JP4725479B2 - Plate processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention, for example, carries out a plate-like body such as a glass substrate (plasma display panel) housed in a plurality of stages in the box body one by one from the box body, or places a plate-like body into an empty box body. It relates to a plate-like body processing facility that stores and processes a plurality of upper and lower stages.

Conventionally, the following configuration is provided as this type. In other words, the standby conveyor and the discharge conveyor are disposed on both sides with the elevator in the middle, and a feed mechanism is provided on each of the upper surfaces of the elevator, the standby conveyor, and the discharge conveyor. In this state, the cassette storing the glass substrates in a plurality of upper and lower stages is positioned on the feed mechanism of the standby conveyor. Next, the elevator is raised to bring the feed mechanism to the same level as the feed mechanism of the standby conveyor, and then the dual feed mechanism is operated to transfer the cassette on the standby conveyor onto the elevator. Then, with the roller inserted into the cassette, the elevator board is lowered and the lowermost glass substrate is placed on the roller, so that the glass substrate can be transferred toward the process by the rotational driving of the roller. When the cassette is empty, the rollers are retracted from the cassette, then the elevator is raised to bring the feed mechanism to the same level as the delivery mechanism of the discharge conveyor, and then the double feed mechanism is activated to The cassette can be transferred onto the discharge conveyor, and then the cassette on the discharge conveyor is removed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-167037 A (page 3, FIG. 1) JP 2002-167038 A JP 2006-206218 A

  However, according to the above-described conventional configuration, the structure is complicated and expensive because the lift mechanism, the standby conveyor, and the discharge conveyor are each provided with the feeding mechanism. In addition, the cassette supply to the standby conveyor and the removal of the cassette from the discharge conveyor can be carried out at the same level as long as they are carried out by another conveyor connected to these conveyors. When the transfer means such as is operated from the opposite side of the process, the feed mechanism will be in the way, so the standby conveyor and the discharge conveyor are provided with lift means for supply and removal (delivery) It must be arranged, which makes the structure complicated and expensive.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a plate-like body treatment facility that can move a box body and remove and insert a plate-like body with respect to the box body with a simple structure and at a low cost. It is.

In order to achieve the above-described object, in the plate-like body processing facility according to claim 1 of the present invention, at least one side wall of the box body is opened, and the plate is interposed via a support member disposed inside. the Jo body housed freely configured vertically multiple stages, the processing means for loading and unloading process of the plate-like body provided for this box body, they are distributed on both sides of this processing means, placed freely supporting the box body side out to the side fixed receiving platform fixed receiving platform and is provided, pre-Symbol processing means transportable conveying device a plate body orthogonally direction to the two fixed receiving platform of the sorting direction through the open portion of one side wall When, is composed of a lifting device for raising and lowering the box body without interfering with the conveying apparatus, a plate-like body treatment facility lifting body for supporting the box body is found provided on the lifting device, Between the processing means and the stationary fixed cradle Provided placed side fork device, out side the fork device between the out side fixed receiving platform processing means is provided, the fork of the two fork devices, laterally across and the processing means and a fixed receiving platform adjacent By being configured to be movable and movable up and down, the box body can be transferred between the lifting body and the stationary fixed load receiving base by the loading-side fork device, and the lifting body and the outgoing fixed-load receiving platform by the loading-side fork device. The transport device of the processing means is configured to place and transport the plate-like body on a roller body group, and the fork bodies of the both fork devices The single width in the orthogonal direction is set to be smaller than a gap formed between predetermined roller bodies in the transport device .

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the fork body of the insertion-side fork device is laterally moved and positioned below the box body with the box body positioned on the insertion-side fixed load receiving base. Next, by raising the fork body, it is possible to lift and support the box body that has been supported by the insertion side fixed load receiving base by the fork body. Then, after the fork body is moved laterally and the box body is positioned above the lifting body in the processing means, the lifting body is lifted relative to the fork body, thereby supporting the box supported by the fork body. The body can be handed over to the lifting body, after which the fork body is retracted. Next, the box body can be raised and lowered by raising and lowering the lifting body. At that time, the box body is raised and lowered by raising and lowering the fork body of the insertion side fork device in the gap between the roller bodies of the conveyance device. It can be done smoothly without collision.

Then, by driving the conveying device in a state of being stopped at a predetermined height, the plate-like body inside the box body can be received from the support member by the roller body group and carried out of the box body, or the plate-like body outside the box body Can be delivered to the support member after being received by the roller group and carried into the box body. At that time, by repeatedly raising and lowering the box body one step at a time by the lifting device and transporting by the roller body group of the transporting device , the plate-like body stored in a plurality of stages in the box body is moved to the lower stage. The plate-like body can be sequentially carried out of the box body, or the plate-like body outside the box body can be received and carried into the box body and stored in a plurality of stages in order from the top.

After processing the plate-like body with respect to the box body in this way, the lifting body is raised to position the box body above the conveying device, and then the fork body of the delivery-side fork device is directed toward the processing means. Move horizontally and position it below the box. Thereafter, the fork body is lifted to lift and support the box body supported by the lifting body. At that time, by raising and lowering the fork body of the delivery-side fork device in the gap between the roller bodies of the transport device, the box body can be lifted and lowered smoothly without colliding with the transport device. Then, move the fork body in the direction of the delivery side fixed load receiving base, position the box body above the delivery side fixed load receiving base, and then lower the fork body to fix the supported box body on the delivery side fixed side. The fork body can be retracted and moved to the load receiving platform.

