp 10 is not inclined or slid after being stacked, and each clamp 10 can be separated to prevent the substrate a from being damaged due to direct contact with the clamp 10 above.

Referring to fig. 7, in a second embodiment of the present application, a clamp 10 is used for clamping and fixing a substrate a, the clamp 10 includes a carrier tray 11, two or more clamping structures 12 and an abutting alignment structure 13, each clamping structure 12 is disposed on the carrier tray 11 and is used for clamping the substrate a, and the abutting alignment structure 13 is disposed on the carrier tray 11 and is formed on an outer side of the substrate a.

Further, the substrate a is a printed circuit board, each clamping structure 12 includes a clamping piece 122A and two or more hinges 124, the clamping piece 122A is a strip-shaped sheet, and the long sides of the two sides are respectively bent to form a clamping portion 1221 and a connecting portion 1223, one end of each hinge 124 is connected to the carrier tray 11, and the other end is connected to the connecting portion 1223 and can be opened and closed by the clamping piece 122A, the substrate a can be placed when the clamping piece 122A is opened, and the substrate a can be clamped by the clamping portion 1221 of the clamping piece 122A and the carrier tray 11 when the clamping piece 122A is closed.

Wherein, the two sides of the carrier tray 11 are respectively provided with an inserting portion 112 and a hanging portion 113, each inserting portion 112 and each hanging portion 113 are both V-shaped grooves, each inserting portion 112 can be used for the transfer mechanism 60 to insert and hang for transporting each clamp 10, each hanging portion 113 is formed at the outer side of each inserting portion 112, and can be used for the carrier tray 11 to hang on the hanging rack 82. Two or more through openings 111 are further formed in the carrier tray 11, each through opening 111 is located below each clamping piece 122A and between each hinge 124, and the push rods 91 respectively penetrate through the through openings 111 and push the connecting portions 1223 of each clamping piece 122A, so that each clamping piece 122 can clamp the substrate a.

Further, the abutting alignment structure 13 includes a bump 133, and the bump 133 is disposed at the center of one end of the carrier tray 11 away from each hanging portion 113. Referring to fig. 8, in the third embodiment of the present application, the abutting alignment structure 13 includes two bumps 133, and each bump 133 is respectively disposed on the left and right sides of one end of the carrying tray 11 away from each hanging portion 113. Referring to fig. 9, in the fourth embodiment of the present application, the abutting alignment structure 13 includes three bumps 133, and each bump 133 is respectively disposed on the left and right sides of one end of the carrying tray 11 far away from each hanging portion 113 and the center of one end of the carrying tray near each hanging portion 113. Referring to fig. 10, in the fifth embodiment of the present application, the abutting alignment structure 13 includes four bumps 133, and each bump 133 is disposed at four corners of the carrier tray 11. Referring to fig. 11, the left and right sides of each fixture 10 can be respectively hung on the hanging rack 82, and the hanging rack 82 is provided with two or more slots 821 for hanging the hanging parts 113, and each fixture 10 can be separated by the bumps 133 to avoid shaking.

Referring to fig. 12 and 13, the application of the first embodiment of the present application includes two or more substrates a, two or more clamps 10, a substrate feeding mechanism 20, a clamp transfer mechanism 30, and a substrate clamp assembling mechanism 40.

The substrate a is a printed circuit board, each fixture 10 includes a carrier tray 11, two or more holding structures 12 and an abutting alignment structure 13, each holding structure 12 is disposed on the carrier tray 11, and the abutting alignment structure 13 is disposed on the carrier tray 11 and formed outside the substrate a. Each clamping structure 12 is used for clamping each substrate a, each clamping structure 12 includes a fixing piece 121 and a clamping elastic sheet 122, the fixing piece 121 is connected with the bearing plate 11 to enable each clamping structure 12 to be fixed on the bearing plate 11, the clamping elastic sheet 122 is provided with a clamping portion 1221 and a pressing portion 1222, the clamping portion 1221 is a strip-shaped block and is located at the front end of the clamping elastic sheet 122, the substrate a can be clamped together with the bearing plate 11 when the clamping elastic sheet 122 is closed through the self elastic force of the clamping elastic sheet 122, the pressing portion 1222 is located at the tail end of the clamping elastic sheet 122, and when the pressing portion 1222 is pushed downwards by external force, the clamping portion 1221 is driven to be opened so that the.

The substrate feeding mechanism 20 includes a conveying table 21 for sequentially moving the substrates a in, the jig transfer mechanism 30 is disposed at a side of the substrate feeding mechanism 20 for sequentially transferring each of the jigs 10, the substrate jig assembling mechanism 40 is disposed at a side of the jig transfer mechanism 30 for clamping each of the jigs 10 corresponding to each of the substrates a to form substrate jig assemblies 50, wherein the substrate jig assemblies 50 are sequentially stacked and arranged, and any two adjacent substrate jig assemblies 50 are separated by the abutting alignment structure 13.

