KR101583674B1 - Tape feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a tape feeder. Wherein the tape feeder is provided with a catching space part and an exposure hole for exposing the catching space part along the one axis, And an engaging member which is disposed in the engaging space to elastically flow along a path orthogonal to the one axis and in which a lower end of the tape guide member, which is exposed to the exposure hole and seats in the exposure hole, is formed. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to easily attach and detach a tape guide member used for supporting the lower end of the tape in correspondence with various widths of the tape for supplying an electronic part to the tape moving path, Can be mounted on the feeder and stored.

Description

Tape feeder {TAPE FEEDER}

The present invention relates to a tape feeder, and more particularly, to a tape feeder that easily removes a tape guide member used for supporting a lower end of a tape corresponding to various widths of an electronic component supply tape, The present invention relates to a tape feeder which can be mounted on a feeder without using a means such as a separate fixing bolt.

Typically, a component mounting apparatus such as a chip mounter is equipped with a tape feeder for supplying various electronic components required in a substrate.

The tape feeder is equipped with a tape reel in which a tape for supplying electronic components, in which electronic parts having a certain standard are stored, is wound up in a predetermined number of turns.

The tape reel is a typical supply mode of electronic parts, and has a space for mounting a part made of paper or plastic material on the lower end, and a vinyl for preventing the parts from being separated from the upper part.

A tape feeder is used to supply the tape reel as described above to the chip mounter and a tape guide disposed at a position where the nozzle of the chip mounter is mounted serves as a guide for transporting the tape to the correct position of the component feed .

Normally, the standard of tape reel uses the standard of tape specified in JIS C 0806, and the type of reel is 8mm, 12mm, 16mm, 24mm, 32mm, 44mm, 56mm, 72mm, 88mm depending on the tape width have.

In recent years, tape feeders have been developed to enable tapes of various sizes to be used in a single tape feeder. That is, a feeder is designed to cope with various kinds of electronic parts having various sizes quickly, and to cope with one or more kinds of component supply tapes in order to enhance user's convenience. This is because the user has difficulty in using a dedicated tape feeder for each tape of each standard.

In order to use a tape having two kinds of widths or more on a tape feeder, a separate lower supporting member is used for a tape having a small width on the basis of the tape having the largest width. This lower support member has the purpose of restricting up-and-down movement of the tape when the tape is transported by a constant pitch, and supplying the stable parts.

Conventionally, when the lower support member is attached to or detached from the tape feeder, it is attached to the tape feeder using a fixture such as a bolt. That is, this is to prevent the lower support member from being fixed at the correct position so that it can not be shaken. If the tape reel is shaken, it is difficult to stably supply the parts of the tape reel.

Therefore, the worker has to use a driver or the like to advance the lower support member from the tape feeder. When the bolts or the like are lost during the above operation, it is difficult to proceed with the attachment and detachment of the lower support member.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a tape guiding member used for supporting a lower end of a tape correspondingly to various widths of an electronic component supplying tape, And to provide a tape feeder which can be mounted on a feeder without using a fixing bolt or the like when the tape feeder is not in use.

The present invention provides a tape feeder.

Wherein the tape feeder is provided with a catching space part and an exposure hole for exposing the catching space part along the one axis, And an engaging member which is disposed in the engaging space to elastically flow along a path orthogonal to the one axis and in which a lower end of the tape guide member, which is exposed to the exposure hole and seats in the exposure hole, is formed.

The engaging member may include a body of the engaging member, a pair of moving shafts protruding from the both sides of the body of the engaging member along the path of the elastic flow, And a spring stopper protruding from a bottom of the stopper and an elastic spring fitted to the end of the spring stopper.

The engaging space includes a pair of guide holes for guiding movement of the pair of moving shafts, a partition defining a space between the engaging portion and the spring-fitted end, And a spring mounting groove formed on the bottom of the partition wall so as to be elastically supported on the inner sidewall.

Preferably, the engaging step and the lower end edge of the tape guide member are formed with inclined surfaces that are in close contact with each other.

In addition, the feeder frame may further include a pushing hole for exposing an outer surface of the latching member body to the outside.

Here, the outer periphery of the latching member body is preferably held in close contact with the inner wall of the latching space corresponding to the peripheral region of the pressing hole.

The feeder frame may further include a tape guide member storage portion on which the tape guide member is selectively mounted.

Wherein the tape guide member storage portion includes a moving groove portion formed at a predetermined position of the feeder frame and provided with a fixed disk, and a guide portion disposed in the moving groove portion so as to be movable along the moving path of the moving groove portion, And a tension spring for elastically supporting one side of the fixing member and an upper end of the inner side of the moving groove, wherein the holding member has a moving hole having a predetermined length along the moving path, desirable.

