KR101135197B1 - plating basket - Google Patents

Abstract

A plating basket apparatus for use in plating a substrate for manufacturing a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed.

Such a plating basket apparatus, a fixing portion consisting of a basket main body, a plurality of mounting holes arranged to hold while holding the edge of the thin film-like plated body on the basket body, and the holding holes of the fixing portion elastically It includes an elastic fixing means that is formed by sliding to pull the edge of the thin film-like plated body to the outside.

PCB, plating work, securing safety, improving flatness

Description

Plating basket device {plating basket}

The present invention relates to a plating basket apparatus used for plating a substrate for manufacturing a printed circuit board (PCB).

In general, the plating of the PCB (Printed Circuit Board) manufacturing substrate (hereinafter referred to as "thin plated body") is mainly performed by electrolytic plating (electroplating) or electroless plating (chemical plating).

In particular, the electroless plating operation proceeds in a state where the thin film-like plated bodies are immersed in the plating solution, and a plating basket device is widely known as an apparatus for dipping in the plating solution while passing a plurality of thin film-shaped plated bodies.

The plating apparatus for the plating is a structure that can hold several sheets while holding a small interval of the thin film-like plated body in the upright state.

According to the structure of the plating basket device as described above, it is important to mount each thin plate-like plated body in a flat state so as to prevent contact between several sheets of thin plate-like plated bodies.

However, the above-described plating basket devices, it is difficult to suppress the contact between the mounted thin film-like plated body.

That is, since the edges of the thin film-shaped plated bodies are simply fitted to each other, the surface of the thin-film plated bodies may be easily bent to one side while being bent to one side.

In addition, most electroless plating operations are performed in a manner in which a basket device is immersed in the plating bath to shake left and right or transmit vibrations so that the plating layer can be coated smoothly, so that the contact between the thin film-like plated bodies becomes more frequent. May occur.

In particular, in recent years, since PCB substrates are gradually manufactured in ultra-thin films, satisfactory workability and plating quality can be obtained only when the contact between the ultra-thin plated bodies, which easily undergo surface deformation during plating, can be suppressed.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems,

It is an object of the present invention, in particular, to provide a basket apparatus for plating that can be mounted on a plurality of thin film-like plated bodies in a flat unfolded state.

In order to achieve the object as described above,

Basket body;

A fixing part including a plurality of mounting holes arranged to hold the edge of the thin film-shaped plated body on the basket body;

Elastic fixing means configured to elastically slide the mounting holes of the fixing part to pull the edge of the thin film-like plated body to the outside;

It provides a plating apparatus for plating comprising a.

The present invention can be easily mounted in an unfolded state while holding the edge of the thin film-like plated body on the basket body as a fixing portion (curing hole).

In particular, the present invention is provided so that it can be mounted in a flat unfolded state when the thin film to be held by the fixing portion is always provided with an elastic fixing means, for example the whole of the thin film to be mounted on the basket body Alternatively, problems may arise during the plating operation as the surface is abnormally deformed (bending and sagging).

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiments of the present invention will be described by those skilled in the art to which the present invention is applicable.

Therefore, the embodiments of the present invention can be modified into various other forms, so that the claims of the present invention are not limited by the embodiments described below.

1 is a view schematically showing the overall structure of the plating apparatus for plating according to an embodiment of the present invention, 2 denotes a basket body.

The basket body (2) is formed so as to mount a plurality of sheets with a slight spacing in the state in which the thin film-like plated body (B) upright.

The basket body 2 may be formed, for example, in the form of a substantially rectangular frame by connecting a metal or synthetic resin bar by a conventional method (eg, bolting, welding).

In addition, the basket body 2 is mainly used for plating a thin film-like plated body (B) such as a printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing substrate, and a general mounting hole (a plurality of points) is formed at the edges of the PCB manufacturing substrate. B1) are formed.

A rinse (2a) may be attached to an upper portion of the basket body (2).

The rinsing 2a is, for example, made of a conventional structure in which the basket body 2 can be easily fixed by hooking to the hook side of a hoist in a plating workshop.

Plating basket apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes a fixing portion (4).

The fixing part 4 is composed of a plurality of mounting holes (P) and serves to hold the thin film-like plated body (B) on the basket body (2) in a mounted state.

The mounting holes (P) may be made in a conventional pin (pin) form to be fitted and coupled with the mounting holes (B1) formed in the thin film-like plated material (B).

