KR100562583B1 - Apparatus for moving panel - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a panel conveying apparatus, which transfers a test panel delivered to a test supply unit to a lighting inspection unit from a robot supplying a panel for pre-positioning and testing, and firmly secures the panel when transferring a test LCD panel. It is intended to clamp and simplify the clamping operation.

The panel conveying apparatus according to the present invention includes a frame (110) consisting of horizontal parts (111, 112) and vertical parts (113, 114), a carrier arm installed on the frame to support a test panel, and the carrier arm to be moved back and forth. A carrier comprising a moving means; A guide means for guiding the carrier to reciprocate between the panel supply part and the panel test part, wherein the carrier arm comprises a first carrier arm 300 respectively installed to face the horizontal portion of the frame of the frame; The second carrier arm 400 is installed so as to face each other in the vertical portion. In addition, a first subcarrier arm 500 which is movably installed at a corner of the frame to support the edge of the test panel, and a second subcarrier which is installed at both sides of the first carrier arm to support the test panel Carrier arm 600.

LCD Panel, LCD, Test, Carrier, Moving Plate, Ball Screw

Description

Panel Feeder {APPARATUS FOR MOVING PANEL}

1 is an exploded perspective view of a panel transport apparatus according to the prior art.

Figure 2 is a front view of the panel conveying apparatus according to the prior art.

Figure 3 is a side view of the panel conveying apparatus according to the prior art.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of a carrier applied to the panel conveying apparatus according to the prior art.

5 is a front view of the panel transport apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the main portion of the panel transfer apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 7 is an illustration of a guide rod fixing guide block applied to the panel conveying apparatus according to the present invention.

8 is a plan view of a second carrier arm applied to the panel transport apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 9 is another illustration of a first secondary carrier arm applied to the panel transport apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 10 is a plan view showing a second secondary carrier arm applied to the panel conveying apparatus according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: carrier, 110: frame

120,130: moving plate, 121: guide rod

122: movement guide block, 131,141: LM Guide

132,143,510: Air cylinder, 133: Guide mechanic

140: fixed block, 142: moving block

144: adjusting bolt, 200: guide rail

300,400: carrier arm, 500,600: secondary carrier arm

The present invention relates to a panel conveying apparatus, and more particularly, to a panel conveying apparatus which supports all parts of the test LCD panel regardless of the size so that the panel is not damaged when the LCD panel is conveyed.

In general, display panels such as liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, organic EL panels, and the like are manufactured through various manufacturing processes. In this case, each manufacturing process, for example, an assembling process such as soldering and a repair process of defective factors When a process such as a light is performed, a predetermined lighting state test process for testing a lighting state of a display panel is performed to ensure that only high quality products that maintain a lighting state of a predetermined level or more are always shipped.

Referring to the LCD panel test process, which is one of the display panels according to the related art, when an operator supplies a test LCD panel to a supply leveling with respect to the ground, the supply portion is inclined with respect to the ground (the operator tests the test section). The LCD panel is rotated inclined at the most accurate angle), the transfer unit moves the LCD panel supplied to the supply unit to the test unit, the test unit is electrically connected to the LCD panel and the test unit to transmit and receive electrical signals, The back light source of the LCD panel is turned on to emit the light to the outside through the LCD panel.In this process, the operator checks the overall color and defective pixel rate of the LCD panel by visually viewing the LCD panel through an electron microscope. The panel will judge the good or bad.

Hereinafter, the LCD panel test apparatus according to the prior art will be described.

The LCD panel test apparatus according to the related art includes a main body, a supply device for supplying an LCD panel, a test device for testing an LCD panel, and a transfer device for transferring the LCD panel supplied by the supply device to the test device. It is done by

The present invention relates to a transfer apparatus for transferring a panel from a supply apparatus to a test apparatus and a test apparatus from a supply apparatus among the components of the panel test apparatus.

The panel conveying apparatus according to the prior art, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, the carrier 10 for clamping and conveying the LCD panel P (shown in Figure 2) supplied to the supply unit (not shown) and this The carrier 10 includes a guide rail 20 for guiding the supply unit and the test unit (not shown) to reciprocate.

The carrier 10 may be provided to be movable without overlapping each other so as to shorten the overall test running time by reducing the waiting time of the LCD panel (P). That is, as shown in FIG. 2, while the first carrier 10A supplies the LCD panel P to the test unit, the second carrier 10B clamps the LCD panel P supplied to the supply unit to transfer the feed. After the test of the LCD panel P mounted on the first carrier 10 is completed, the first and second carriers 10A and 10B may be replaced with each other, thereby reducing the waiting time.

