JP2005320050A - Cassette-housing type glass board transfer box - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cassette-housing type glass board transfer box which can firmly support glass boards having various sizes in common without requiring much time and labor in loading the glass boards, and which can be moved freely without a need of a carrier truck after the glass boards are unloaded. <P>SOLUTION: A glass board holding cassette 3 is composed of a cassette body 9 consisting of a bottom board 5 and a side wall board 7, and wheels 11 for moving the cassette body 9. The holding cassette 3 is fixed in the glass board transfer box 1 in a stationary manner. The bottom board 5 and the side wall board 7 have a plurality of support grooves for supporting a plurality of glass boards G, and a presser 29 is arranged at the opposite side against the side wall board 7, where the presser 29 presses one side edges of the glass boards G toward the side wall board 7 as a belt 27 is tightened. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cassette housing type glass substrate transport box including a box body with a bottom and a lid for housing a glass substrate holding cassette holding both side edges of a plurality of glass substrates.

  Conventionally, substrate glass, glass substrate for liquid crystal display, glass substrate for plasma display, hybrid IC ceramic substrate, various substrates such as wafer, or finished panel manufactured using these substrates (hereinafter simply referred to as “glass substrate”) For example, a box composed of a bottomed box body and a lid that can open and close the opening of the box body has been known as a transport box used when transferring from a glass manufacturer to a device manufacturer (Patent Document 1). 2).

  FIG. 7 is an external perspective view of a conventionally known glass substrate transport box. The glass substrate transport box 01 includes a bottomed body portion 02 and a lid (not shown). A pair of side plates 04 having support grooves 04a for supporting the glass substrate are inserted therein. Both end portions of the glass substrate G are engaged and supported one by one in the support grooves 04a of the opposing side plates, and the lid is placed on the main body portion 02 so that the upper end edge of the glass substrate G is pressed from above. To be served.

JP-A-8-301354 (paragraph 0027, FIG. 5) JP-A-9-58770 (FIGS. 5 and 6)

  However, in the conventional glass substrate transport box described in the above patent document, since the position of the side plate supporting the glass substrate is fixed to the side wall surface of the box main body portion 02, the size of the glass substrate, in particular, If the distance between the opposite side edges of the glass substrate is different, a transport box matched to the size has to be prepared, which has the disadvantage of increasing costs.

  Therefore, in order to avoid such a situation, the present applicant movably mounts a side plate that supports both side ends of the glass substrate, and various distances between the side ends supported by the glass substrate are different. We have already developed a glass substrate transport box that uses a common transport box for glass substrates. However, each time the glass substrate has a different size, the side plate must be moved and adjusted, and time and labor are required for loading the glass substrate. Furthermore, in order to transport the glass substrate to the processing process at the transport destination, the transport box must be moved to the transport cart and moved, which not only costs the preparation of the transport cart, but also the transport cart to the place where the transport box is located. The work that had to be moved was also forced.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and even glass substrates of different sizes are reliably supported in a common transport box without requiring time and labor for loading the glass substrates. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a cassette housing type glass substrate transport box that can be moved freely without preparing a transport carriage after loading and unloading of glass substrates.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a cassette-housing type glass substrate transport box according to claim 1 of the present invention is a bottomed box main body for housing a glass substrate holding cassette holding both side edges of a plurality of glass substrates. And a cassette housing type glass substrate transport box comprising a lid, wherein the glass substrate holding cassette is composed of a cassette body comprising a bottom plate and a side wall plate, and a wheel for moving the cassette body. A plurality of support grooves for supporting a plurality of glass substrates are provided in the bottom plate and the side wall plate, and a plurality of support grooves are tightened on the side facing the side wall plate. A pressing body is provided that presses one side edge of the glass substrate toward the side wall plate.
According to this feature, since the glass substrate is held by belt fastening, a common glass substrate holding cassette can be used even for glass substrates of different sizes. Since it can be moved with wheels as it is, it is not necessary to prepare a transport cart for that purpose.

A cassette housing type glass substrate transport box according to claim 2 of the present invention is the cassette housing type glass substrate transport box according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of glass substrates are provided on the bottom plate and the side wall plate. A support frame is provided with a bottom edge that is inclined downward toward the side wall plate.
According to this feature, for example, when mounted in a car or the like, the glass substrate is inclined and supported in a range of approximately 1 ° to 10 ° so that the rear side faces upward, thereby receiving the inertial force associated with stopping the start of the vehicle. However, it is suitable for suppressing the displacement movement between the glass substrates.

A cassette-housing glass substrate carrying box according to claim 3 of the present invention is the cassette-housing glass substrate carrying box according to claim 1 or 2, wherein one side wall of the box body can be opened and closed. It is characterized by that.
According to this feature, since the entire glass substrate holding cassette can be taken in and out from the openable / closable side wall, it can be easily stored and discharged in the glass substrate carrying box.

