JP5203684B2 - Plate body storage rack - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a plate body storage rack used for storing and holding a large number of plate bodies such as printed circuit boards, liquid crystal display substrates, glass plates, synthetic resin plates and the like, and particularly stores them. The present invention relates to a plate storage rack that can easily change the storage width diameter according to the width of the plate body.

  Conventionally, when a large number of plate bodies such as printed circuit boards and liquid crystal display substrates are stored and held and processed, stored, or transported, a plurality of plate bodies are attached to the inner surfaces of a pair of side plates facing each other of a box or a frame. A rack having a structure in which a mating groove is formed and both ends of the plate body are engaged with and stored in the plate body engaging groove is used.

Since it is wasteful to prepare racks with different storage widths each time the width of the plate to be stored changes, the width of the rack storage area can be varied according to the width of the plate. Racks that can be used are used. This rack has one side plate provided with plate body engaging grooves, and the other side plate can be moved freely while maintaining a parallel state with respect to one side plate, so that the width of the storage area is easy. Can be set to (See Patent Document 1)
JP-A-63-59388

  However, in the above-described conventional plate housing rack, when the other side plate that is movable is fixed and when the fixed state is released, the fixing levers disposed at the four corners of the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the side plate The operation had to be done by defeating or raising the member, which was troublesome. Although it is possible to fix the side plate with only one fixing lever, the side plate portion other than the fixed location is swayed in the moving direction, and the plate body cannot be securely stored.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a plate body storage rack capable of easily fixing and releasing a movable side plate.

In order to achieve the above-described object, a plate housing rack according to the present invention includes a pair of upper and lower plates opposed to each other, and a plate engagement for engaging a plurality of plates interposed between the upper and lower plates. part of and a plate member for holding the side plate of the pair obtained by forming the side plate inner surface, at least one plate member holding plates of the plate member holding plate of the pair, the width size of the housing is the plate body movement of the other a plate member accommodating racks and movable plate member for holding the moving plate in the direction side plate facing a plate member holding said plate member holding move plate on an outer surface of the upper and lower faceplate in accordance with the A position setting engagement portion formed in a groove shape along the direction, and the position setting engagement portion has a groove bottom portion and a through groove formed in the groove bottom portion and penetrating the upper and lower surface plates; A locking member disposed at the bottom of the groove of the position setting engagement portion and movable along the position setting engagement portion; and the plate A rotating plate pivotally supported on the plate surface of the moving side plate at a halfway position in the vertical direction of the holding moving side plate, and one end pivotally attached to the locking member through the through groove of the position setting engagement portion. Is pivotally supported at a position in the vertical direction of the casing connected to the rotating plate and the moving side plate for holding the plate body, and spaced apart from the axially supported position of the rotating plate inward in the lateral width direction of the rotating plate. An operating lever swingably connected to the tip of the moving plate, and the locking member engages with the position setting engaging portion via the housing in a state where the operating lever is rotated in one direction. The locking member is disengaged from the position setting engagement portion in a state of being rotated in the opposite direction .

Further, according to the present invention, the casing is connected to the upper locking member whose one end is pivotally attached to the upper locking member and the other end is connected to the rotating plate, and to the lower locking member. And a lower housing connected to the rotating plate, and the other ends of the upper housing and the lower housing are connected to opposing positions on concentric circles of the rotation center of the rotating plate. Thus, the rotating plate moves up and down in opposite directions by the rotation of the rotating plate .

Further, according to the present invention, the housings are provided symmetrically on both sides with respect to the shaft support position of the operation lever, and are arranged at the corresponding position setting engagement portions at the front end portions of the housings, respectively. The locking member is pivotally attached, and a pair of the rotating plates are provided point-symmetrically with respect to the shaft support position of the operation lever .