Preferably, the tape guide member is formed with a long hole-shaped latching hole into which the latching plate is inserted.

In addition, a support end for supporting the inner peripheral surface of the outer periphery of the engaging disk may be further formed on one side of the inner periphery of the engaging hole so that the engaging disk does not protrude to the outside.

A tape guide member used to support a lower end of a tape corresponding to various widths of an electronic component supplying tape is easily attached to a tape moving path and, when not used, a separate fixing bolt So that it can be mounted on the feeder and stored.

Hereinafter, a tape feeder according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a partial perspective view showing a tape feeder of the present invention. FIGS. 2A and 2B are perspective views illustrating a process of installing the tape guide member of FIG. 1 on a tape moving path. 3A to 3D are perspective views showing a process of storing the tape guide member of FIG. 1 in a feeder frame.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2A, the tape feeder of the present invention includes a catching space 110 and an exposure hole 111 for exposing the catching space 110, The feeder frame 100 is disposed in the catching space part 110 so as to flow along the path along the Z axis which is orthogonal to the one axis and is exposed to the exposure hole 111, And a latching member 200 on which a latching end 231 for latching the lower end of the tape guide member 300 which is seated on the latching member 111 is formed.

At the upper end of the feeder frame 100, a space formed by a pair of side walls 101 is formed, and the exposure hole 111 is located at the bottom of the space. The space formed by the pair of side walls 101 forms a path of a predetermined length, and the path is a tape moving path (a) in which an electronic component supplying tape (not shown) is substantially moved. The tape moving path (a) follows the X axis.

Here, the width of the tape moving path (a) may be limited in advance by the width between the pair of side walls 101. Therefore, a tape having a width that can be included in the predefined width can be moved and positioned in the tape movement path (a). Therefore, the width of the tape positioned on the tape moving path (a) may vary.

Among these, a tape formed so as to have a width smaller than the width of the tape moving path (a) may be required to have a separate supporting member for supporting the lower end of the tape. Here, the support member is the tape guide member 300. Therefore, it is preferable that the tape guide member 300 is mounted on the tape moving path a so as to be positioned below the tape.

In this case, in the present invention, the tape guide member 300 may be fixedly coupled to the engaging member 200 provided on the feeder frame 100. [

Its configuration will be described in detail.

The feeder frame 100 is formed with a latching space portion 110 in which the latching member 200 is installed. The catching space part 110 may be exposed through the side of the feeder frame 100. A pushing hole 120 for inducing the exposure is formed on the side of the feeder frame 100. An exposure hole 111 is formed in the engaging space 110 to expose the tape moving path a.

Here, the engaging member 200 elastically flows along the z-axis in the elastic flow path c formed in the inner side of the engaging space portion 110, As shown in FIG.

The configuration of the latching member 200 will be described.

The engaging member 200 includes a plate-like engaging member body 210, a pair of moving shafts 220 protruding from the both sides of one side of the engaging member body 210 by a predetermined length, And a locking member 230 protruding from one side of the locking member body 210 and positioned at a bottom of the locking member 230 and extending from one side of the locking member body 210 And an elastic spring 250 having a predetermined length to which one end is inserted into the spring-receiving end 240. The spring-

The moving axes 220 may have a cylindrical shape and an end 231 of the engaging portion 230 may be bent at the end of the engaging portion 230 to bend toward the engaging member body 210. The latching end 231 is a portion which is substantially in contact with the lower end of the tape guide member 300.

Next, the structure of the engaging space portion 110 in which the engaging member 200 is positioned will be described.

A pair of guide holes 112 are formed in the catching space part 110 so that the moving axes 220 of the catching member 200 are inserted to guide the slide, And a spring mounting groove 114 in which the other end of the elastic spring 250 is elastically supported is formed on the side wall. In addition, the spring mounting groove 114 and the latch 230 may be partitioned by the partition 113 formed in the latching space 110.

A pressing hole 120 may be formed at one side of the feeder frame 100 to expose a portion of the other side of the engaging member body 210 to the outside. Here, the outer circumference of the other side of the latching member body 210 may be extended over the inner side wall of the latching space 110 around the pushing hole 120. Here, the pushing hole 120 exposes a part of the other side of the latching member body 210 to the outside, and a predetermined object capable of exerting an external pressure to the latching member body 210, for example, It is possible to provide a space for introducing it.

The bottom edge of the tape guide member 300 and the engaging end 231 of the engaging part 230 may be tightly coupled with each other in a state of forming inclined surfaces S1 and S1 which can come into contact with each other.