  As described above, the box body on the loading side fixed load receiving platform is moved to the lifting body by the loading side fork device, and after processing the plate-like body by the processing means, the box body on the lifting body is taken out by the unloading side fork device. In this case, the box body can be made into a storage shape according to the processing state in the processing means in the case of the loading side fork device. Depending on the case, the box body can be in a storage form.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the plate-like body processing facility according to the first aspect, wherein the insertion-side fork device includes an actual box body in which the plate-like body is accommodated. The processing means unloads the plate-shaped body from the actual box body supported by the lifting body by the transport device, and the delivery-side fork device removes the empty box body from which the plate-shaped body has been unloaded from the lifting body. It is characterized by being configured to move to a delivery-side fixed load receiving platform.

  Therefore, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the actual box body in which the plate-like bodies are accommodated in a plurality of stages at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction is placed in the state where the actual box body is positioned on the insertion side fixed load receiving base. The box body can be positioned in the processing means by the insertion-side fork device and passed to the lifting body. The actual box body can be lowered by the elevating body. At that time, the lowering is performed when the lowermost plate-like body is received by the transport device and the support member is separated downward by a predetermined height with respect to the plate-like body. You can stop on. Next, by driving the conveying device, the supporting plate-like body can be cut out and supplied, and by stopping the driving, the plate-like body can be carried out from the box body. After that, by repeatedly lowering the box body one step at a time by the lifting device and carrying it out by the transport device, the plate-shaped body in the box body is placed on the transport device in order from the lower plate-shaped body. Can be placed and unloaded. Thus, after carrying out all the plate-shaped bodies in a box body, a raising / lowering body is raised, and an empty box body is located above a delivery side fixed load receiving stand. Next, after the empty box body is positioned above the delivery-side fixed load receiving base by the delivery-side fork device, it can be transferred to and supported by the delivery-side fixed load receiving base.

The plate-like body treatment facility according to claim 3 of the present invention, in the configuration of claim 1 or 2, wherein the above, the upper surface of the lifting body, the lower portion of the box member during relative increase relative to put side fork device A positioning body for guiding and positioning is provided.

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 3, when the box body is supported in a misaligned state with respect to the fork body, the lift body is raised relative to the fork body and is supported by the fork body. Immediately before lifting the body by the lifting and lowering body, the positioning body can guide the lower portion of the box body on the position shift side, and the position shift can be corrected automatically and positioned in a corrected posture.

  Furthermore, the plate-like body processing facility according to claim 4 of the present invention is the transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the facility is moved relative to the input side fixed load receiving platform and the output side fixed load receiving table. It is characterized in that the box body can be freely transferred by the mounting means.

  Therefore, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the state where the fork bodies of both fork devices are withdrawn from the input side fixed load receiving base and the output side fixed load receiving base, the supporting box body is transferred by the transfer means. The box body supported by the delivery-side fixed load receiving platform can be received.

According to the first aspect of the present invention described above, the fork body of the insertion-side fork device can be moved laterally and positioned below the box body with the box body positioned on the insertion-side fixed load receiving base. Next, by raising the fork body, it is possible to lift and support the box body that has been supported by the insertion side fixed load receiving base by the fork body. Then, after the fork body is moved laterally and the box body is positioned above the lifting body in the processing means, the lifting body is lifted relative to the fork body, thereby supporting the box supported by the fork body. The body can be passed to the lifting body. After that, the fork body is retracted, and then the box body can be raised and lowered by raising and lowering the lifting body. At that time, the fork body of the insertion-side fork device is raised and lowered within the gap between the roller bodies of the transport device. Thus, the box body can be raised and lowered smoothly without colliding with the transfer device.

And by driving the conveying device in a state stopped at a predetermined height, the plate-like body in the box body can be received from the support member by the roller body group and carried out of the box body, or the plate-like body outside the box body can be removed. After being received by the roller body group and carried into the box body, it can be delivered to the support member. At that time, by repeatedly raising and lowering the box body one step at a time by the lifting device and transporting by the roller body group of the transporting device , the plate-like body stored in a plurality of stages in the box body is moved to the lower stage. The plate-like body can be sequentially carried out of the box body, or the plate-like body outside the box body can be received and carried into the box body and stored in a plurality of stages in order from the upper stage.

After processing the plate-like body with respect to the box body in this way, the lifting body is raised to position the box body above the conveying device, and then the fork body of the delivery-side fork device is directed toward the processing means. The box body supported by the lifting body can be lifted and supported by raising the fork body after being laterally moved and positioned below the box body. At that time, by raising and lowering the fork body of the delivery-side fork device in the gap between the roller bodies of the transport device, the box body can be lifted and lowered smoothly without colliding with the transport device. Then, move the fork body in the direction of the delivery side fixed load receiving base, position the box body above the delivery side fixed load receiving base, and then lower the fork body to fix the supported box body on the delivery side fixed side. Can be delivered to the consignment.

In this way, between the processing means and the input-side fixed load receiving base, the input-side fork device in which the unit width of the fork body is set smaller than the gap formed between the roller bodies of the processing means is provided. A delivery- side fork device in which the unit width of the fork body is set smaller than a clearance formed between the roller bodies of the processing means is provided between the delivery- side fixed load receiving base and the roller of the transport device. By raising and lowering the fork bodies of both fork devices in the gap between the bodies, the box body can be smoothly raised and lowered without colliding with the transport device, etc. Since the conveyor structure need only be a conveying device for the processing means, the structure can be simply constructed, and the fixed load receiving base is not required to be lifted and lifted. Etc. Since it is not stationary form, it can be structured easily configured. Therefore, the movement of the box body and the processing for removing the plate-like body from the box body can be configured with a simple structure and at low cost. Further, in the insertion-side fork device, the box body can be made into a storage shape according to the processing state in the processing means, and in the delivery-side fork device, the box body can be made into a storage shape according to the removal state in the output-side fixed load receiving platform. Since the box body can be formed into a storage shape by the fork device in this way, the flow of the box body can be adjusted, and thus the plate-like body can always be processed appropriately and efficiently.