According to the plate housing rack of the present invention, a pair of upper and lower plates facing each other and a plate body engaging portion that is interposed between the upper and lower surface plates and engages a plurality of plate bodies are formed on the inner surface of the side plate. and and a pair of plate body holding plate comprising, at least one plate member holding plates of the plate member holding plate of the pair, the other plate in accordance with the width size of the housing is the plate body A plate body storage rack which is a plate body holding movable side plate which is movable in a direction facing the body holding side plate, and is formed in a groove shape along the moving direction of the plate body holding moving side plate on the outer surface of the upper and lower surface plates. The position setting engagement portion, and the position setting engagement portion includes a groove bottom portion and a through groove formed in the groove bottom portion and penetrating through the upper and lower surface plates. A locking member disposed at the bottom of the groove and movable along the position setting engagement portion; and a moving plate for holding the plate body A rotating plate pivotally supported on the plate surface of the moving side plate at a halfway direction, and one end pivotally attached to the locking member through the through groove of the position setting engaging portion, and the other end to the rotating plate It is pivotally supported at the midway position in the vertical direction of the connected casing and the movable plate for holding the plate body, and is spaced apart from the pivotal support position of the rotating plate to the inner side in the lateral width direction. An operation lever that is operatively connected, and with the operation lever rotated in one direction, the locking member is engaged with the position setting engagement portion via the housing and rotated in the opposite direction. When the locking member is in the disengaged state with respect to the position setting engagement portion in the state where the locking member is engaged , the locking member can be synchronized with the upper and lower surface plates by operating the operation lever. This makes it possible to easily fix and release the movable plate for holding the plate body in one operation. .

In addition , the plate- holding moving side plate can be fixed at any position with respect to the upper and lower surface plates, whereby the width diameter of the storage area can be suitably set.

The locking member fixed earlier end of the rod is moved synchronously to the engaged direction or the separating direction with respect to the upper and lower faceplate, and be retained, leaving the locking member to the position setting engagement portion Thus, by rotating the rotating plate, the plate-side holding moving side plate can be easily locked and detached from the upper and lower surface plates.

Further, by simply operating the operation lever of the rotating plate , all the locking members can be synchronized, and the plate-holding moving side plate can be locked and detached from the upper and lower surface plates.

  FIG. 1 shows a rack for storing plate bodies of the present invention used for storing and holding plate bodies such as printed circuit boards, liquid crystal display substrates, glass plates, synthetic resin plates, etc. . This plate body storage rack 1 is a plate body engagement that engages a plate body B that is disposed between the upper and lower surface plates 2 that are opposed to each other with a certain interval and the space between the upper and lower surface plates 2 and that is stored in the inner surface. The plate-holding fixed side plate 3 in which a plurality of grooves 4 are formed along the horizontal direction, and also moving in a direction facing the plate-holding fixed side plate 3 while maintaining a parallel state with respect to the plate-holding fixed side plate 3 A plate body holding moving side plate 5 having a plate body engaging groove 4 formed on the inner surface and four fixed column members 6 interposed between the upper and lower surface plates 2 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 1, two rectangular rack gears 7 are arranged in parallel in the form of rails on the opposing inner surfaces of the upper and lower surface plates 2, respectively. Gears are formed on two surfaces. The gears on the upper surface side of the four rack gears 7 are on the back side of the surface of the plate body holding moving side plate 5 on which the plate body engaging grooves 4 are formed, on the upper and lower side portions of the plate body holding moving side plate 5. It meshes with gears (not shown) arranged on the two first rotating shafts 8 arranged in the left-right direction. Similarly, the gears on the outer surface side of the four rack gears 7 are arranged on two second rotating shafts (not shown) arranged in the vertical direction on the left and right sides of the plate body holding moving side plate 5. It meshes with a provided gear (not shown). As a result, the plate-holding moving side plate 5 moves integrally without tilting its left and right, and moves integrally without tilting its top and bottom.