A cassette storage type glass substrate transfer box according to claim 4 of the present invention is the cassette storage type glass substrate transfer box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cassette body supports a fork arm. A member is provided.
According to this feature, by providing the fork arm support member in the cassette body, even if there is a weight of the glass substrate holding cassette holding the glass substrate, it can be easily carried in and out by the hawk lift.

A cassette storage type glass substrate transport box according to claim 5 of the present invention is the cassette storage type glass substrate transport box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cassette body is disposed inside the box body. It is characterized by being fixed so as not to move by the provided belt fixing tool.
According to this feature, since the movement of the glass substrate holding cassette can be fixed with a belt after the glass substrate holding cassette is stored in the glass substrate carrying box, stable transportation is possible even when it is mounted on a car or the like. Can do.

A cassette storage type glass substrate transport box according to claim 6 of the present invention is the cassette storage type glass substrate transport box according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the wheels are foldable. It is characterized by being attached to the arm.
According to this feature, when the glass substrate holding cassette is transported by wheels, it can be transported at a high position on the seat, and since it can be folded when stored in the glass substrate transport box,
The glass substrate transport box can be configured compactly.

A cassette-housing glass substrate carrying box according to claim 7 of the present invention is the cassette-housing glass substrate carrying box according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a plurality of the pressing bodies are provided when the belt is tightened. Among the arranged glass substrates, the side edge in the vicinity of the center of the plurality of glass substrates is pressed to the same extent as the side edges of the plurality of glass substrates on both sides.
According to this feature, when the belt is tightened, the pressing body can strongly press the side edge in the vicinity of the central portion of the plurality of glass substrates, so that only the glass substrate on the end side, which tends to occur when tightening only with the belt, is strongly tightened. Can be avoided.

  Examples of the present invention will be described below.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is a glass substrate transport box containing a glass substrate holding cassette according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and a lid and a part of a side plate are opened. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of loading and unloading the glass substrate holding cassette from the glass substrate transport box using a forklift. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating loading and unloading of the glass substrate holding cassette from the glass substrate transport box using a slope. 4 is an explanatory diagram for carrying in and out a glass substrate holding cassette attached to a stretching arm whose wheels are foldable, and FIG. 5 is a partial front view in which a belt is attached to the glass substrate holding cassette. FIG.

  First, FIG. 1 shows a glass substrate transfer box 1 in which a lid body (not shown) and a front side wall are removed and the upper part and the front side are opened as Example 1 of the present invention. A glass substrate holding cassette 3 is housed in the box 1 so as not to move. The glass substrate holding cassette 3 is composed of a cassette body 9 composed of a bottom plate 5 and a side wall plate 7 for holding the bottom and side edges of the glass substrate G, and a wheel 11 for moving the cassette body 9. Yes.

  In this embodiment, the wheel 11 is attached to the lower part of the lower support frame 15 on which the bottom side spacer 13 is placed in order to hold the cassette body 9 in an inclined state. May be constructed such that the bottom plate 5 is constructed with a strong framework and the wheels are attached to the lower part. In order to stabilize the tilt holding of the cassette body 9, a side support frame 19 that supports the side wall spacer 17 is also provided on the back surface of the side wall plate 7. A pair of fork arm support members 18 are provided on the left and right of the lower support frame 15.

  The glass substrate G is inserted with the bottom side spacer 13 and the side wall spacer 17 so as to be inclined and supported downward in the range of about 1 ° to 10 ° toward the side support frame 19. For example, when the glass substrate carrying box 1 is mounted on a car or the like, this angle range is suitable for suppressing the displacement movement between the glass substrates 2 even if the inertial force accompanying the start and stop of the car is received.

  The glass substrate transport box 1 is used as a transport box used when transferring a plurality of glass substrates G from, for example, a glass maker to a device maker, and is a bottomed box body having an open top in a horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped. 1 and a lid (not shown). When the glass substrate holding cassette 3 is carried in, the lid and the front side wall are removed as shown in FIG. 1, but the lid and the front side wall are closed during transport to allow dust to enter from the outside. In addition, it can be stacked on a loading platform such as a vehicle. The front side wall is attached to the box body 21 so that it can be opened and closed. As for the attachment method, a conventionally well-known means such as a slide method for fitting into a groove or a door method using a hinge is employed. .