2 and 3 are views for explaining the structure of the major components of the plating basket apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The plurality of mounting holes (P) are provided to be held in a standing state while being coupled to the mounting hole (B1) of the thin film-like plated body (B) on the side of the basket body (2).

That is, the mounting holes (P) are arranged to correspond to the mounting holes (B1) of the thin film-like plated body (B) when the reference to Figure 2 on one side of the basket body (2).

The plurality of mounting holes P are horizontally spaced apart from each other on the side of the basket body 2 based on FIG. 3.

According to the structure of the mounting holes (P), while holding the edge of the thin film-like plated body (B) by the coupling method, several sheets of thin film-like plated material (B) on one side of the basket body (2) is slightly It can be mounted with spaces apart and facing each other. That is, the thin film-shaped plated bodies B may be mounted in the unfolded state on the basket body 2 by the fitting coupling force of the mounting holes B1 respectively fitted to the mounting holes P side. .

In the above description, although the mounting holes P are disposed at four points of the edge of the basket body 2 in the description and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above structure.

For example, although not shown in the drawing, it may be provided on the basket body 2 so as to correspond to the position or number of the mounting holes B1 formed in the thin film-shaped plated body B.

On the other hand, the plating basket device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the elastic fixing means (6).

The elastic fixing means 6 is provided on the basket body 2 so that the thin film-like plated bodies B can be held flat.

In particular, the elastic fixing means 6 is configured to maintain the flatness while elastically pulling the edge of the thin film-like plated material (B) with the mounting holes (P).

Referring back to FIG. 1, the elastic fixing means 6 includes moving plates 8 for allowing the holders P to slide on the basket body 2 so that the slide movement is possible, and the moving plates 8. ) May be formed to include an elastic generating portion 10 for generating an elastic force to be elastically slide toward either direction.

One end of the mounting holes (P) is fitted to one surface of the movable plate (8) is projected and fixed in a standing state.

In addition, grooves 8a corresponding to the mounting holes P may be formed on the other surfaces of the movable plates 8.

The movable plates 8 may be fixed in a state in which a slide movement is possible from the edge side of the basket body 2 toward the center portion.

For example, the movable plates 8 include a guide hole G1, and the guide hole G1 is inserted into a guide bar G2 installed at four points on one side of the basket body 2. It may be provided as.

According to this structure, the movable plate 8 in the front and rear directions along the extension section of the guide hole (G1) in the state fitted to the guide bar (G2) side on one side of the basket body (2). The cradles (P) can slide while moving.

What is necessary is just to form the part of the outer surface of the said guide bar G2 corresponding to the both sides of the width direction of the said guide hole G1 flat.

Then, when the slide plate in the state in which the moving plate 8 is inserted into the guide bar (G2) in the front and rear directions, the posture is changed to an abnormal state can be held by the surface contact force.

Then, the tightening lever (G3) may be provided on the guide bar (G2) side. The tightening lever G3 can be installed, for example, by screwing with the protruding end of the guide bar G2.

Then, by simply pressing the one surface of the movable plate 8 by the contact force by the forward and reverse rotation of the tightening lever (G3) to easily fix the movement and at the side of the guide bar (G2) the movable plate (8) ) Can be prevented from leaving.

The elastic generator 10 is configured such that the movable plates 8 can slide in either direction by the elastic repulsive force within the slide section.

The elastic generator 10 is composed of elastic members (S), it may be formed to generate an elastic repulsive force during the slide movement of the movable plate (8).

For example, the elastic member (S) may use a conventional leaf spring (or coil spring), one end is fixed to both sides of the movable plate 8 as shown in Figure 2 and the other end is the movable plate ( 8) It can be set to be elastically inward.

In addition, contact bars S1 are installed at both sides of the basket body 2 so as to be in contact with inner surfaces of end portions (free ends) of the elastic members S at both sides of the plurality of guide bars G2.

4 to 6 are views for explaining the operation of the elastic fixing means (6).

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when the movable plate 8 is pushed toward the center of the basket body 2, the free end of the elastic member S is contacted with the contact bar S1 to open and retract outward. Elastic resilience in the direction.

Therefore, if the external force is removed while the moving plate 8 is moved to one side, as shown in FIG. 5, the free end of the elastic member S is lifted in contact with the contact bar S1 and the movement is performed. The plate 8 can slide automatically in the opposite direction.