  According to claim 2 of the present invention described above, in the state where the actual box body in which the plate-like body is stored in a plurality of stages at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction is positioned on the insertion side fixed load receiving platform. The actual box body can be positioned in the processing means by the insertion-side fork device and transferred to the lifting body. Then, the actual box body can be lowered by the elevating body, and at that time, the lowering is performed when the lowermost plate-like body is received by the transport device and the support member is separated downward by a predetermined height with respect to the plate-like body. You can stop. Next, by driving the conveying device, the supporting plate-like body can be cut out and supplied, and by stopping the drive, the plate-like body can be carried out of the box body. After that, by repeatedly lowering the box body one step at a time by the lifting device and carrying it out by the transport device, the plate-shaped body in the box body is placed on the transport device in order from the lower plate-shaped body. Can be placed and carried out. Thus, after carrying out all the plate-shaped bodies in a box body, a raising / lowering body can be raised and an empty box body can be located above the extraction side fixed load receiving stand. Next, after the empty box body is positioned above the delivery-side fixed load receiving base by the delivery-side fork device, it can be transferred to and supported by the delivery-side fixed load receiving base.

According to the third aspect of the present invention described above, when the box body is supported in a misaligned state with respect to the fork body, the lifting body is raised relative to the fork body and supported by the fork body. Immediately before lifting the box body with the lifting and lowering body, the position body can guide the lower portion of the box body on the position shift side, and the position shift can be automatically corrected and positioned in a corrected posture.

  According to claim 4 of the present invention, the fork bodies of both fork devices are put in the box body supported by the transfer means in a state where the fork bodies are withdrawn from the input side fixed load receiving table and the output side fixed load receiving table. While being able to pass to a side fixed load receiving stand, the box body currently supported by the delivery side fixed load receiving stand can be received.

[Embodiment 1]
Below, Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated based on a figure as a state employ | adopted in carrying out the carrying-out process of a plate-shaped object from the actual box body.

  1 and 2, a box body (cassette case or the like) 11 includes a lower rectangular frame body 12, a vertical frame 13 erected from four corners of the lower rectangular frame body 12, and the upper ends of the vertical frames 13. A rectangular frame assembly is formed by the upper rectangular frame 14 and the like connected to each other. Accordingly, the box body 11 has a lower rectangular frame body 12 formed with a lower open portion (opening portion of the bottom wall) 11a, and between the upper and lower rectangular frame bodies 12 and 14 and between the vertical frames 13 (four locations). Further, a side opening portion (opening portion of the side wall) 11b is formed. Further, inside the box body 11, a pair of support members 15 extending in the left-right direction (distribution direction to be described later) and extending over almost the entire length in the front-rear direction (orthogonal direction to be described later) are vertically arranged at predetermined intervals. It is arranged.

  Therefore, the box body 11 has a square (rectangular) glass substrate (an example of a plate-like body) 1 that is supported in the left-right direction by engaging the pair of support members 15 from above. 15, the glass substrate 1 can be stored in a plurality of stages at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. At that time, the support member 15 is constituted by a wire, a round rod, a flat plate, or the like, and is fixed to the box body 11 side via a bracket 16 from the vertical frame 13. An example of the box body 11 is configured by the above 12 to 16 and the like.

  A processing means 20 is provided for performing the processing for loading and unloading the glass substrate 1 with respect to the box body 11, and is distributed to both sides of the processing means 20 so that the box body 11 can be supported freely and a loading side fixed load receiving base 61. A receiving platform 71 is provided. An input-side fork device 81 is provided between the processing means 20 and the input-side fixed load receiving base 61, and an output-side fork device 91 is provided between the processing means 20 and the output-side fixed load receiving base 71. . Further, a feeding device 101 is provided in front of the processing means 20, and the box body 11 can be delivered to the input side fixed load receiving table 61 and the output side fixed load receiving table 71 on the opposite side to the feeding device 101. Transfer means 111 is provided.

  The processing means 20 passes through the frame body 21 and the front side opening portion (opening portion of one side wall) 11b, and the direction (the front-rear direction) orthogonal to the distribution direction (left-right direction) A of the two fixed load receivers 61, 71. ) B includes a transport device 31 capable of transporting the glass substrate 1, and a lifting device 41 that lifts and lowers the box body 11 without being interfered by the transport device 31.

  That is, in FIGS. 1 to 5, the frame main body 21 includes a flat frame-shaped base frame body 22, vertical frame bodies 23 erected from the four corners of the base frame body 22, and the vertical frame bodies 23. A rectangular frame assembly is formed by a connecting body 24 provided between upper end portions. In the lower part of the base frame body 22, a freely rotatable wheel body 25 and landing bodies 26 whose heights can be adjusted in the vertical direction are provided at a plurality of locations, respectively. It is configured so as to be able to travel (movable) by being supported on the floor F side via the ground, and to be fixed at a predetermined position by being supported on the floor F side via the landing body 26. Yes. According to the frame main body 21 having such a rectangular frame assembly shape, the front opening 21 a facing the feeding device 101, the insertion opening 21 b facing the loading fixed load 61, and the delivery fixed loading 71 And a delivery-side opening 21c that is opposed to each other. An example of the frame main body 21 is configured by the above 22 to 26 and the like.