A position setting engagement portion 9 is formed on the outer side of each rack gear 7 in the upper and lower surface plate 2 and is an engagement groove that passes through the upper and lower surface plate 2 in the vertical direction in parallel with the rack gear 7. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, synthetic resin locking pieces 10 that are movable along this are arranged in 9.
On the other hand, on the right side of the plate-holding moving side plate 5 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, there is a rotating plate 11 rotatably disposed between the upper and lower locking pieces 10, and a concentric circle of the rotating plate 11. A first coupling mechanism 14 comprising a pair of housings 12 and 13 whose one ends are pivotally supported at opposite positions and extend in opposite directions and the other ends engage with the respective locking pieces 10 is disposed. Has been. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, one end portion of the housings 12 and 13 that is pivotally supported by the rotating plate 11 is curved outward so as not to hit the central shaft when the rotating plate 11 rotates. It is said.
Then, when the rotating plate 11 is rotated counterclockwise, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a pair of locking members composed of the casings 12 and 13 and the locking pieces 10 are pulled inward from each other. As shown in FIG. 6, the locking piece 10 presses the position setting engagement portion 9 portion of the upper and lower surface plate 2 from the outside of the upper and lower surface plate 2 to the plate-holding moving side plate 5. As a result, the movable plate 5 for holding the plate body is fixed to the upper and lower surface plates 2.
On the contrary, when the rotating plate 11 is rotated in the clockwise direction, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the locking pieces 10 that move in the direction in which the casings 12 and 13 are pushed outward and engage with the tip end thereof. However, as shown in FIG. 7, it is separated from the position setting engagement portion 9 portion of the upper and lower surface plates 2. As a result, the plate-side holding moving side plate 5 is released from the fixed state with respect to the upper and lower surface plates 2.

Similarly, on the left side of the plate-holding moving side plate 5 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, there is a rotating plate 15 rotatably disposed between the upper and lower locking pieces 10, and a concentric circle of the rotating plate 15. A second coupling mechanism 18 comprising a pair of housings 16 and 17 which are pivotally supported at one end and extend in opposite directions to each other and engage the respective locking pieces 10 at the other end. It is installed. One end portions of the housings 16 and 17 that are pivotally supported by the rotating plate 15 have a shape that curves outward so as not to hit the central shaft when the rotating plate 15 rotates.
When the rotating plate 15 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the pair of locking members composed of the casings 16 and 17 and the latching piece 10 are pulled inward from each other. As shown in FIG. 7, the locking piece 10 presses the position setting engagement portion 9 portion of the upper and lower surface plate 2 from the outer surface of the upper and lower surface plate 2 to the moving plate 5 for holding the plate body. As a result, the movable plate 5 for holding the plate body is fixed to the upper and lower surface plates 2.
On the contrary, when the rotating plate 15 is rotated in the clockwise direction, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the locking pieces 10 that move in the direction in which the casings 16, 17 are pushed outward and engage with the front ends thereof. However, as shown in FIG. 7, it is separated from the position setting engagement portion 9 portion of the upper and lower surface plates 2. As a result, the plate-side holding moving side plate 5 is released from the fixed state with respect to the upper and lower surface plates 2.

Further, in order to integrally link the two first connection mechanisms 14 and the second connection mechanism 18, the first connection mechanism 14 and the second connection arranged on the plate body holding moving side plate 5. A rotating plate connecting member 19 is disposed between the mechanisms 18. The rotating plate connecting member 19 includes an operating rod 20 extending from the rotating plate 11 of the first connecting mechanism 14 on the right side of FIGS. 2 and 3 and the second connecting mechanism 18 on the left side of FIGS. 2 and 3. In order to interlock the operating rod 21 extending from the rotary plate 15, a rotatable lever 22 for gripping at the center thereof and a lever 22 are provided integrally with the lever 22, and the tip of the operating rod 20 is operated. It is comprised from the operation lever 23 which pivotally supports the front-end | tip of the collar 21 so that movement is possible.
When the lever 22 integrated with the operation lever 23 is rotated in the clockwise direction, as shown in FIG. 2, the rotating plate 11 of the first connecting mechanism 14 and the rotating plate 15 of the second connecting mechanism 18 are As described above, the four locking pieces 10 are rotated in the counterclockwise direction so that the position setting engagement portion 9 portion of the upper and lower surface plates 2 is pressed against the plate holding holding moving side plate 5 and the plate holding holding moving side plate. 5 is fixed.
Conversely, when the lever 22 integrated with the operation lever 23 of the rotating plate connecting member 19 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, as shown in FIG. The rotating plate 15 of the second coupling mechanism 18 is rotated in the clockwise direction, and as described above, the four locking pieces 10 move the position setting engagement portion 9 portion of the upper and lower surface plates 2 from the plate body holding moving side plate 5. The fixation of the plate-side holding moving side plate 5 is released by separating.

