KR20140070385A - Apparatus for feeding led lens of lens supplying device - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a supplying apparatus of a LED lens which includes: a hopper part installed for insertion of a lens on the top of a main body of the apparatus; a lens alignment unit which is installed under the hopper part and aligns and transfers a dropped lens in a proper state (protruding surface faces upward); and a conveying unit which conveys the lens transferred from the lens alignment unit to a pickup location.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a lens-

The present invention relates to a lens feeding device for LED, and more particularly, to a lens feeding device for an LED for feeding an LED lens from a hopper and moving the lens up to a pickup position, To a transfer device.

In general, a light emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor light emitting device that emits light when a current flows, and is a PN junction diode made of GaAs or GaN optical semiconductor to convert electric energy into light energy.

1 and 2, a substrate 200 on which a circuit pattern is formed is provided, and LEDs 210 are arranged on the substrate 200 at a predetermined interval according to a circuit pattern A plurality of arrays are formed. Since the LED 210 emits light toward the front without diffusing the light, it is necessary to arrange many LEDs 210 on the substrate with a narrow interval. In this case, since the LED 210 is expensive, there is a disadvantage that the overall cost of the product is increased.

3 and 4, a diffusion lens 500 for diffusing the light emitted from the LED 210 is provided on the substrate 200, and the LED 210 is mounted on the substrate 200 at an appropriate interval, The LED 210 is mounted on the LED 210 so that light is diffused through the lens 500 even if the number of LEDs 210 is reduced. The same effect can be expected. In this case, even if the lens 500 is additionally used, since the price is generally lower than that of the expensive LED 210, the production cost can be greatly reduced.

5 and 6, a convex portion 530 (a portion for diffusing light emitted from the LED chip) is formed on the surface of the lens 500 On the back surface of the substrate 200, there are formed three adhesive protrusions 510 for mounting the lens 500 on the substrate 200 at regular intervals, and at the edge thereof, a mounting unit is provided at a position capable of picking up the lens 500 toward the substrate 200 A setting projection 520 is formed.

When the convex portion 530 of the lens 500 configured as described above is supplied to the yarn end side in a state of being positioned on the upper side, the mounting unit holds the positioning protrusion 520 formed at the edge of the lens 500, And the LED 210 may be mounted on the front surface of the LED 210 as shown in FIG. At this time, the lens 500 is attached and fixed to the LED 210 through the adhesive protrusion 510 while keeping a proper gap therebetween.

Since most of the lens 500 is manually supplied when the lens 500 is supplied to the body side, the number of working persons increases, resulting in a significant reduction in the working efficiency and a significant decrease in productivity.

On the other hand, conventionally, as disclosed in a material supply apparatus (Patent No. 10-0971119) for automatically aligning and supplying a material such as a chip from a hopper, a material is supplied from a hopper to a supply means, And the speed is controlled to be transmitted to the vibration.

However, according to the related art, there is no configuration that can properly align and feed the chip when the chip is turned over when the chip is dropped from the hopper. Therefore, when the material fed from the hopper is the lens 500 There is a problem that the conventional material supply device can not be used. That is, the bottom surface of the lens 500, on which the adhesive protrusions 510 are formed, is flat, and the upper surface, that is, the convex portion 530 is rounded, That is, the convex portion 530 should be supplied so that the convex portion 530 is positioned at the upper portion. If the convex portion 530 is positioned at the lower portion and turned upside down, it must be turned over again.

However, according to the conventional technique, when the chip is dropped from the hopper and supplied, the posture of the chip, that is, the attitude in the planar state is supplied in a non-uniform state. Therefore, when the material supplied from the hopper is the lens 500, The position of the lens 500 at the position of the lens 500 is not constant and the adhesive protrusion 510 of the picked up lens 500 can not be accurately aligned and mounted on the mounting position of the actual organs.

Further, even when the lens 500 in an upside-down state is directly fed to the pick-up position, there is a problem in that the mounting operation of the lens 500 to the mounting machine is defective.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an LED lens which can be mounted so that convex portions are positioned on the upper surface, and the positioning projections of the lower portion of the lens are aligned and aligned And an object of the present invention is to provide a lens feeding device of an improved LED lens feeding device.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lens feeding apparatus for an LED lens feeding apparatus,

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the lens feeding apparatus of the LED lens feeding apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to automatically align and feed the lens, so that workability can be improved and productivity can be improved.

Further, it is possible to automatically filter the lens of the bad posture to lower the defect rate, thereby improving the quality of the product, and improving the reliability.