The conveying device 31 is a roller conveyor format zone of the distribution direction two in (conveyor width direction) A (s), i.e., is formed by the right zone 31Z ₁ and the left zone 31Z _2. Both zones 31Z ₁ and 31Z ₂ have the same configuration, and conveyor frames 32 along the sorting direction A are arranged at a plurality of locations in the orthogonal direction (conveyance path direction) B, respectively. Above each conveyor frame 32, a single or a plurality of rotating shafts 34 with the rotational axis as the distribution direction are arranged in parallel, and these rotating shafts 34 can be freely rotated by brackets 33 from the conveyor frame 32. It is supported. Each rotary shaft 34 is provided with a roller body 35 that is externally fitted at a plurality of locations in the length direction, and a drive unit (such as a motor) 36 that is directly connected to and linked to each rotary shaft 34 is provided on the inner bracket 33. Is provided. Each conveyor frame 32 is connected and fixed to the upper end of the vertical member 37, and the lower end of the vertical member 37 is connected and fixed to a common base body 38. The base body 38 is a landing body whose height can be adjusted in the vertical direction. 39 and installed on the floor F.

  The above-described 32-39 and the like constitute an example of the transport device 31 and the transport surface 31a of the transport device 31 is formed by the roller body 35 group. The transport device 31 having such a configuration transports (unloads) the glass substrate 1 housed in the actual box body 11. At that time, the transport width (conveyor width) 31W of the transport device 31 is set to be narrower than the lower opening width 11aW of the box body 11, that is, [31W <11aW]. Therefore, the glass box 1 is lowered by one step by the lifting device 41 in a state where the actual box body 11 in which the glass substrate 1 is stored in a plurality of steps at intervals in the vertical direction is set on the lifting device 41. It is comprised so that it may mount on the roller body 35 group of the conveying apparatus 31 in order from the glass substrate 1, and may be conveyed (carrying out).

  The elevating device 41 includes a front device portion 42A disposed in a portion of the pair of vertical frame bodies 23 forming the front open portion 21a, and a rear side disposed in a portion of the pair of vertical frame bodies 23 on the rear side. The device unit 42B is composed of the device units 42A and 42B that are similarly configured symmetrically in the front-rear direction and configured to be driven synchronously.

  That is, each vertical frame body 23 is a U-shaped mold rail body, and is arranged in a state where the opposite sides in the orthogonal direction B are open. A guide rail 43 in the vertical direction is disposed in the groove of each vertical frame body 23, and a movable body 45 is provided on the guide rail 43 so as to be movable up and down via a guided body 44. Further, a screw shaft body 46 along the guide rail 43 is rotatably provided in the groove of each vertical frame body 23, and a nut body 47 screwed to the screw shaft body 46 is provided on the guided body 44 side. Is provided. Each device section 42A, 42B has a motor 48 that can be driven forward and reversely provided on the base frame body 22 in a state of being positioned between the pair of vertical frame bodies 23, and the output shaft of the motor 48 has a gear mechanism. 49, the drive shaft 50 in the distribution direction A is interlocked and connected. The free end of the drive shaft 50 is interlocked and connected to the lower end of the screw shaft body 46 through a gear mechanism 51 provided at the lower part in the vertical frame body 23.

  In each apparatus part 42A, 42B, a pair of movable body 45 protrudes from the groove | channel of the guide rail 43, and the raising / lowering body 52 which supports the box body 11 is provided between the upper part of a protrusion part, respectively. Here, the elevating body 52 is plate-shaped and is located outside the conveying width of the conveying device 31, and the maximum width 52 LW in the orthogonal direction B of both elevating bodies 52 is larger than the width 11 W of the box body 11. Large, that is, [52LW> 11W] is set. Therefore, the elevating device 41 can support the box body 11 between the both elevating bodies 52, and can raise and lower the box body 11 without being interfered by the transport device 31 by synchronously elevating both the elevating bodies 52.

  On the upper surface of the elevating body 52, there is provided a positioning body 53 that acts on the lower portion of the box body 11 when it is raised relative to the insertion-side fork device 81. That is, the front and rear positioning members 54 and the left and right positioning members 55 are arranged in an L shape in plan view at both ends in the sorting direction A on the upper surfaces of both the lifting bodies 52. Here, the positioning members 54 and 55 are of a type in which the roller is freely rotatable or a type in which the round rod body is disposed sideways and fixed by welding or the like. The lower part of the box body 11 is guided and then positioned. The above-described 42A, 42B to 55 and the like constitute an example of the lifting device 41, and 21 to 55 and the like constitute an example of the processing means 20.

  The input side fixed load receiving base 61 and the outgoing side fixed load receiving base 71 have the same configuration, and the receiving bodies 62 and 72 are orthogonal to each other in two rows (a plurality of rows) at a predetermined interval in the distribution direction A. Are arranged at three places (a plurality of places) at predetermined intervals in the shape direction B, and the receiving bodies 62 and 72 are supported on the floor F side via the leg bodies 63 and 73, respectively. It is configured. At that time, the receiving body 62 (72) group has an outer end width 62LW (72LW) that can support the box body 11 having a predetermined width 11W in the front-rear and left-right directions in the distribution direction A and the orthogonal direction B, that is, [ 11W <62LW (72LW)].