Further, the automatic clamping and stacking apparatus 100 further includes a transferring mechanism 60, the clamp transferring mechanism 30 and the substrate clamp assembling mechanism 40 are disposed on the transferring mechanism 60 and move laterally through the transferring mechanism 60, the clamp transferring mechanism 30 includes two or more clamping jaws 31, each clamping jaw 31 is used for clamping the substrate a together for transferring, the substrate clamp assembling mechanism 40 includes a suction nozzle 41 and a collapsible push rod 42, each suction nozzle 41 is used for adsorbing the substrate a together, each collapsible push rod 42 is used for pushing the pressing portion 1222 of each clamping elastic sheet 122 together, so that each clamping structure 12 is opened to place the substrate a.

The automatic clamping and stacking device 100 further comprises an empty clamp placing area 70 and a substrate clamp assembly placing area 80, the empty clamp placing area 70 and the substrate clamp assembly placing area 80 are located on the side edge of the substrate feeding mechanism 20, the substrate clamp assembly placing area 80 is located between the empty clamp placing area 70 and the substrate feeding mechanism 20, the empty clamp placing area 70 comprises a bearing table 71 capable of ascending and descending and is used for stacking each clamp 10, and the substrate clamp assembly placing area 80 comprises another bearing table 81 capable of ascending and descending and is used for stacking each substrate clamp assembly 50.

Referring to fig. 14 to 21, in the first embodiment of the present application, the clamp transfer mechanism 30 clamps and transfers the uppermost clamp 10 of the empty clamp placement area 70 to the upper side of the substrate clamp assembly placement area 80 through the transfer mechanism 60, and the substrate clamp assembly mechanism 40 also moves to the upper side of the substrate feeding mechanism 20 through the transfer mechanism 60, and the carrying platform 71 of the empty clamp placement area 70 is raised by a distance of one clamp 10 for the next clamping, as shown in fig. 14; next, the jig transfer mechanism 30 places the jig 10 downward on the supporting table 81 of the substrate jig assembly placement area 80, and the substrate jig assembling mechanism 40 sucks the substrate a downward on the substrate feeding mechanism 20, as shown in fig. 15; the jig transfer mechanism 30 and the substrate jig assembly mechanism 40 are simultaneously raised upward and moved by the transfer mechanism 60 to above the empty jig placement area 70 and the substrate jig assembly mechanism 80, as shown in fig. 16; then the clamp transfer mechanism 30 performs a second clamping operation to clamp the uppermost clamp 10 of the empty clamp placement area 70, and the substrate clamp assembly mechanism 40 places the substrate a on the clamp 10 of the platform 81, wherein when the substrate clamp assembly mechanism 40 moves downward, the collapsible push rods 42 push the pressing portions 1222 of the clamping elastic pieces 122 downward, so that the clamping portions 1221 are opened to place the substrate a, as shown in fig. 17; then, the substrate fixture assembling mechanism 40 places the substrate a on the fixture 10, and the collapsible push rods 42 will collapse upward and continuously push the pressing portions 1222 as shown in fig. 18; the jig transfer mechanism 30 then upwardly holds the clamped jig 10, and the substrate jig assembling mechanism 40 upwardly releases the jig 10 on the stage 81, as shown in fig. 19; at this time, the carrying platform 71 of the empty clamp placement area 70 is lifted up by the distance of one clamp 10 for the next clamping, and the carrying platform 81 of the substrate clamp assembly placement area 80 is lowered down by the distance of one clamp 10 for the next placement, as shown in fig. 20; the process is repeated to sequentially place the substrates a into the jigs 10, and stack the assembled substrate jig assemblies 50 in the substrate jig assembly placement area 80, as shown in fig. 21.

Referring to fig. 22, the second embodiment of the present invention is applied to an automatic clamping and stacking apparatus 100, which includes two or more substrates a, two or more clamps 10, a substrate feeding mechanism 20, a clamp transfer mechanism 30, and a substrate clamp assembling mechanism 40.

The substrate a is a printed circuit board, each fixture 10 includes a carrier tray 11, two or more holding structures 12 and an abutting alignment structure 13, each holding structure 12 is disposed on the carrier tray 11, and the abutting alignment structure 13 is disposed on the carrier tray 11 and formed outside the substrate a. Each clamping structure 12 is used for clamping each substrate a, each clamping structure 12 includes a clamping piece 122A and two or more hinges 124, each clamping piece 122A is a strip-shaped sheet body, the long sides of the two sides are respectively bent to form a clamping portion 1221 and a connecting portion 1223, one end of each hinge 124 is connected to the bearing plate 11, the other end of each hinge 124 is connected to the connecting portion 1223 and can be opened and closed by the clamping piece 122A, the substrate a can be placed when the clamping piece 122A is opened, and the substrate a can be clamped by the clamping portion 1221 and the bearing plate 11 together when the clamping piece 122A is closed.

