JPS6151404A - Storing magazine for printed plate - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent protruding and so forth of a printed plate by providing a stopper which opens a guide groove only when the stopper is pressed by a pressing member, at the end on the printed plate inserting side of the guide groove for a guide plate which is provided in a magazine, and stores a number of printed plates. CONSTITUTION:The magazine 1' comprises two pieces of guide plates 2 opposed to each other, fitting plates 3' provided at both ends of the guide plates 2 to hold both guide plates 2 and a pillar 4 to fixedly connect the fitting plates 3' with each other. The guide plates 2 are provided with guide grooves 2a to store printed plates 5 at equal pitches. Moreover, a stopper 15 is rotatably mounted in parallel with the leading edge of one of the guide plates 2 at the front in printed plate inserting direction on the magazine 1'. The stopper 15 is usually energized in the H direction by a spring 17 to touch a stopper pin 19 and makes possible ejection of the printed plate when the stopper is pressed by a pusher 20 and rotated in the F direction around an axis 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a storage casing (hereinafter referred to as (referred to as a magazine).

Recent factory automation (FA: Factory Automation)
With the promotion of automation, various automation systems have been introduced for manufacturing and testing, and various automatic machines applied to these systems have been put into practical use. For example, automatic machines have been introduced for manufacturing and testing printed boards, and printed boards are supplied and stored in these automatic machines in magazine units.

Generally, in an automated system, printed boards are supplied to and stored in processing machines and testing machines in units of magazines containing a plurality of printed boards, as described above.

The feeding of printed boards from a magazine to an automatic machine (Jt feeding or storage from an automatic machine to a magazine) is generally carried out via a conveyance path or the like.

Therefore, the printed circuit board must be securely stored in the magazine, and if the printed circuit board were to come off or protrude from the magazine while the magazine containing the printed circuit board is being transported from the supplier to the system, the system would not be able to operate. It will cause trouble.

For this reason, there has been a demand for a magazine that can reliably accommodate printed boards.

[Conventional technology]

The prior art will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of a conventional magazine, and FIG. The side view shown in the same figure, fbl, is a plan view of the same figure (al).

As shown in Fig. 2, magazines 1 and 2
It consists of two guide plates 2, mounting brackets 3 provided at both ends of the guide plate 2 for fixing the guide plate 2, and a support 4 for connecting and fixing the plates 3 to each other.

The guide plate 2 is provided with a guide 'a2a' for guiding and accommodating the pudding I/1 roll 5 in a predetermined pinch in the lateral direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the guide plate 2.

The guide plate 2 is fixed with screws 6 in such a manner that both guides 7J' 2 a face inward from each other, and in accordance with the width dimension of the printed board 5 to be inserted.

As shown in FIG. 3 (al), the printed board supply/discharge device includes a magazine 1 with open front and rear surfaces, a cylinder 7 and a screw 1-8 facing the edge of the printed board 5 stored in the magazine 1. and a piston rod 9, and a bushing 11 having a structure in which a protruding rod 10 attached to the tip of the piston rod 9 is projected by air pressure applied to the piston 8, and a bushing 11 that is placed in a relative position via a magazine 1 to the bushing 11. It is composed of a conveyance path 12 arranged as shown in FIG.

The conveyance path 12 operates in the direction of arrow A-B, and has the function of conveying the printed board 5 protruded from the magazine 1 to a predetermined position, or from the predetermined position to the insertion position of the magazine 1. are doing.

The operation of the printed board supply device having such a configuration will be explained as follows.
The magazine 1 installed on the lifter 13 facing the conveyance path 12 is lowered (in the direction of arrow C) at each storage pitch of the printed board 5 by a lift a mechanism (not shown), and the pusher 11 is moved down at each storage pitch of the printed board 5 each time the magazine 1 is moved. As shown by the two-dot chain line in Fig. 3 (al), the protruding rod 10' is protruded into the magazine 2 to insert the printed board 5.
protrudes into the conveyance path 12.

The printed board 5 projected onto the first general transport path 12 is transported on the transport path 12 to a predetermined position.

Further, the printed board 5 that has been transported from a predetermined position to the installation position of the magazine 1 via the transport path 12 is inserted into the magazine 1 by a pusher 11' provided on the transport path 12.

This bushing 11' is rotatably supported by a rotary cylinder 14, and rotates as shown by the two-dot chain line in the transport path 12 only when the printed board 5 is inserted into the magazine 1 from the transport path 12. It's starting to stand out.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the above-mentioned printed board supply/discharge device, in order for the supply/distribution device to operate without any trouble, the printed boards must be stored in the magazine at the correct position.

However, the magazine is open in the front and back directions,
Because the front and back of the groove provided on the guide plate are open,
For example, there has been a problem in that the printed board may come off or protrude while the magazine containing the pudding Hffl is being conveyed from the printed board supply source to the printed board supply/discharge device.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention is intended to solve the problem 1.The present invention opens and closes the ends of the guide groove of the printed board provided in the magazine by rotating it, and only when pressed by a pressing member from the outside. A stopper is provided to open the guide groove.

That is, a stopper is provided at the end of the guide groove in which the magazine's printed board is stored, and at the printed board supplier, the stopper is opened and the printed board is inserted. When storage is completed, the stopper is closed and printing is performed while the magazine is moving. This prevents the plate from coming off or protruding from the magazine.