  The insertion-side fork device 81 and the delivery-side fork device 91 have the same configuration, and main body portions 82 and 92 disposed on the floor F, respectively, and a lift drive unit ( (Not shown in the drawings), and lift parts 83, 93 provided through the fork bodies 84, 94 provided on the lift parts 83, 93. Here, the fork bodies 84 and 94 are arranged in a pair at a predetermined interval in the orthogonal direction B so as to be movable in and out in the sorting direction A. The fork bodies 84 and 94 are base fork portions 85 and 95 provided on the elevating parts 83 and 93, respectively, and a second fork provided slidably in the sorting direction A with respect to the base fork portions 85 and 95. The top fork portions 87 and 97 slidably provided in the sorting direction A with respect to the second fork portions 86 and 96, and the second fork portions 86 and 96 and the top fork portions 87 and 97 are slid. The driving unit (not shown) is configured to be moved, and the both driving units are configured to be driven synchronously.

  At this time, the fork width 84LW (94LW) in the orthogonal direction B by the both fork bodies 84 (94) is smaller than the width 11W of the box body 11, that is, [84LW (94LW) <11W] is set. . Further, the unit width 84W (94W) in the orthogonal direction B of each fork body 84 (94) is smaller than the gap 31S formed between the predetermined roller bodies 35 in the transport device 31, that is, [84W (94W). ) <31S] and smaller than the gap 62S (72S) in the orthogonal direction B of the receiving body 62 (72) in the fixed load receiving base 61 (71), that is, [84W (94W) <62S ( 72S)].

  Therefore, the fork device 81 (91) can support the box body 11 between the top fork portions 87 (97) in the fork body 84 (94), that is, the fork width 84LW (94LW). The fork bodies 84 (94) having a single width 84W (94W) can be moved up and down synchronously in the gap 31S between the roller bodies 35 so that the box body 11 can be raised and lowered without being interfered with the transport device 31. The fork bodies 84 (94) having a single width 84W (94W) are moved up and down synchronously in the gap 62S (72S) of the receiving body 62 (72) without being interfered with the fixed load receiving base 61 (71). The box body 11 can be raised and lowered.

  In this way, the fork bodies 84 and 94 of the both fork devices 81 and 91 are configured to be laterally movable and vertically movable across the adjacent fixed load receiving bases 61 and 71 and the processing means 20, so The box body 11 can be freely transferred between the lifting body 52 and the loading-side fixed load receiving table 61 by the device 81, and the box body 11 is transferred between the lifting body 52 and the loading-side fixed load receiving table 71 by the take-out fork device 91. Freely configured.

The feeding device 101 provided in front of the processing means 20 is for conveying (supplying) the glass substrates 1 one by one in a manufacturing process (manufacturing line), for example, and is composed of a belt type or a roller type. The surface 101a has the same level as the transport surface 31a of the transport device 31. The transfer means 111 provided on the side opposite to the feeding device 81 includes, for example, a movable body 112 that is movable on a fixed path 115 formed between the processing means 20 and the fixed load receiving bases 61 and 71. An example is constituted by the elevating part 113 provided on the moving body 112 and the fork part 114 provided on the elevating part 113 so as to be movable in and out in the lateral direction. Fork width 114W of the fork portion 114 when the is shorter than between the inner end of the receiving body 62 of the two rows (72) the width 62 W (72 W), namely is set to [114W <62 W (72 W)] ing.

  Therefore, the movement of the fork part 114 through the lifting part 113 and the lateral movement of the fork part 114 in combination with the movement of the fork part 114 with respect to the input side fixed load receiving base 61 and the output side fixed load receiving base 71 are transferred. The box body 11 can be transferred by the mounting means 111.

Hereinafter, the operation in the first embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the transfer means 111 supports the box body 11 on the fork part 114, and here, the glass substrate 1 is vertically spaced from the box body 11 via a support member 15 at a predetermined interval. Is stored in multiple stages. By this transfer means 111, the actual box body 11 is delivered to the insertion side fixed load receiving base 61. At this time, in the insertion side fork device 81, the fork body 84 is positioned on the main body portion 82. Therefore, after the transfer means 111 that has been moved on the fixed path 115 is stopped facing the loading-side fixed load receiving base 61, the fork part 114 is moved up and down as shown in FIG. Is moved upwardly above the insertion-side fixed load receiving table 61, and the elevating part 113 is lowered so that the actual box body 11 supported by the fork part 114 is placed on the receiving body 62 group of the insertion-side fixed load receiving table 61. Can pass to. At that time, the fork portion 114 has a fork width 114W shorter than the inner end width 62W of the receiving body 62, so that the fork portion 114 can be lowered without any trouble. Thereafter, the fork part 114 is contracted and stored on the elevating part 113.

  In this state, the fork body 84 of the loading-side fork device 81 positioned below the receiving body 62 of the loading-side fixed load receiving base 61 is extended in two steps in the direction of the loading-side fixed load receiving base 61. As shown in FIG. 6, the top fork portion 87 is positioned below the box body 11. Next, the fork body 84 is raised together with the elevating part 83, whereby the actual box body 11 supported by the receiving body 62 group of the insertion side fixed load receiving base 61 can be lifted and supported by the top fork part 87. At this time, since the single body width 84W of the fork body 84 is set to be smaller than the gap 62S on the receiving body 62 side, the extending movement and the rising movement can be performed without any trouble. Further, since the fork width 84LW of both the fork bodies 84 is set smaller than the width 11W of the box body 11, the lifting support of the box body 11 between the top fork portions 87 can be performed stably.