Wherein, the two sides of the carrier tray 11 are respectively provided with an inserting portion 112 and a hanging portion 113, each inserting portion 112 and each hanging portion 113 are both V-shaped grooves, each inserting portion 112 can be used for the transfer mechanism 60 to be inserted and hung to transport each clamp 10, each hanging portion 113 is formed at the outer side of each inserting portion 112, which can be used for the carrier tray 11 to be hung on the hanging frame 82, two or more through openings 111 are further formed on the carrier tray 11, and each through opening 111 is located below each clamping piece 122A and between each hinge 124.

The substrate feeding mechanism 20 includes a conveying table 21 for sequentially moving the substrates a in, the jig transfer mechanism 30 is disposed at a side of the substrate feeding mechanism 20 for sequentially transferring each of the jigs 10 upward, the substrate jig assembling mechanism 40 is disposed at a side of the jig transfer mechanism 30 for clamping each of the jigs 10 corresponding to each of the substrates a to form substrate jig assemblies 50, wherein the substrate jig assemblies 50 are sequentially stacked and arranged, and any two adjacent substrate jig assemblies 50 are separated by the abutting alignment structure 13.

Further, the automatic clamping and stacking apparatus 100 further includes an empty clamp placement area 70 and a substrate clamp assembly placement area 80, the empty clamp placement area 70 is located at a side of the substrate feeding mechanism 20, the substrate clamp assembly placement area 80 is located above the empty clamp placement area 70, the empty clamp placement area 70 includes a horizontally movable carrying table 71 and is used for hanging the clamps 10, and the substrate clamp assembly placement area 80 includes the hanging rack 82 and is used for hanging the substrate clamp assemblies 50.

The automatic clamping and stacking apparatus 100 further includes a fixing mechanism 90 and a transferring mechanism 60, the fixing mechanism 90 is disposed at the top end of the clamp transferring mechanism 30 and is used for fixing the clamp 10 transferred by the clamp transferring mechanism 30, so that the substrate clamp assembling mechanism 40 assembles the substrate a onto the clamp 10, the fixing mechanism 90 is provided with two or more push rods 91, each push rod 91 is used for penetrating through each penetrating opening 111 to push against the connecting portion 1223 of each clamping piece 122A, so that each clamping piece 122A can clamp the substrate a. The transfer mechanism 60 is disposed above the substrate fixture assembly placement area 80 in a laterally movable manner, and is used for sequentially moving and hanging the assembled substrate fixture assemblies 50 on the hanging rack 82 of the substrate fixture assembly placement area 80.

Referring to fig. 22 to 26, in the operation process of the automated clamping and stacking apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment of the present application, the clamp 10 in the empty clamp placement area 70 is moved upward to the fixing mechanism 90 by the clamp transfer mechanism 30 for fixing, and the clamping pieces 122A are pushed open by the push rods 91 of the fixing mechanism 90, as shown in fig. 22 and 23; then, the substrate chuck assembling mechanism 40 clamps the substrate a from the substrate feeding mechanism 20 and rotates the substrate a by 90 degrees, as shown in fig. 24 and 25; the substrate chuck assembly mechanism 40 loads the substrate a into the chuck 10 and then returns to the original position, as shown in fig. 26; finally, the assembled substrate fixture assemblies 50 are taken away from the fixing mechanism 90 by the transferring mechanism 60 and moved to the substrate fixture assembly placement area 80 to be hung, the substrate A can be respectively placed in the fixture 10 in sequence by repeating the process, and the assembled substrate fixture assemblies 50 are sequentially stacked and hung in the substrate fixture assembly placement area 80.

To sum up, the automatic clamping and stacking equipment and the clamp thereof provided by the embodiment of the application can achieve the expected use purpose, thereby solving the problems in the prior art.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, so that all changes that can be made by using the equivalent techniques and means in the specification and drawings of the present application are also included in the scope of the present application.

Claims (15)

1. A clamp for clamping and fixing a substrate, comprising:

a carrier tray;

two or more clamping structures arranged on the bearing disc, wherein each clamping structure is used for clamping the substrate; and

and the abutting alignment structure is arranged on the bearing disc and is formed on the outer side of the substrate.