Further, it is possible to position the lens transferred to the pickup position in the forward direction and the reverse direction to a position at which the pickup device can be picked up, so that the lens can be automatically moved to the pickup device. Therefore, it is not necessary to manually remove the lens that is transported in the reverse direction by the operator, and workability and productivity can be improved.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are views showing a state in which LEDs are mounted on a substrate. FIG.
3 and 4 are views for explaining a state in which a lens is mounted on an LED mounted on a substrate.
5 to 6B are diagrams showing the lens for LED.
FIG. 7A is a perspective view showing a lens feeding device for an LED to which a lens feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG.
7B is a front view showing the lens-feeding device for LED shown in FIG. 7A.
7C is a right side view showing the lens-feeding device for LED shown in Fig. 7A. Fig.
7D is a plan view showing the lens supply device for LED shown in FIG. 7A.
8A to 8D are views for explaining the hopper portion shown in FIG. 7A.
9A and 9B are views for explaining another example of the hopper portion.
10A and 10B are views for explaining another example of the hopper portion.
11A to 11E are views for explaining the lens posture aligning unit.
12A to 12E are views for explaining the first transfer unit.
13A to 13F are views for explaining the second conveying unit.
14A to 14C are views for explaining a pickup position determining unit.
15 is a view for explaining a state of picking up a lens in a pick-up position by a pick-up device.
16A to 16F are views for explaining another embodiment of the lens posture aligning unit.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a lens supply device for LEDs to which a lens transfer device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

7A to 7D, a lens feeding device for an LED to which a lens feeding device 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied includes a device body 10, a hopper portion 20 for feeding the lens 500, A lens posture aligning unit 30 which is provided at a lower portion of the hopper unit 20 and conveys the dropped lens 500 in a correct posture (a correct posture in which the convex surface is positioned upward) And a lens feeding device (40) for feeding the lens (500) transferred from the lens (30) to the pickup position.

The hopper portion 20 is installed in the frame of the apparatus main body 10 so as to be located at the upper portion of the lens posture aligning unit 30. [ 8A to 8D, the hopper unit 20 includes a hopper barrel 21 for feeding a lens, a lens supply belt (not shown) provided at a lower portion of the hopper barrel 21 to move the dropped lens A guide belt 24 for guiding the lens moved by the lens supply belt 22 to the lens posture aligning unit 30, a guide belt 24 for guiding the lens moved by the lens supply belt 22 to the lens posture aligning unit 30, Respectively. The lens supplied to the hopper cylinder 21 is supplied to the lower lens supply belt 22 and the lens supply belt 22 is guided to the guide duct 24 provided at the lower portion of one side of the lens supply belt 22 Falls and is supplied to the lens posture aligning unit 30. The lens supply belt 22 is provided so as to be able to run on a plurality of support rollers 27 rotatably provided on a support frame 26 provided on the apparatus main body 10. [ Any one of the plurality of support rollers 27 can be selectively driven and rotated by the supply belt drive unit 23 to drive the lens supply belt 22 to travel. The supply belt driving part 23 includes a driving motor 23a and a power transmitting part 23b for transmitting the power of the driving motor 23a to the supporting roller 27. [ The power transmitting portion may include a gear train (bevel gear), a chain, a belt, and the like.

9A and 9B, in the hopper unit 120 according to another embodiment, a plurality of inclined guides 121 are vertically arranged in a staggered manner on the frame 126 so that the upper hopper opening and closing member 122 to guide the lens 500 poured downward into the lens aligning unit by a predetermined amount. The hopper unit 120 includes a lens feed roller 123 and a guide duct 125 for feeding a lens conveyed downward along the inclined guide 121 to the lens aligning unit 30 by a predetermined amount. The lens guide may be further provided inside the guide duct 125 and the guide duct 125 may be configured such that the lens 500 supplied by a predetermined amount by the feed roller 123 stably Guide it to be transported.

9B, the conveying roller 123 rotates in a horizontal state and rotates in a state in which a predetermined number of lenses 500 are accommodated in the lens receiving groove 123a drawn in the outer periphery, 500) by a predetermined amount. The feed roller 123 is rotatably supported by the support bracket 124 and is selectively rotated by a drive motor (not shown) to feed the lens 500 toward the lens posture aligning unit 30.