  In this manner, with the actual box body 11 supported between the top fork portions 87, the fork body 84 is retracted in the sorting direction A and supported by the top fork portion 87 as shown by the solid line in FIG. The actual box body 11 is positioned above the main body portion 82. Further, the fork body 84 is extended in two steps in the direction of the processing means 20. At this time, in the processing means 20, the elevating body 52 is positioned below the top fork portion 87, so that the actual box body 11 supported by the top fork portion 87 is shown by the phantom line in FIG. In addition, it can be moved into the frame main body 21 through the insertion side opening 21 b and positioned above the elevating body 52.

  Next, at least one of the lowering of the fork body 84 and the raising of the elevating body 52 is performed, and the elevating body 52 is raised relative to the fork body 84, thereby supporting the actual fork supported by the top fork portion 87. The box body 11 can be passed to the lifting body 52. At that time, when the actual box body 11 is supported by the top fork portion 87 in a misaligned state, immediately before the actual box body 11 is supported by the elevating body 52, the position of the actual box body 11 is shifted. Can be guided by the inward circumferential surfaces of the corresponding positioning members 54, 55, so that the misalignment can be automatically corrected and positioned in a corrected posture. After that, the fork body 84 is retracted in the sorting direction A, and the empty top fork portion 87 is positioned above the main body portion 82 as shown in FIGS.

  As described above, after the actual box body 11 is positioned and supported by the elevating body 52, the actual box body 11 supported by the elevating body 52 can be lowered by moving the elevating device 41 downward. At that time, the lowering of the actual box body 11 is mostly carried out without colliding with the transport device 31 because the transport width 31W of the transport device 31 is narrower than the lower opening width 11aW of the actual box body 11. Can be done smoothly. Then, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 5, the lowermost glass substrate 1 is received by the roller body 35 group of the transport device 31, and the support member 15 is separated downward by a predetermined height with respect to the glass substrate 1. When you stop.

In such a state, _first , the driving units 36 of both zones 31Z ₁ and 31Z ₂ in the transport device 31 are synchronously driven, and the roller body 35 group is rotated through the respective rotation shafts 34, thereby supporting the supporting glass. The substrate 1 is cut out and supplied to the feeding device 101 side through the front opening 21a, and the glass substrate 1 is supported and conveyed by the driving feeding device 101 that is driven. Then, the glass substrate 1 can be carried out from the box body 11 to the feeding device 101 by stopping the driving unit 36 by detecting that the glass substrate 1 has completely transferred onto the feeding device 101. Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, by repeatedly lowering the actual box body 11 by one stage by the lifting device 41 and carrying it out from the transport device 31 to the feeding device 101, The glass substrate 1 can be placed on the roller body 35 group of the conveying device 31 in order from the lower glass substrate 1 and can be conveyed (unloaded) to the feeding device 101.

  Then, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 4, after all the glass substrate 1 in the box body 11 is carried out, the lifting body 52 is raised by the lifting device 41, and the empty box body 11 is moved from the transport surface 31 a of the transport device 31. Is also positioned above. Next, the fork body 94 of the delivery-side fork device 91 positioned below the upper surface of the elevating body 52 is extended in two steps in the direction of the processing means 20, and as shown by the phantom line in FIG. The fork portion 97 is positioned below the empty box body 11. Thereafter, the fork body 94 is raised together with the elevating part 93, whereby the empty box body 11 supported by the both elevating bodies 52 can be lifted and supported by the top fork part 97. At that time, since the single body width 94W of the fork body 94 is set to be smaller than the gap 72S on the receiving body 72 side, the extending movement and the rising movement can be performed without any trouble. Further, since the fork width 94LW of both the fork bodies 94 is set to be smaller than the width 11W of the box body 11, the lifting support of the box body 11 between the top fork portions 97 can be performed stably.

  In this manner, with the empty box body 11 supported between the top fork portions 97, the fork body 94 is retracted in the sorting direction A, and is supported by the top fork portion 97 as shown by the phantom line in FIG. The empty box body 11 is positioned above the main body 92 through the outlet opening 21c. Further, the fork body 94 is extended in two steps in the direction of the delivery-side fixed load receiving platform 71, and the empty box body 11 supported by the top fork portion 97 is removed as shown by the solid line in FIG. It is located above the table 71. Next, the fork body 94 is lowered together with the elevating part 63, so that the empty box body 11 supported by the top fork part 97 is transferred to and supported by the receiving body 72 group of the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71. Next, the fork body 94 is retracted and positioned above the main body 92, so that the empty box body 11 from which the glass substrate 1 is unloaded can be transferred to the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71.

  Then, after the empty transfer means 111 that has been moved on the fixed path 115 is stopped opposite to the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71, the fork part 114 is lowered while the elevating part 113 is lowered. The fork part 114 is positioned below the empty box body 11 by projecting to the table 71. Subsequently, the fork part 114 can support the empty box body 11 that has been supported by the receiving body 72 group of the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71 by raising the elevating part 113. After that, the fork part 114 is contracted and accommodated on the elevating part 113, so that the empty box body 11 can be transported by the transfer means 111 as shown by the phantom line in FIG.