  The bottom plate 5 and the side wall plate 7 have a cross-sectional structure in which a foamed polystyrene resin (for example, a foamed polyethylene resin) is sandwiched between aluminum composite plates from both sides. The outermost surface and the innermost surface of the aluminum composite plate are polyester resin for conducting treatment. System baking paint is applied. The bottom surface plate 5 and the side wall plate 7 are attached with bottom surface pads and side surface pads (not shown) in which a plurality of parallel support grooves for supporting the bottom and side edges of the plurality of glass substrates G are formed. Yes.

  On the bottom plate 5 and the side wall plate 7 constructed as described above, a group of glass substrates of various sizes, for example, a group of 300 width W × 500 height H × 0.5 thickness t, 350 W × Of the group consisting of 600H × 0.5t and the group consisting of 400W × 700H × 0.5t, any size glass substrate group can be placed in an inclined state.

  A support frame 23 is erected on the end of the lower support frame 15 facing the side support frame 19, and a belt locking member 25 is stretched between the side support frame 19 and the support frame 23. . The belt locking member 25 is shown only on the front side in FIG. 1, but a similar belt locking member is also provided on the rear side. One end of the belt 27 locked to the belt locking member disposed on the rear surface is hung around the belt locking member 25 on the front side via the pressing body 29 and can be clamped and held by the buckle 31.

  A side surface pad is attached to the glass substrate G side of the pressing body 29, and a support groove for holding the other side edge of the glass substrate is formed on the surface in accordance with the height of at least the minimum size glass substrate group. It is installed. Further, the front side belt locking member 25 is supported by either the side support frame 19 or the support frame 23 so as to be swingable in the vertical direction, and the buckle 31 is used when the glass substrate is carried into and out of the cassette body 9. The carrying-in / out space can be created by removing the belt 27 and releasing the belt 27 and raising the belt locking member 25 vertically.

  Next, the carrying-in / out operation of the glass substrate holding cassette 3 to / from the glass substrate carrying box 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, the glass substrates G are stored in the cassette body 9 one by one. When storing, the belt locking member 25 on the front side is set up vertically to create a carry-in / out space, and is stored in a support groove formed in the bottom plate 5 and the side wall plate 7 by using a suction tool or the like. After all the glass substrates G are stored, the belt locking member 25 is returned to the horizontal position and held by the side support frame 19 and the support frame 23, and the belt 27 is tightened so that the pressing body 29 faces the side support frame 19. The end of the belt 27 is engaged with the buckle 31 with the glass substrate G held therebetween. If the size of the glass substrate G is different, the pressing body 29 may be adjusted by sliding it back and forth.

  The glass substrate G loaded in the glass substrate holding cassette 3 is carried to the glass substrate transport box 1 by the wheel 11 and the pair of fork arms 33a of the forklift 33 is moved to the glass substrate holding cassette 3 as shown on the right side of FIG. The glass substrate holding cassette 3 is lifted up by being inserted into the fork arm support member 18 provided in FIG. 2, and is carried in from the opened side wall side of the glass substrate carrying box 1 as shown on the right side of FIG.

  The method of carrying the glass substrate holding cassette 3 into the glass substrate transport box 1 uses an inclined slope 35 as shown in FIG. 3, or the wheel 11 is attached to a foldable stretching arm 37 as shown in FIG. In addition, the wheel 11 may be folded when the glass substrate holding cassette 3 is carried in, and vertically extended when the glass substrate holding cassette 3 is carried out, so that a carrier having a high loading platform may be used. In this way, any known means can be employed for loading and unloading the glass substrate holding cassette 3.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the glass substrate holding cassette 3 carried into the glass substrate carrying box 1 has a band 41 hooked on a belt fixture 39 attached to the bottom surface of the box body 21. The lower support frame 15 is fixed by being tightened through a band insertion opening 43 formed therein. As the fixing method, any other known fixing means can be employed. For example, four recess holes for holding the wheel 11 are provided on the bottom surface of the box body 21, and the glass substrate holding cassette 3 is provided in these four recess holes. Four wheels 11 may be inserted.

  After the glass substrate holding cassette 3 is held immovably in the glass substrate carrying box 1 in this way, the open side for loading the glass substrate holding cassette 3 is closed by the side wall plate, and the lid Cover the body and put it on a car etc. to transport it to the delivery destination. In this case, it is convenient to provide the wheels 22 on the lower surface of the glass substrate carrying box 1.

  Carrying out the glass substrate holding cassette 3 from the glass substrate carrying box 1 at the carrying destination is performed in the reverse procedure of the carrying-in procedure described above. That is, the lid and the side wall plate are removed, and the product is wholesaled on the floor using the tools shown in FIGS. The glass substrate holding cassette 3 wholesaled on the floor is carried as it is to carry the glass substrate to a processing step or a required place.