[Operation] With the above means, one roll of print will not come off or protrude from the magazine while the magazine is being transferred, and the feeding and discharging device can operate without any trouble in the printed board feeding and discharging device. It became so.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. Figure 1(a) is a front view of the magazine, and figure fb) is the same figure (a).
), and (C) is an enlarged view of the OE portion of the same figure (d+ is an enlarged view showing the case where the stopper rotates in (c) of the same figure).

In the figure, 1' is a magazine, 3' is a mounting plate, 15 is a stopper, 16.22 is a rotation fulcrum, 17 is a coil spring,
18 is a pin, 1 is a stopper pin, 20 is a button, 2
1 is a locking hook, and 22 is a rear seat/socket.

Identical parts are designated by the same reference numerals throughout the design.

As shown in FIGS. 1(al) and 1(b), the magazine 1' consists of two guide plates 2 facing each other, and holes provided at both ends of the guide plates 2 to secure the guide plates 2. The main components are the mounting plate 3' and the branch 4 which connects and fixes the temporary 3' together.

Guides '/ll2a for guiding and accommodating the printed board 5 are provided on the guide plate 2 at a predetermined pitch in the lateral direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the guide plate 2.

The guide plate 2 has both guide grooves 2a facing inward, and is fixed to the plate 3' in accordance with the width of the printed board 5 to be inserted.

As shown in FIG. 1A, stoppers 15 are rotatably engaged with the magazine 1' at the top and bottom of the front left side (below the "left side" 1 in the figure).

The stopper 15 is rotated around the guide (provided to cover the opposite guide a2a, not shown in the figure (C) and fd) in the direction #iit as shown in the same figure (al). It is designed to rotate in the direction of arrow FG.

The stopper 15 is constantly pulled in the direction of the force indicated by the arrow (■) by the coil spring 17 engaged with the pin 18, and the stopper 15 comes into contact with one stopper pin and stops.

Therefore, in such a state, the guide groove 2a is closed and it is impossible to insert or remove the printed board 5, and the stopper 15
When the guide groove 2a is rotated in the direction of arrow F, the guide groove 2a↓ is unblocked and exposed, and the printed board 5 can be inserted and removed freely.

Further, as shown in FIG. By rotating the stopper 15, the tip 21a locks the notch 15a of the stopper 15 which has been rotated in the direction of the arrow F.

Furthermore, an L-shaped rear stopper 23 is provided at the rear end of the guide groove 2a, as shown in FIG. 2(a), to close the guide groove 2a.

When inserting the printed circuit board 5 into the magazine 1' having such a structure, first rotate the stopper 15 by hand in the direction of arrow F, and then rotate the locking hook 21 in the direction of arrow 1, as shown in FIG. The notch 15a of the stopper 15 is locked by the tip 21a.

A desired printed board 5 is inserted and housed in the thus exposed guide groove 2a.

When all accommodation is completed, move the locking hook 21 in the direction of arrow J.
direction to remove the tip 21a from the notch 15a of the stopper 15. Then, the stopper 15 rotates in the direction of the arrow G due to the traction force of the coil spring 17 in the direction of the arrow I, comes into contact with the stopper pin 19 and stops, and also closes the guide ?'R2a.

In the above state, the printed board 5 in the magazine 1' will remain at the stopper even if an external force or inclination is applied to the magazine 1'.
5 prevents it from coming off or protruding from the magazine 1'.

When the magazine 1' containing the printed boards 5 is transported and installed in the printed board supply/discharge device, as shown in FIG. The button 20 protrudes in the direction of the arrow and presses the notch 1.5a of the stopper 15 to rotate the stopper 15 in the direction of the arrow F.

In this way, the guide groove 2a is unblocked, and the printed board 5 is moved to the button 11 for ejecting the printed board described in the prior art.
(1lI18, not shown), it is pushed from behind in the direction of arrow B and is ejected from the magazine 1'.

When the bushing 20 retreats in the direction of the arrow and leaves the stopper 15, the stopper 15 rotates in the direction of the arrow G and closes the guide groove 2a again.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, by applying the magazine of the present invention to testing and manufacturing systems, printed boards can be stored reliably, handled easily during transportation, and do not protrude or pull out from the magazine, thereby improving system operation. Now you can do it for sure.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 (a) is a front view of the magazine, Figure 1 (b) is a view from arrow D in the same figure (al), Figure 1 (C) is an enlarged view of section E in Figure 1 (b), (dl is an enlarged view of the same figure (C) showing the case where the stopper rotates, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of a conventional magazine, and Fig. 3 (
a) Side view showing the printed board supply/discharge device, Fig. 3(b)
is a plan view of the same figure (al). In the figure, ■, 1' is the magazine, 2 is the guide plate, 3.3' is the mounting plate, 4 is the support, 5 is the printed board, 11.11' 12
1 is a general feed path, 13 is a lifter, 15 is a stopper, 16.22 is a rotation fulcrum, 17 is a coil spring, 18 is a bin, 19 is a stopper bin, 20 is a button, 21 is a locking hook, and 23 is a rear stopper. . $1 Figure (C) Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] A printed board storage case in which guide plates each having guide grooves for holding side edges of a printed board are provided facing each other, and both side edges of the printed board are inserted into the opposing guide grooves to accommodate the printed board, wherein the guide A printed board storage case comprising a stopper provided at an end of the guide groove to open and close the end of the guide groove to prevent a printed board inserted into the guide groove from jumping out.