  As described above, after the actual box body 11 on the insertion side fixed load receiving table 61 is moved to the lifting body 52 by the insertion side fork device 81 and the glass substrate 1 is carried out by the processing means 20, an empty space on the lifting body 52 is obtained. The box body 11 is moved to the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 91 by the delivery-side fork device 91. At this time, the entry-side fork device 81 moves the actual box body 11 to the main body according to the processing state in the processing means 20. 82, and the take-out fork device 91 can take a storage form in which the empty box body 11 is located on the main body 92 depending on the take-out state of the take-out fixed load receiving base 91. . Thus, by making the box body 11 into a storage shape by using the fork devices 81 and 91, the flow of the box body 11 can be adjusted, so that the processing of the glass substrate 1 can always be performed suitably and efficiently.

  According to the first embodiment described above, the fork body 84 of the insertion-side fork device 81 is moved laterally while the box body 11 is positioned on the insertion-side fixed load receiving base 61 and positioned below the actual box body 11. it can. Next, by raising the fork body 84, the box body 11 supported by the insertion side fixed load receiving table 81 can be lifted and supported by the fork body 84. Then, the fork body 84 is moved laterally so that the box body 11 is positioned above the elevating body 52 in the processing means 20, and then the elevating body 52 is raised relative to the fork body 84. The box body 11 supported at 84 can be transferred to the lifting body 52. After that, after the fork body 84 is retracted, the box body 11 can be raised and lowered by raising and lowering the lifting body 52, and the box body 11 is raised and lowered smoothly without colliding with the transport device 31. be able to.

  And by driving the conveying device 31 in a state where it is stopped at a predetermined height, the glass substrate 1 in the box body 11 can be received from the support member 15 and carried out of the box body 11, or outside the box body 11. After receiving the glass substrate 1 and carrying it into the box body 11, it can be passed to the support member 15. At that time, the glass substrate 1 accommodated in the box body 11 in a plurality of stages is repeatedly raised and lowered by the lifting device 41 one step at a time and repeatedly transported by the transport device 31. The glass substrate 1 can be taken out from the lower glass substrate 1 in order, or the glass substrate 1 outside the box body 11 can be received and carried into the box body 11 and stored in a plurality of stages in order from the upper stage.

  After the processing of the glass substrate 1 to the box body 11 in this way, the lifting body 52 is raised so that the box body 11 is positioned above the transport device 31, and then the fork body 94 of the delivery-side fork device 91. Next, the box body 11 supported by the elevating body 52 can be lifted and supported by raising the fork body 94 after being moved laterally in the direction of the processing means 20 and positioned below the box body 11. The fork body 94 is moved laterally in the direction of the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71, the box body 11 is positioned above the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71, and the fork body 94 is lowered to support the box that has been supported. The body 11 can be transferred to the delivery side fixed load receiving table 71.

  As described above, the input-side fork device 81 is provided between the processing means 20 and the input-side fixed load receiving table 61, and the output-side fork device 91 is provided between the processing means 20 and the output-side fixed load receiving table 71. As a result, the fork devices 81 and 91 can be used for both the raising and lowering of the box body 11 and the lateral conveyance, so that the conveyor structure only needs the conveyance device 31 of the processing means 20. Since the two fixed load receiving bases 61 and 71 do not need to be lifted and may be of a stationary type without a lifting means, the structure can be easily configured. Therefore, the movement of the box body 11 and the processing for putting the glass substrate 1 in and out of the box body 11 can be configured with a simple structure and at a low cost. Further, in the input-side fork device 81, the box body 11 can be made into a storage shape according to the processing state in the processing means 20, and in the output-side fork device 91, the box body 11 is changed according to the output state in the output-side fixed load receiving base 71. Can be stored. Since the box body 11 can be formed into a storage shape by the fork devices 81 and 91 as described above, the flow of the box body 11 can be adjusted, so that the processing of the glass substrate 1 can always be performed suitably and efficiently.

  According to the first embodiment described above, the actual box body 11 in which the glass substrate 1 is stored in a plurality of stages at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction is positioned on the insertion-side fixed load receiving base 61. The actual box body 11 can be positioned in the processing means 20 by the insertion-side fork device 81 and transferred to the lifting body 52. Then, the actual box body 11 can be lowered by the elevating body 52, and in this case, the lowermost glass substrate 1 is received by the transport device 31, and the support member 15 moves downward by a predetermined height with respect to the glass substrate 1. Can stop when separated. Next, the supporting glass substrate 1 can be cut out and supplied by driving the conveying device 31, and the glass substrate 1 can be carried out of the box body 11 by stopping the driving. Thereafter, the glass substrate 1 in the box body 11 is moved from the lower glass substrate 1 by repeatedly lowering the box body 11 by one step by the lifting device 41 and carrying it out by the transport device 31. It can be placed on the transfer device 31 in order and carried out. Thus, after carrying out all the glass substrates 1 in the box body 11, the raising / lowering body 55 is raised, and the empty box body 11 can be located above the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71. Next, after the empty box body 11 is positioned above the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71 by the delivery-side fork device 91, it can be transferred to and supported by the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71.

  According to the first embodiment described above, when the box body 11 is supported in a misaligned state with respect to the fork body 84, the elevating body 52 is raised relative to the fork body 84, and the fork body 84 Immediately before the supporting box body 11 is lifted by the lifting / lowering body 52, the positioning body 53 can be applied to the lower portion of the box body 11 on the position shift side so that the position shift can be automatically corrected and positioned in a corrected posture.

  According to the first embodiment described above, the fork bodies 84 and 94 of the both fork devices 81 and 91 are supported by the transfer means 111 in a state where the fork bodies 84 and 94 are withdrawn from the input side fixed load receiving table 61 and the output side fixed load receiving table 71. The box body 11 can be transferred to the input side fixed load receiving table 61 and the box body 11 supported by the output side fixed load receiving table 71 can be received.