  Next, the configuration and operation of the pressing body according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of the pressing body showing a partial flat cross section of the pressing body in the second embodiment. The same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  The front side belt locking member 51 and the rear side belt locking member 53 are supported so as to be horizontally movable via a block 19 a attached to the side support frame 19, and are arranged between the belt locking members 51 and 53. A side pad 57 in which a support groove 57 a of the glass substrate G is formed is attached to the pressing body 55.

  One end of the belt 27 is fixed to the middle of the inner surface of the belt locking member 53 by a fixture F, and the other end of the belt 27 passes through the belt insertion hole 55a in the pressing body 55 and is on the front side. It is taken out from the 51 diagonal through-hole 51a, and it connects with the buckle 31 so that clamping | tightening is possible. The buckle 31 can be released with one touch and is easy to operate.

  The pressing body 55 is formed to be longer than the lateral width of the side surface pad 57, and taper surfaces 55 b and 55 b that are narrow in the direction away from the pressing surface side of the glass substrate G are formed at both ends. The taper surfaces 55b and 55b abut against the inner surfaces of the front ends of the pair of horizontally swinging belt locking members 51 and 53, and as shown by the broken line L, the vicinity of the central portion of the pressing body 55 is the side portion. It deform | transforms so that it may become a projective shape toward the support frame 14b side.

  Thereby, both ends of the glass substrate G have a strong pressing action due to the tightening force of the belt 27, and the vicinity of the central portion is pressed by the projecting deformation of the pressing body 55. The side edge is pressed uniformly by the pressing body 55, and it is possible to prevent a shift due to insufficient pressing in the vicinity of the central portion, which tends to occur conventionally.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments. For example, in this embodiment, support grooves are formed in the side pads provided on the pressing body. However, it may be configured by only a simple foamed resin body without providing support grooves. In the present embodiment, the glass substrate G is supported in an inclined manner, but the present invention is applied even if the glass substrate G is vertically supported as usual without inclining the cassette body. It goes without saying that it can be done.

It is the glass substrate conveyance box which accommodated the glass substrate holding cassette in Example 1 of this invention, Comprising: It is the front view which open | released a cover and a part of side plate. It is explanatory drawing which carries in / out a glass substrate holding cassette from the glass substrate conveyance box using a forklift. It is explanatory drawing which carries in / out a glass substrate holding cassette from the box for glass substrate conveyance using a slope. It is explanatory drawing which carries in / out the glass substrate holding | maintenance cassette attached to the stretching arm whose wheel is foldable freely from the glass substrate conveyance box. It is the partial front view which mounted | wore the glass substrate holding cassette with the belt. It is action explanatory drawing of the press body which showed the partial plane cross section of the press body in Example 2. FIG. It is an external appearance perspective view of the conventional box for glass substrate conveyance.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Glass substrate transfer box 3 Glass substrate holding cassette 5 Bottom plate 7 Side wall plate 9 Cassette body 11 Wheels 13 and 17 Spacer 15 Lower support frame 18 Fork arm support member 19 Side support frame 21 Box body 23 Support frame 25 Belt engagement Member 27 Belt 29 Press body 31 Buckle 33 Forklift 35 Inclined soup 37 Stretching arm 39 Belt fixture 41 Band 51, 53 Belt locking member 55 Press body 57 Side pad G Glass substrate

Claims (7)

  A cassette housing type glass substrate transport box comprising a box body with a bottom and a lid for housing a glass substrate holding cassette sandwiching both side edges of a plurality of glass substrates, wherein the glass substrate holding cassette includes a bottom plate and The cassette body is composed of a side wall plate and a wheel for moving the cassette body. The cassette body is immovably fixed in the glass substrate transfer box, and the bottom plate and the side wall plate support a plurality of glass substrates. A plurality of support grooves are provided, and a pressing body that presses one side edge of the plurality of glass substrates toward the side wall plate by tightening a belt is provided on the side facing the side wall plate. Characteristic cassette storage type glass substrate transport box.   2. The cassette housing type glass substrate carrying box according to claim 1, wherein the bottom plate and the side wall plate are provided with a support frame in which bottom edges of the plurality of glass substrates are inclined downward toward the side wall plate.   The cassette housing type glass substrate carrying box according to claim 1, wherein one side wall of the box body is openable and closable.   The cassette housing type glass substrate carrying box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a fork arm support member is provided in the cassette body.   The cassette housing type glass substrate carrying box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cassette body is fixed so as not to move by a belt fixing member provided inside the box body.   The cassette-accommodating glass substrate transport box according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the wheel is attached to a foldable stretching arm.   The said pressing body presses the side edge near the central part of a plurality of glass substrates to the same extent as the side edges of a plurality of glass substrates on both sides in a plurality of glass substrates arranged during belt tightening. The cassette-accommodating glass substrate transport box according to any one of 1 to 6.

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