As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of carriers 10 are installed in a rectangular band-shaped frame 11 and are installed to be linearly movable in a direction where they are gathered or spread on both sides of the frame 11 up and down (based on the drawing). The first moving plate 12 and the second moving plate 13 and the second moving plate which are installed on one surface of the first moving plate 12 so as to be linearly movable in the direction where they are gathered or spread together. A carrier arm 14 fixed to 13 and clamping the LCD panel (shown in two in the drawing) and conveying means for conveying the first and second moving plates 12, 13; Is done.

The first moving plate conveying means is provided with a guide long hole 21 in a portion thereof and is disposed to be inclined to the frame 11, and one end of the link 20 and the link (20) rotatably fixed to the first moving plate 12 ( Including a fastener 22 which is fastened to the frame 11 while sliding and rotatably penetrating the guide hole 21 of the 20, the linear movement of the link 20 during the linear movement of the first moving plate 12 By moving, the first moving plate 12 can be moved.

The second moving plate conveying means is connected to the second moving plate 13 and comprises an air cylinder 30 for linearly moving the second moving plate 13 by air.

Here, the first moving plate conveying means is for moving the carrier arm 14 in large quantities through the first moving plate 12, and the second moving plate conveying means is for the first moving plate 12 which is moved in large quantities. To move the second moving plate 13 finely.

In the drawings, reference numerals 15 and 16 are L guides for guiding linear reciprocating movements of the first and second moving plates 12 and 13, respectively.

The operation of the panel transport apparatus according to the prior art configured as described above is as follows.

Fasteners in which the link 20 rotates and slides in the guide slot 21 when the first moving plate 12 is manually / automatically moved while the carrier 10 is aligned with the LCD panel supplied to the panel supply unit. Position displacement of the link 20 is generated through the 22 to move the first moving plate 12 linearly with the second moving plate 13. After moving the carrier arm 14 in such a manner as described above, the air cylinder 30 is operated so that the carrier arm 14 can firmly clamp the LCD panel. The guide arm 16 moves finely and linearly so that the carrier arm 14 clamps the LCD panel.

When the LCD panel is clamped, the carrier 10 is moved to the panel test unit, and another carrier located at the panel test unit is moved to the panel supply unit.

However, the panel conveying apparatus according to the prior art has the following problems.

Since the carrier arm 14 supports only two of the four sides of the test panel P so that the support force for the panel P is weak, the portion not supported by the carrier arm 14 when the panel P is transferred. If the size of the test panel P is large, the end of the two sides supported by the carrier arm 14 cannot be supported, and thus the panel P is damaged more severely. There is a disadvantage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a panel transport apparatus capable of firmly supporting all parts of an LCD panel for testing.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a panel conveying apparatus, comprising: a frame consisting of a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, a carrier arm installed on the frame to support a test panel, and moving means for moving the carrier arm back and forth. A carrier consisting of; And guide means for guiding the carrier to reciprocate between the panel supply part and the panel test part, wherein the carrier arm includes a first carrier arm and the vertical part respectively installed to face each other in a horizontal part of the frame of the frame. It characterized in that the second carrier arm is installed so as to face each other.

A first auxiliary carrier arm movably installed at an edge of the frame to support the edge of the test panel, and a second auxiliary carrier arm installed at both sides of the first carrier arm to support the test panel. This may be further included.

The features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims are defined in the technical spirit of the present invention on the basis of the principle that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of the term in order to explain his invention in the best way. It must be interpreted to mean meanings and concepts.

As shown in FIG. 5, the panel transport apparatus according to the present invention includes a guide rail for guiding the carrier 100 and the carrier 100 to reciprocate between a panel supply part (not shown) and a panel test part (not shown). It consists of 200 to convey the test panel (P).

Only one carrier 100 may be installed on the guide rail 200, or two may be installed to linearly reciprocate the guide rail 200 to shorten the test time as in the prior art.

The carrier 100 includes a frame 110 including upper and lower horizontal portions 111 and 112 and left and right vertical portions 113 and 114 based on drawings, and four sides of the frame 110, that is, upper and lower horizontal portions 111 and 112. The first and second carrier arms 300 and 400 are installed at the left and right vertical portions 113 and 114 to support four sides of the test panel P, respectively.