2. The fixture according to claim 1, wherein the abutting alignment structure comprises two or more penetrating members and two or more receiving members, each of the receiving members is disposed corresponding to each of the penetrating members, each of the penetrating members comprises a pad and a pin penetrating through the pad, each of the receiving members comprises a post and a socket disposed in the post, each of the posts is attached corresponding to each of the pads, and each of the pins is inserted corresponding to each of the sockets.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein each of the clamping structures comprises a fixing plate and a clamping spring, the fixing plate is connected to the carrier plate, the clamping spring clamps the substrate by its own elastic force, and the clamping spring has a clamping portion and a pressing portion, the clamping portion is a bar-shaped block and is located at one end of the clamping spring, and the pressing portion is located at the other end of the clamping spring.

4. The fixture of claim 2, wherein the carrier plate is protruded with two or more position-limiting members, and each position-limiting member is used to limit the substrate to an area surrounded by the position-limiting members.

5. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the two sides of the carrier tray are respectively provided with a hanging portion, the abutting alignment structure comprises a protrusion, and the protrusion is disposed at a center of one end of the carrier tray away from each hanging portion.

6. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the two sides of the carrier tray are respectively provided with a hanging portion, the abutting alignment structure comprises two protrusions, and each protrusion is respectively disposed on the left side and the right side of one end of the carrier tray away from each hanging portion.

7. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the two sides of the carrier tray are respectively provided with a hanging portion, the abutting alignment structure comprises three protrusions, and each protrusion is respectively disposed on the left and right sides of one end of the carrier tray away from each hanging portion and at the center of one end of the carrier tray adjacent to each hanging portion.

8. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the two sides of the carrier tray are respectively provided with a hanging portion, the abutting alignment structure comprises four bumps, and each bump is respectively disposed at four corners of the carrier tray.

9. The clamp of any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein each of the clamping structures comprises a clamping piece and two or more hinges, the clamping piece is a strip-shaped piece body and is bent at two sides to form a clamping portion and a connecting portion, one end of each hinge is connected to the carrying tray, the other end of each hinge is connected to the connecting portion, two or more through openings are formed in the carrying tray, and each through opening is located below each clamping piece and between each hinge.

10. An automatic change clamp and get equipment of piling up, its characterized in that includes:

two or more substrates;

each clamp comprises a bearing disc, two or more clamping structures and a propping and aligning structure, each clamping structure is arranged on the bearing disc, and the propping and aligning structures are arranged on the bearing disc and formed on the outer side of the substrate;

the substrate feeding mechanism comprises a conveying table, a feeding mechanism and a feeding mechanism, wherein the conveying table is used for sequentially moving each substrate in;

the clamp transfer mechanism is arranged on the side edge of the substrate feeding mechanism and used for sequentially transferring each clamp; and

the substrate clamp assembling mechanism is arranged on the side edge of the clamp transfer mechanism and used for clamping each clamp corresponding to each substrate to form a substrate clamp assembly;

wherein each substrate fixture assembly is stacked and arranged in sequence, and any two adjacent substrate fixture assemblies are separated by the abutting alignment structure.

11. The automated clamping and stacking apparatus of claim 10, wherein each of the clamping structures comprises a clamping spring having a pressing portion, the substrate clamp assembly mechanism comprises two or more suction nozzles and two or more collapsible push rods, each suction nozzle is configured to commonly suck the substrate, and each collapsible push rod is configured to commonly push the pressing portion of each clamping spring to open each clamping structure for placing the substrate.

12. The automated clamp picking and stacking apparatus of claim 11, further comprising an empty clamp placement area and a substrate clamp assembly placement area located at sides of the substrate feeding mechanism, the substrate clamp assembly placement area being located between the empty clamp placement area and the substrate feeding mechanism, the empty clamp placement area including a vertically movable carrier table and configured to stack each of the clamps, the substrate clamp assembly placement area including another vertically movable carrier table and configured to stack each of the substrate clamp assemblies.

13. The automated clamp picking and stacking apparatus of claim 10, further comprising an empty clamp placement area and a substrate clamp assembly placement area located at a side of the substrate feeding mechanism, wherein the substrate clamp assembly placement area is located above the empty clamp placement area, the empty clamp placement area comprises a laterally movable carrier and is configured to hang each of the clamps, and the substrate clamp assembly placement area comprises two or more hangers and is configured to hang each of the substrate clamp assemblies.

14. The automated clamping and stacking apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a fixing mechanism and a transferring mechanism, wherein the fixing mechanism is disposed at a top end of the clamp transferring mechanism and is configured to fix the clamp transferred by the clamp transferring mechanism, and the transferring mechanism is laterally movably disposed above the substrate clamp assembly placement area and is configured to sequentially transfer and hang the assembled substrate clamp assemblies on the hangers in the substrate clamp assembly placement area.

15. The automated clamping and stacking apparatus of claim 14, wherein the fixing mechanism has two or more pushing rods, the carrier tray has two or more through holes formed therein, each through hole is located below each clamping structure, and each pushing rod is respectively passed through the through hole and pushes against each clamping structure to clamp the substrate.

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