  In the first embodiment described above, the processing unit 20 carries out the glass substrate 1 to the feeding device 101 one by one with respect to the actual box body 11 from the insertion side fixed load receiving table 61, and the empty box body 11 is shown in which the transfer device 31 and the feeding device 101 are reversely operated, for example, so that the empty box body 11 from the input-side fixed load receiving table 61 is transferred. On the other hand, the processing means 20 stores the glass substrates 1 from the feeding device 101 one by one in a plurality of stages and then passes the actual box body 11 to the delivery side fixed load receiving table 71. Also good.

In the first embodiment described above, the box body 11 has a form in which the square glass substrates 1 are housed in a plurality of upper and lower stages one by one, but this includes two rectangular glass substrates ( It may be in the form of being stored in a plurality of upper and lower tiers in a state of being aligned. At that time, the box body 11 is configured to support, for example, a small glass substrate in each stage in two rows on the left and right sides with the direction of the long dimension as the transport direction (front-rear direction) of the transport device 31. In this case the transport by the transport device 31 in may be carried out one by one by driving a right zone 31Z ₁ and the left zone 31Z ₂ separately, both zones _31Z 1, 31Z ₂ simultaneously driven two by ( 1 stage) may be performed simultaneously.

  In the first embodiment described above, there is shown a form in which the positioning body 53 that acts on the lower part of the box body 11 is provided on the upper surface of the elevating body 52 when it is raised relative to the insertion-side fork device 81. May be a form in which the positioning body 53 is omitted.

  In the first embodiment described above, a form in which the box body 11 can be freely transferred by the common transfer means 111 to the input side fixed load receiving base 61 and the output side fixed load receiving base 71 is shown. A form in which the box body 11 can be freely delivered by separate transfer means 111 may be used. Moreover, as a transfer means, the form of the taking in / out apparatus (fork type) in an automatic warehouse, the form of a self-propelled trolley (fork type), the delivery form from the top by a suspension crane, etc. may be sufficient.

  In Embodiment 1 described above, the glass substrate 1 is shown as a plate-like body, but this may be a metal plate, a resin plate, or the like.

It is Embodiment 1 of this invention, and is a top view before transferring the box body in plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a vertical front view in the middle of transferring the box body in the plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a cross-sectional top view of the process means part in the plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a vertical front view of the process means part in the plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a vertical side view of the process means part in the plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a top view after transferring the box body in the plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a top view when the box body in the plate-shaped object processing equipment is moved to the insertion side fork device. It is a top view after moving the box body in the same plate-shaped object processing equipment to the delivery side.

Explanation of symbols

1 Glass substrate (plate-like body)
11 Box body 11a Lower open part 11b Side open part 15 Support member 20 Processing means 21 Frame body 21a Front open part 21b Input side open part 21c Exit side open part 31 Conveying device 34 Rotating shaft 35 Roller body 36 Drive unit 41 Lifting device 42A Front side device part 42B Rear side device part 45 Movable body 46 Screw shaft body 48 Motor 52 Lifting body 53 Positioning body 61 Input side fixed load receiving base 62 Receiver 71 Outlet side fixed load receiving base 72 Receiver 81 Input side fork device 83 Lifting part 84 Fork body 87 Top fork part 91 Delivery side fork device 93 Lifting part 94 Fork body 97 Top fork part 101 Feeding device 111 Transfer means 114 Fork part 115 Constant path A Sorting direction B Orthogonal direction

Claims (4)

The box body is configured such that at least one side wall is opened and the plate-like body can be accommodated in a plurality of upper and lower stages via a support member disposed inside,
A processing means for performing a processing for removing the plate-like body with respect to the box body is provided ,
Are distributed on both sides of this processing means, and freely placed side fixing receiving platform and out side fixed receiving platform support is provided to the box member,
Before Symbol processing means,
A transporting device capable of transporting a plate-like body in a direction orthogonal to the direction of distribution of the two fixed load cradles through the opening of one side wall;
It consists of a lifting device that lifts and lowers the box body without being interfered with the transport device ,
A plate-like body treatment facility lifting body for supporting the box body is found provided on the lifting device,
A fork device is provided between the processing means and the fixed fixed load receiving base;
A delivery-side fork device is provided between the processing means and the delivery-side fixed load receiving base,
The fork bodies of both fork devices are configured so that they can move laterally and move up and down between the adjacent fixed load receiving table and the processing means. The box body can be delivered between the lifting body and the stationary fixed cradle by the delivery side fork device .
The transport device of the processing means is configured to place and transport the plate-like body on a roller body group,
A plate-like body treatment facility , wherein the fork bodies of both fork devices have a single width in the orthogonal direction set to be smaller than a gap formed between predetermined roller bodies in the transport device .   The loading-side fork device moves the actual box body in which the plate-shaped body is stored from the loading-side fixed load receiving base to the lifting body, and the processing means transfers the plate-shaped body from the actual box body supported by the lifting body by the transport device. 2. The plate-like body according to claim 1, wherein the delivery-side fork device is configured to move an empty box body from which the plate-like body has been carried out from the lifting body to the delivery-side fixed load receiving platform. Processing equipment. 3. A plate-like body processing facility according to claim 1, wherein a positioning body is provided on the upper surface of the elevating body for guiding and positioning a lower portion of the box body when it is raised relative to the insertion-side fork device. .   The plate-shaped body according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the box body is configured to be freely transferred by the transfer means with respect to the input-side fixed load receiving platform and the delivery-side fixed load receiving platform. Processing equipment.

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