The first and second carrier arms 300 and 400 are formed of two sets 310, 320, 410, and 420, respectively, and the center portions of the upper and lower horizontal portions 111 and 112 and the left and right vertical portions 113 and 114 of the frame 110 are formed as a pair. It consists of a pair installed to face each other to support the four sides of the test panel (P).

On the other hand, since the size of the test panel P is not one, but various, the first and second carrier arms 300 and 400 may frame the test panel P of all sizes so that the frame 110 may be clamped. It is installed to be movable to.

The installation structure of the first carrier arm 300 is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the first carrier arm 300 is installed to be movable in a large amount through the first moving plate 120 and is installed to be finely movable through the second moving plate 130. do. For example, the guide rods 121 are respectively provided on opposite sides of the left and right vertical portions 113 and 114 of the frame 110, and both ends of the first moving plate 120 are straight with the guide rods 121. The movable guide block 122 (refer to FIG. 6) is installed to be movable, and the first moving plate 120 is installed to be moved back and forth along the guide rod 121, and the first moving plate 120 is installed. The upper surface of the second moving plate 130 is installed to be moved back and forth through the guide means such as the LM guide 131, the first carrier arm 300 is fixed to the upper surface of the second moving plate (130). After moving the first carrier arm 300 to approach the panel P, the first moving plate 120 may maintain a fixed state through the fixing guide block 123. As shown in FIG. 7, the fixed guide block 123 is fixed to the movement guide block 122 (shown in FIG. 6) while one side is opened, and can be freely moved along the guide rod 121. The bolt 124 is fastened to be in close contact with the guide rod 121 so that the fixed state of the first moving plate 120 is maintained. The fixed guide block 123 has been described as being a single piece with the moving guide block 122, but the moving guide block 122 and the fixed guide block 123 may be made of one.

The second moving plate 130 may be manually moved or may be automatically moved through the air cylinder 132 (see FIG. 6).

The installation structure of the second carrier arm 400 is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 8, the fixed blocks 140 are fixedly installed at the inner facing portions of the left and right vertical portions 113 and 114, and the moving blocks 142 are fixed to the fixed blocks 140 through the LM guide 141. ) Is installed to be movable back and forth, and the second carrier arm 400 is installed on the moving block 142.

The moving block 142 may be moved manually and may be automatically moved through the air cylinder 143.

In a state in which the moving block 142 is moved back and forth, the second carrier arm 400 may be installed in the moving block 142 so as to be movable back and forth. As shown in FIG. 8, the second carrier arm 400 is made of a moving block 142 and a single piece, and a long hole 430 is formed on an upper surface thereof, and a bolt hole communicating with the long hole 430 is provided on the moving block 142. Is provided, the position adjustment bolt 144 is fastened to the long hole 430 and the bolt hole. The moving block 142 is provided with a guide groove for the forward and backward movement of the second carrier arm 400. That is, after the second carrier arm 400 is moved in a large amount and adjusted to the positioning bolt 144 in a state of being close to the panel P, the second carrier arm 400 is finely adjusted through the air cylinder 143. You can move it.

As described above, the first and second carrier arms 300 and 400 are formed in a pair of two arranged at regular intervals to adsorb / support the four center portions of the test panel P. Such a support structure can sufficiently support the panel P, but the edges of the panel P at a distance from the first and second carrier arms 300 and 400 may sag because they are not directly supported. In particular, When the size of the panel P is large, the deflection is extreme, so according to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the first auxiliary carrier arm 500 supporting the edge of the panel P is shown. This can be installed further.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the first auxiliary carrier arms 500 may be disposed at both end portions of the first moving plate 120 to support the corner portions of the panel P by vacuum suction. The first auxiliary carrier arm 500 is an option that can be used when necessary, and is installed to be linearly movable through the air cylinder 510, or the rear end thereof is rotatable to the first moving plate 120 as shown in FIG. It can be installed and moved to the panel P side if necessary.

5 and 10, a second subcarrier arm 600 supporting the panel P together with the first subcarrier arm 500 may be further provided. The second auxiliary carrier arm 600 is installed to be linearly movable between both ends of the second moving plate 130, that is, between the first carrier arm 300 and the first auxiliary carrier arm 500. To this end, a guide means such as a guide long hole 133 is formed in the second moving plate 130, and the second auxiliary carrier arm 600 is installed to be movable in the guide long hole 133 while being bolted (not shown). Through the guide hole 133 can be fixed at any position.

The operation of the panel transport apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be described.