When the movable plates 8 are positioned in the state of being automatically slid toward the outside of the edge of the basket body 2, for example, a plurality of thin film-like plated bodies B on the side of the basket body 2. Passage can be easily secured when mounting them sequentially.

According to the action of the elastic fixing means 6, when the thin film-like plated body (B) is mounted on the basket main body 2 side, the moving plate toward the center of the basket main body 2 as shown in FIG. (8) can be easily fitted to the mounting holes (P) to the mounting hole (B1) side of the thin film to be plated (B).

Then, while holding the edge of the thin film to be plated (B) with the mounting holes (P) can be mounted in a state standing on one side of the basket body (2).

At this time, the movable plates 8 are operated to slide automatically toward the outer side of the basket body 2 in the opposite direction by the elastic repulsive force of the elastic members S, as shown in FIG.

Therefore, when the movable plate 8 is slid by the elastic repulsive force, as shown in FIG. 6, the flat plated state can be maintained at all times by pulling the edges of the thin film-like plated bodies B. FIG.

As such, according to the method of mounting the thin film-like plated body (B) in a flat unfolded state, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of thin film-shaped plated bodies (B) are placed on one side of the basket body 2 at a slight interval. When the substrate is placed in a state, it is possible to prevent a phenomenon in which some surfaces are in contact with each other between the thin film-forms to be plated (B).

Therefore, the plating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can be easily mounted on the side of the basket body 2 while holding the edges of the thin-film plated bodies B with the fixing portion 4. .

In particular, the present invention is provided with the elastic fixing means 6 can significantly increase the flatness of the thin film-like plated body (B) mounted on the basket body 2 side, for example, the basket body ( 2) It is possible to secure the mounting safety that can improve the problems that may occur while contacting each other between the thin film-like plated body (B) mounted on the side.

In the above description, the elastic member S, such as a leaf spring, is attached to the movable plate 8 to form the elastic generating unit 10. In the description and drawings, the present invention is limited to the above structure. It doesn't happen.

For example, although not shown in the drawings, both sides of the movable plate 8 may be formed in a plate spring form to be integrally formed, or may be embodied in various forms satisfying the object of the present invention.

1 is a view schematically showing the overall structure of a plating apparatus for plating according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3 are views for explaining the structure of the major components of the plating basket apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 to 6 are views for explaining the action of the elastic high water purification stage of the plating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawing]

2: basket body 4: fixing part 6: elastic fixing means

8: moving plate 10: elastic portion

Claims (9)

Basket body 2; A plurality of mounting holes (P) formed to hold the thin film-like plated body (B) in a mounted state while being fitted with the mounting holes (B1) of the thin film-like plated body (B) on the basket body (2) Fixing portion 4 consisting of; The mounting holes (P) of the fixing portion (4) is resilient to the mounting holes (P) to enable the operation to pull outward in the state fitted with the mounting holes (B1) of the thin film to be plated (B) Elastic fixing means (6) formed to be slidable; Including; The elastic fixing means 6, Moving plates (8) for fixing the mounting holes (P) to the basket body (2) to enable the slide movement; An elastic generator 10 generating elastic force to elastically slide the movable plates 8 to enable the pulling operation of the mounting holes P; Plating basket device comprising a. The method according to claim 1, The fixing portion 4, Plating basket device, characterized in that the mounting holes (P) are arranged on the basket body (2) to hold the thin film to be plated (B) in an unfolded state. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The cradle (P), Plating basket device is arranged to mount a plurality of spaced apart the gap between the thin film-like plated material (B) on one side or the other side of the basket body (2). The method according to claim 1 or 2, The cradle (P), Plating basket device, characterized in that formed in the pin type capable of fitting coupling with the mounting holes (B1) formed on the thin film-like plated body (B) side. delete The method according to claim 1, The movable plates 8, Plating basket device, characterized in that set to be slid in the front and rear direction toward the center of the basket body (2). The method according to claim 1, The movable plates 8, Plating basket device having a guide hole (G1) and is slidably fixed to the guide hole (G1) is inserted into the guide bar (G2) side installed on the basket body (2). The method according to claim 1, The elastic generator 10, Plating basket device, characterized in that the movable plate (8) is set to be able to automatically slide toward the other direction by the elastic repulsive force to generate an elastic repulsive force when sliding toward one side. The method according to claim 1, The elastic generator 10, Composed of elastic members (S), The elastic member (S) is a basket device for plating, characterized in that using any one of the leaf spring or coil spring.

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