The feeder frame 100 may further include a tape guide member storage unit 400 to which the tape guide member 300 is selectively mounted.

The tape guide member storage unit 400 includes a moving groove 410 formed at a predetermined position of the feeder frame 100 and having a fixed disk 411 mounted thereon and a moving path b of the moving groove 410 A moving hole 422 is formed in the moving groove 410 so as to be movable along the moving groove 421 and the fixed disk 411 is fitted and has a predetermined length along the moving path b, And a tension spring 430 elastically supporting one side of the fixing member 420 and the inner upper end of the moving groove 410. The fixing member 420 includes a fixing member 420,

Here, the tape guide member 300 may be formed with an elongated hole 310 through which the engaging disk 421 is inserted.

A support end 311 may be formed on one side of the inner circumference of the engagement hole 310 to support the inner circumference of the engagement circular plate 421 so that the engagement circular plate 421 does not protrude outward.

Next, the operation of the tape feeder of the present invention constructed as described above will be described.

1, a tape guide member 300 according to the present invention for supporting the bottom of a tape having a constant width and guiding the movement of the tape is formed at the upper end of the feeder frame 100 and includes a pair of side walls 101 (A) which is formed between the tape transport path (a).

2A and 2B, the other side surface of the engaging member body 210 of the engaging member 200 may be exposed to the outside through a pressing hole 120 formed at one side of the feeder frame 100. [ At this time, the user presses the engaging member body 210 exposed through the pressing hole 120 using a finger or the like. Here, the pressed direction is along the elastic flow direction (c), but along the direction in which the elastic spring 250 is compressed. Accordingly, the engaging portion 200 flows along the direction in which the elastic spring 250 is compressed in the engaging space portion 110. The movement axes 220 of the engaging member 200 are guided in a state of being inserted in the guide holes 112 formed in the engaging space portion 110 and the engaging portions 231 Is guided along the elastic flow direction c while being exposed to the exposure hole 111 and the spring support end 240 functions to compress the elastic spring 250 while moving along the direction . At this time, the latching part 230 and the spring installation groove 114 are partitioned by the partition 113.

Referring to FIG. 2B, the width of the holes of the exposure hole 111 may be increased to a certain extent while the retaining end 231 of the retaining part 230 moves along the elastic flow direction c as described above. Therefore, the widened width can provide a space through which the lower end of the tape guide member 300, which is waiting at the upper portion of the exposure hole 111, enters.

Referring to FIG. 2C, the tape guide member 300 may be introduced into the latching part 230 exposed on the tape exposure path 111 on the tape moving path (a). At this time, the lower end of the tape guide member 300 and the engaging end 231 of the engaging part 230 are spaced apart from each other. The elastic spring 250, which is located in the spring mounting groove 114, So that the returning elastic force of the elastic member can be obtained.

2C and 2D, when an external force applied to the latching member body 210 is removed through the pressing hole 120, that is, when a user applies an external force to the pressing hole 120, The external force exerted on the retaining member 200 is immediately lost and the retaining member 200 is returned to the original position by the elastic return force of the elastic spring 250 and can be locked .

 The lower end of the tape guide member 300 and the engaging end 231 of the engaging part 230 are brought into close contact with each other and are brought into close contact with each other at the lower edge of the tape guide member 300, The engaging ends 231 can be brought into close contact with each other with inclined surfaces S1, S2 that can come into contact with each other.

Accordingly, the lower end of the tape guide member 300 can be positioned on the tape movement path a by being coupled with the engagement end 231 in the above-described manner.

In addition, the front end and the rear end of the tape guide member 300 may be held in close contact with a support block (not shown) formed at the front and rear of the pair of side walls.

Conversely, when the tape guide member 300 is detached from the tape moving path (a), the above process may be reversed.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the tape guide member 300 used as described above may be stored on one side of the feeder frame 100.

3A, the fixing member 420 disposed in the moving groove 410 formed at one side of the feeder frame 100 may be urged downward to move along the moving path b. At this time, the moving hole 422 of the fixing member 420 is fitted in the fixing plate 411 installed in the moving groove 410, so that the fixing plate 420 can be guided upward and downward by the fixing plate 411 . At this time, the latching plate 421 provided at the lower end of the fixing member 4200 is lowered from the original position. This position is a position where the latching disk 421 can be fitted into the latching hole 310 formed in the tape guide member 300. At this time, since the fixing member 420 is elastically connected to the inner upper end of the moving groove 410 through the tension spring 430, the tension spring 430 is pulled up to a predetermined length and returns to its original position, And has an elastic force.