When the test LCD panel P is supplied to the panel supply unit, the carrier 100 clamps the LCD panel P through the following process in order to transfer the LCD panel P to the panel test unit.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the state in which the LCD panel P is fixed to the panel supply part (not shown), the first and second carrier arms 300 and 400 move forward to clamp the LCD panel P, respectively. do. When the operation of each of the carrier arms 300 and 400 is divided and described, the first moving plate 120 is moved forward along the guide rod 121 for the movement of the first carrier arm 300. As such, when the first moving plate 120 is moved in a large amount to bring the first carrier arm 300 closer to the panel P, and the air cylinder 132 is driven as shown in FIG. 6 in this state, The panel P is clamped by the first carrier arm 300 because the two moving plates 130 are moved finely under the guidance of the LM guide 131.

The operation of the second carrier arm 400 is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 8, the second carrier arm 400 is moved forward to approach the panel P, and then adjusted by the position adjusting bolt 144. Then, the air cylinder 143 is driven to move the moving block ( The panel P is clamped by the second carrier arm 400 by finely moving 142.

As described above, the carrier 100 moves along the guide rail 200 while the panel P is clamped to the carrier 100 by the first and second carrier arms 300 and 400. P) is transferred.

On the other hand, when the first and second carrier arms 300 and 400 alone cannot firmly support all parts of the panel P due to the size of the panel P, the first and second auxiliary carrier arms 500 Use 600.

The first auxiliary carrier arm 500 is linearly moved to the panel P side through the air cylinder 510 or rotated through the motor so that the first auxiliary carrier arm 500 corresponds to the corner portion of the panel P. The first auxiliary carrier arm 500 sucks the panel P in a vacuum.

In addition, after the second subcarrier arm 600 is moved to an arbitrary position of the guide slot 133, the bolts are fastened to support the panel P by the second subcarrier arm 600.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the carrier arms 300 and 400 support four sides of the test panel P so that the panel can be supported more firmly than when the panels are supported on two sides as in the related art.

In addition, the panel P is not shaken when the panel is transferred, even if the size of the panel P is large by supporting the corners and the corners and the center portion together with the four sides of the panel P.

Although the LCD panel P has been described so far as an example, the panel conveying apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the conveying apparatus for an LCD panel, and all display panels such as an organic EL panel can be conveyed.

As described above, according to the panel conveying apparatus according to the present invention, since the clamping of the LCD panel for testing is firm, the LCD panel is not shaken during the conveying of the LCD panel, thereby preventing damage to the panel, and reliability as a panel conveying apparatus. Can improve.

While the invention has been described and illustrated in connection with a preferred embodiment for illustrating the principles of the invention, the invention is not limited to the configuration and operation as such is shown and described. Rather, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many changes and modifications to the present invention are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, all such suitable changes and modifications and equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

Frame 110 consisting of horizontal parts 111 and 112 and vertical parts 113 and 114, a first carrier arm 300 respectively installed to face each other in the horizontal part of the frame and a second part respectively installed to face each other in the vertical part. A carrier comprising a carrier arm 400 for supporting a test panel and a moving means for moving the carrier arm forward and backward; And, In the panel transport apparatus comprising a guide means for guiding the carrier to reciprocate between the panel supply and the panel test unit It further comprises a first auxiliary carrier arm 500 which is installed in the corner portion of the frame to be linearly moved or rotatable and moved to the support position of the test panel as needed to support the corner of the test panel. Panel feeder characterized in that. According to claim 1, The first carrier arm moving means, the guide rods 121 which are respectively installed in the longitudinal direction in the front and rear on both sides of the frame, the first side is installed so that both sides can be linearly moved back and forth along the guide rods It includes a moving plate 120, the second moving plate 130 is installed to be movable back and forth on the first moving plate and the first carrier arm is fixed and the driving means for moving the second moving plate. Panel feeder characterized in that. The moving block of claim 1, wherein the second carrier arm moving unit is fixed to the vertical portion of the frame, the fixed block 140, and the movable block coupled to the fixed block so as to be movable back and forth and the second carrier arm is installed. And a driving means for moving the moving block. According to claim 3, The moving block is formed with a plurality of bolt holes at a predetermined interval, the panel carrier device, characterized in that the second carrier arm is fastened to the bolt hole by the position adjustment bolt to adjust the front and rear. 4. A panel conveying apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the driving means is an air cylinder. delete The panel transport apparatus of claim 1, further comprising second auxiliary carrier arms (600) installed on both sides of the first carrier arm to support the test panel.

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