10A and 10B show a hopper portion 220 according to yet another embodiment. The hopper unit 220 selectively supplies the lens 500, which is moved along the inclination guide 121, to the lens posture aligning unit 30 by a predetermined amount. A transfer screw 228 is provided on the inclined guide 121 to supply the lens. That is, the conveying screw 228 has a structure in which a screw member 228b is rotatably installed inside a conveying pipe 228a of which both ends are opened, and the screw member 228b is selectively The lens 500 can be supplied by a predetermined amount through the transfer pipe 228a.

11A to 11E, the lens posture aligning unit 30 includes a lens guide duct 31 provided at a lower portion of the hopper unit 20, a pleated unit (not shown) provided at the bottom of the lens guide duct 31, 33, and a first vibration generating unit 35.

The lens guide duct 31 has a bottom wall 31a and a pair of side walls 31b and a rear wall 31c. The lens guide duct 31 is installed on the first vibration generating part 35 and is positioned below the hopper part 20. And is provided at the bottom of the lens guide duct 31 in the corrugated unit 33. The corrugated unit 33 guides the lens 500 supplied from the hopper unit 20 to be in the correct posture (correct posture in which the convex surface is located on the upper side) so as to make the corrugation a1 and the mountain a2. Specifically, the corrugated unit 33 preferably includes a fixed alignment member 37 fixed to the bottom of the lens guide duct 31 and having the mountain a1 and the corrugation a2.

That is, the stationary aligning member 37 includes an inclined portion 37a constituting a 'V' -shaped valley a1 and a horizontal connecting portion 37b constituting a mountain a2 horizontally connected to the upper portion of the inclined portion 37a ). The inclined portions 37a facing each other are formed to be inclined downward toward the bottom wall 31a of the lens guide duct 31 so as to form the valley al. Preferably, the angle? Formed between the inclined portions 37a is formed to have an acute angle. 11E, the lens 500 moves while being guided by the inclined surface of the inclined portion 37a, as shown in FIG. 11E, when the lens 500 is supplied to the valley al formed by the inclined portion 73a so as to form an acute angle The lower surface of the lower portion, that is, the lower side where the adhesive protrusions 510 are formed, is guided and aligned so as to be held in contact with the inclined portion 37a. Particularly, even if a plurality of lenses are superimposed on the troughs a1 of the corrugated unit 33 and can not be aligned in a correct posture, the lens alignment unit 30 can be moved to the fine vibration The lenses 500 can be aligned at the same height and in the right posture at the point a1 of the fixed alignment member 37 and can be sequentially transported in the course of feeding the lens 500. [ The reason why the lens 500 can be naturally aligned in the valleys a1 is that the lens 500 has a convex portion 530 rounded at the top while an angle forming the valley al is an acute angle, The lens 500 can be properly aligned so that the convex portion 530 is located at the top without the lens 500 being inverted to take a stable posture by being formed to have a flat surface having the adhesive protrusion 510. [

Also, as shown in FIG. 11D, the lens alignment unit 30 may be provided with a first lens detection sensor 38 for detecting the presence or absence of a lens. That is, the first lens detection sensor 38 may include a light emitting sensor including a light emitting portion 38a and a light receiving portion 38b, which are disposed to correspond to the side wall 31b of the lens guide duct 31 have. It is possible to control whether the lens supply and supply stop in the hopper unit 20 is stopped or not according to whether the first lens detection sensor 38 detects the lens.

The lens transporting device 40 is for transporting the lens 500 transferred from the lens lifting alignment unit 30 to the pickup position P. [ The lens conveying device 40 includes a first conveying unit 140 that receives the lens 50 from the lens posture aligning unit 30 and aligns the same in a plurality of rows and feeds the predetermined distance, And a second transfer unit 240 for transferring the lens to the pick-up position P.

12A to 12D, the first transfer unit 140 includes a first guide block 141, a second vibration generating unit 142, and a lens alignment guide 143. [

The first guide block 141 has a plurality of guide rails 141a for guiding the lens 500 to move in parallel. A plurality of guide rails 141a are formed to have a predetermined length. A lens stopper 145 for selectively blocking the lens 500 entering the first guide rail 141a from the lens aligning unit 30 is provided on the first guide block 141. [ The lens stopper 145 includes a support bracket 145a provided at an upper portion of the first guide block 141 and a guide bracket 145b installed at a lower portion of the support bracket 145a to be capable of being raised and lowered so as to selectively block the guide rail 141a And a stopper member 145b. The stopper member 145a may include a piston which is moved up and down according to an operation signal. The stopper member 145b is provided to block and open each of the plurality of guide rails 141a individually so that the movement of the lens 500 can be controlled for each of the plurality of guide rails 141a.