3C, the tape guide member 300 may be positioned in the seating groove 130 formed at the bottom of the moving groove 410, and then, And the fixing pins 131 formed on both sides of the mounting groove 130 are inserted into the fixing holes 320 formed in the tape guide member 300, State.

3D, when the force applied to the fixing member 420 is removed, the fixing member 420 is returned to the original position in the moving groove 410 by the returning elastic force of the tension spring 430 Is returned. Therefore, the engaging disk 421 provided at the lower end of the fixing member 420 is upwardly moved upward while being fitted in the engaging hole 310 of the tape guide member 300. Here, the latching hole 310 has a shape of a long hole along the vertical direction.

At this time, the outer circumferential inner side surface of the latching disk 421 is held in close contact with the support end 311 formed on the inner circumference of the upper end of the latching hole 310. Therefore, the tape guide member 300 may not be released from the seating groove 130 to the outside.

In addition, since the fixing holes 320 of the tape guide member 300 are fitted and fixed to the fixing pins 131 formed in the mounting groove 130, the tape guide member 300 can move in both directions, May not be generated. Accordingly, the tape guide member 300 can be safely stored in the seating groove 130.

Conversely, when the tape guide member 300 is to be used, the tape guide member 300 can be detached from the seating groove 130 by reversing the above process.

Of course, although not shown in the drawing, the seating groove 130 according to the present invention can be covered through a cover hinged to the feeder frame 100 at one end.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. Of course.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims, as well as the appended claims.

1 is a partial perspective view showing a tape feeder of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A to 2D are perspective views illustrating a process of installing the tape guide member of FIG. 1 on a tape moving path.

3A to 3D are perspective views showing a process of storing the tape guide member of FIG. 1 in a feeder frame.

Description of the Related Art [0002]

100: Feeder frame

200:

210: engaging member body

220: Moving axis

230:

240: Spring-loaded stage

250: elastic spring

300: tape guide member

310: latching hole

320: Fixing hole

400: tape guide member storage part

410: moving groove

420: Fixing member

430: tension spring

Claims (6)

A feeder frame in which an engaging space is formed and an exposure hole is formed to expose the engaging space part along the one axis and the tape guide member is positioned above the exposure hole; And an engaging member disposed in the engaging space portion to elastically flow along a path orthogonal to the one axis and detachably attaching the tape guide member through the exposure hole according to the elastic flow; , ≪ / RTI & Wherein the tape guide member and the engaging member are detachably attachable to the upper surface of the elastic body located inside the exposure hole of the engaging space portion by the elastic force of the elastic body along the longitudinal direction of the elastic body, And a lower portion of the tape smaller than the width of the engaging space portion. The method according to claim 1, Wherein, A pair of moving shafts protruding from both sides of the engaging member body along the path of the elastic flow, and a pair of moving shafts formed on the engaging member body and protruding from the pair of moving shafts by a predetermined length And an elastic spring fitted to the spring-fitted end, the spring-inserted end protruding from the bottom of the locking part, [0027] A pair of guide holes for guiding movement of the pair of moving shafts, a partition for partitioning the space of the engaging portion and the spring-fitted end, and a spring for receiving the elastic spring so that the other end of the elastic spring is elastically supported on the inner wall And a spring mounting groove formed at a bottom of the partition wall. Claim 3 has been abandoned due to the setting registration fee. 3. The method of claim 2, And a slanting surface that is in close contact with the hooking end and the lower edge of the tape guide member is formed. Claim 4 has been abandoned due to the setting registration fee. 3. The method of claim 2, In the feeder frame, And a pressing hole for exposing an outer surface of the latching member body to the outside, Wherein an outer periphery of the latching member body is held in close contact with an inner wall of the latching space corresponding to a peripheral region of the pressing hole. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the feeder frame further comprises a tape guide member storage portion to which the tape guide member is selectively mounted, Wherein the tape guide member storage portion A movable groove formed at a predetermined position of the feeder frame and provided with a stationary disk; a movable plate disposed in the movable groove so as to be movable along the movement path of the movable groove, wherein the stationary plate is fitted, And a tension spring elastically supporting one side of the fixing member and an upper end of the inner side of the moving groove, wherein the fixing member has a holding hole formed at an end thereof, Wherein the tape guide member is formed with a long hole-shaped latching hole through which the latching plate is inserted. Claim 6 has been abandoned due to the setting registration fee. 6. The method of claim 5, And a support end for supporting the inner surface of the outer peripheral portion of the engaging disk so that the engaging disk does not protrude outward is formed at one side of the inner periphery of the engaging hole.

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