  In the above-described embodiment, the rotation direction of the rotating plate and the lever and the locking / release by the locking piece have been described. However, the rotation direction and the operation of the locking piece are only examples, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Without locking, the locking and releasing by the locking piece is made in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the lever described above, the operation of the lever is made a slide instead of the rotation, and the locking piece is arranged inside the upper and lower surface plates. Then, they may be pressed and locked.

It is a perspective view of the plate body storage rack of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the connection mechanism of the board storage rack of this invention, and a rotation board connection member. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the connection mechanism of the board storage rack of this invention, and a rotation board connection member. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the rotating plate and the housing in the plate body storage rack of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the rotating plate and the housing in the plate body storage rack of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the latching piece in the rack for plate body accommodation of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the latching piece in the rack for plate body accommodation of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Plate body storage rack 2 Upper / lower surface plate 3 Plate body holding fixed side plate 4 Plate body engaging groove 5 Plate body holding moving side plate 6 Column member 7 Rack gear 8 First rotating shaft 9 Position setting engagement portion 10 Locking piece DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Rotating plate 12 Housing 13 Housing 14 First connecting mechanism 15 Rotating plate 16 Housing 17 Housing 18 Second connecting mechanism 19 Rotating plate connecting member 20 Operating rod 21 Operating rod 22 Lever 23 Operating lever B Plate

Claims (3)

A pair of upper and lower faceplate opposing, a pair of plate member holding plates the plate body engaging portion obtained by forming the side plate inner surface for engaging a plurality of plate bodies are interposed by the upper bottom surface plates It has, which is movable said at least one plate member holding plate pair side plate of the plate body holding, in a direction opposite to the other plate member holding plate according to the width size of the housing is the plate body A plate body storage rack as a plate body holding moving side plate,
A position setting engagement portion formed in a groove shape along the moving direction of the plate body holding moving side plate on the outer surface of the upper and lower surface plates, and the position setting engagement portion are formed on the groove bottom portion and the groove bottom portion, And having a through groove penetrating the upper and lower surface plates,
A locking member disposed at the groove bottom of the position setting engagement portion and movable along the position setting engagement portion;
A rotating plate pivotally supported on the plate surface of the moving side plate at an intermediate position in the vertical direction of the moving side plate for holding the plate body;
One end is pivotally attached to the locking member through the through groove of the position setting engagement portion, and the other end is connected to the rotating plate;
An operation lever that is pivotally supported at the midway position in the vertical direction of the movable side plate for holding the plate body and spaced apart from the pivotal support position of the rotating plate inward in the lateral width direction of the rotating plate, and is swingably connected to the tip of the rotating plate. When,
The locking member is engaged with the position setting engagement portion via the housing in a state where the operation lever is rotated in one direction, and the locking member is rotated in the reverse direction. A plate housing rack that is disengaged from the position setting engagement portion . One end of the casing is pivotally connected to the upper locking member, the other end is connected to the rotating plate, and the other end is connected to the lower locking member, and the other end is the rotating plate. And the other end of each of the upper casing and the lower casing is connected to a concentrically opposite position on the center of rotation of the rotating plate. The plate storage rack according to claim 1, wherein the rack moves up and down in opposite directions . The housings are provided symmetrically on both sides with respect to the pivot support position of the operation lever, and the locking members disposed at the corresponding position setting engagement portions are respectively provided at the front end portions of the housings. 3. The plate storage rack according to claim 1 , wherein a pair of the pivot plates are provided so as to be point-symmetric with respect to a pivotal support position of the operation lever .

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