The second vibration generating unit 142 is installed in the apparatus body 10 and supports the first guide block 141. The lens 500 which has entered the guide rail 141a of the first guide block 141 can be moved by the fine vibration by generating the fine vibration while the second vibration generating part 142 is driven.

The lens alignment guide 143 protrudes from the bottom of the guide rail 141a and is formed to have a predetermined length. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12E, the guide rail 141a is positioned at the center with respect to the width w of the guide rail 141a, and is formed to protrude a predetermined height from the bottom surface of the guide rail 141a. The lens alignment guide 143 is formed with inclined surfaces 143a and 143b having different angles at the tip of the lens 500 to which the lens 500 enters. The vertex at which the inclined surfaces 143a and 143b meet is formed to be offset to either side with respect to the width of the lens alignment guide 143. [ 12E, the lens 500 entering the lens alignment guide 143 is guided so that the adhesive protrusions 510 are sorted and moved in a predetermined posture by the vertexes of the inclined surfaces 143a and 143b have. The lens alignment guide 143 may be integrally formed on the guide rail 141a, or may be separately manufactured and coupled.

In addition, the lens alignment guide 143 is formed so that the height gradually decreases along the moving direction of the lens. Adhesive projection guide grooves g for guiding the adhesive protrusions 510 of the lens 500 are formed on both sides of the lens alignment guide 143.

The first guide block 141 further includes a lens selector 150 for separating and removing the inverted lens from the conveying path (guide rail 141a) so that the convex portion of the lens 500 passing through the lens guide do. To this end, a lens discharge hole 141c is formed in the bottom of the guide rail 141a so as to have a predetermined length.

The lens selector 150 includes a release lens guide member 151 that receives a lens falling through the lens discharge hole 141c and guides the lens to a collection bin (not shown), a deflection movement guide member 153, 155).

The release lens guide member 151 is installed at a lower portion of the first guide block 141, and one or a plurality of the release lens guide members 151 may be provided.

The deflection movement guide member 153 is positioned at an upper portion of the lens discharge hole 141a and is installed on either side with respect to the widthwise direction w of the guide rail 141a. The deflection movement guide member 153 is disposed in parallel with the lens discharge hole 141a as a rod. 12F, the lens 500 supports one end of the deflection movement guide member 153 and the other end supports the lower end of one side of the bottom surface of the guide rail 141a, and is moved to a tilted posture. That is, since the bottom surface of the lens 500 is flat, it is supported on one side lower deflection movement guide member 153 in an inclined state, and the other lower side is in contact with the contact point c1 on the bottom surface, And can be moved while maintaining.

On the other hand, when the lens 500 is transported in an inverted state as shown in FIG. 12G, since the convex portion is brought into contact with the bottom surface of the guide rail 141a, the contact point c2 becomes the contact point c1 toward the lens discharge hole 141c. And when the inclination of the lens 500 is inverted (? 3) than when it is normal (? 2). As a result, the lens 500 takes a further downward position, so that one side of the lens 500 can be detached without being supported by the deflection guide member 153, and can be dropped and separated into the lens discharge hole 141c.

The deflection-in guide portion 155 guides the lens 500, which enters the deflection guide member 153, to be shifted to a pre-tilted position and transferred. As shown in FIG. 12, the deflection entrance guide unit 155 is protruded from the bottom of the guide rail 141a, and is deflected upward to one side, so that the moving lens 500 is gradually inclined, So that the guide member 153 can be introduced.

The second transfer unit 240 is connected to the first transfer unit 140 and transfers the lens 500 received in the plurality of rows in the first transfer unit 140 to the pickup position P. [ 13A to 13E, the second transfer unit 240 includes a second guide block 241, a lens transfer belt 243, and a belt driving unit 245.

The second guide block 241 is fixed to the apparatus body 10 such that the first guide block 241 is connected to the first guide block 141. The second guide block 141 has a plurality of guide rails 241a for guiding the lens 500 moved along the first guide block 141 to be moved to the pickup position.

A lens conveyance belt 243 is provided on the guide rail 241a so as to be able to travel so that the lens 500 can be transferred to the pickup position P. [ A lens detection sensor 250 for detecting the presence or absence of the lens 500 is installed on the upper portion of the second guide block 241 for each of the guide rails 241a. When the lens 500 is aligned from the pickup position P to the lens detection sensor 250 and the lens 500 is detected by the lens detection sensor 250 for a predetermined time or more, The lens unit 500 is operated to block the lens that enters the guide rail 241a where the lens 500 is sensed in the lens unit 145 so that no further lens may enter the first transport block 140. [ Accordingly, the lens 500 is supplied too much, and the posture is disturbed, and it is possible to prevent the guide rail 141a and 241a from being separated from each other.

13E and 13F, a belt guide groove g2 is formed at the bottom of the guide rail 241a to receive the lens conveying belt 243. The lens conveying belt 243 has a width smaller than the width of the belt guide groove g2 and is located at the center of the belt guide groove g2. The adhesive protrusions 510 of the lens 500 are transported on the lens transport belt 243 and the adhesive protrusions 510 are separated on both sides of the lens transport belt 243 when conveyed, g2, the posture of the lens 500 can be moved unchanged.

The lens conveyance belt 243 is installed to run along the bottom of the guide rail 241a to move the lens 500 to the pickup position P. [

In order to drive the lens conveyance belt 243, a belt driving unit 245 is installed in the second guide block 240. The belt driving unit 245 includes a driving motor 245a and a plurality of supporting rollers 245b and idler rollers 245c and a plurality of supporting rollers 245b for drivingly supporting the lens conveying belt 243 And a power transmitting portion 245e for transmitting the power of the belt driving motor 245d to any one of the supporting rollers 245b.

The support roller 245b is rotatably disposed at both ends of the second guide block 240 and is rotatably mounted to the connection guide block 250 and the pickup position determining unit 260, respectively. That is, the connection block 250 is installed between the first and second guide blocks 140 and 240, and is coupled to the second guide block 240. A guide rail 251 may be formed in the connection block 250 and a lens alignment guide 253 may be provided on the bottom of the guide rail 251 to align and guide the lens posture uniformly. The lens alignment guide 253 has the same configuration and function as the lens alignment guide 143 described above.

The pickup position determining unit 260 is coupled to an end of the second guide block 241 to support the belt supporting roller 245b.

The belt driving motor 245d is installed in the apparatus main body 10. A gear (or pulley) is provided to each of the rotation shaft of the belt drive motor 245b and the support roller 245b so that the power of the belt drive motor 245d is transmitted to the support roller 245b by the power transmission portion 245e . The power transmitting portion 245e may include a gear train, a chain, a belt, and the like.

The pickup position determining block 260 determines that the pickup position determining block 270 for determining the pickup position P of the lens is coupled to the end of the second guide block 241 as shown in FIGS. 13A to 14C A pickup posture guide block 261 and a stopper block 263 coupled to the second guide block 241 to cover the end of the pickup posture guide block 261. [

The pickup-orientation guide block 261 is coupled to the end of the second guide block 241. An adhesive protrusion guide slit 261a for guiding the adhesive protrusion 510 of the lens 500 moved along the guide rail 241a is formed on the bottom of the pickup posture guide block 261. [ The adhesive projection guide slits 261a are connected to the belt guide grooves g2 of the second guide block 240 and have the same width. A boundary guide 261b is formed so as to divide the adhesive projection guide slit 261a into the center of the adhesive projection guide slit 261a. The first and second branch slits 261a 'and 261a "branched from each other are formed at the end of the adhesive projection guide slit 261a by the boundary guide 261b. The boundary guide 261a is formed by the adhesive projection guide slit 261a toward the second guide slit 261a ". The second branch slit 261a "is further extended from the side surface of the adhesive projection guide slit 261a so that the first and second branch slits 261a 'and 261a"

The stopper block 263 is coupled to the second guide block 241 in a state where the stopper block 263 is assembled to cover a part of the end portion of the pickup posture guide block 261. The stopper block 263 includes a cover portion covering the adhesive projection guide slit 261a and the first and second branch slits 261a 'and 261a ", and a lens posture guide jaw 263a The guide jaw 263a has vertexes p1 and p2 for guiding the position of any one of the positioning protrusions 520 formed on the outer surface of the lens 500 and supports the edge of the lens 500 .

By the configuration of the guide jaw 263a and the first and second branch slits 261a 'and 261a "having the above-described configuration, both of the lens 501 entering in the normal direction and the lens 502 going in the opposite direction The center C2 of the lenses 501 and 502 is maintained in a state in which the centers C of the lenses 501 and 502 are aligned with the center C1 of the pickup position P The suction nozzle 51 of the pick-up device 50 picking up the lenses 501 and 502 can pick up all of the lenses 501 and 502 placed so that the centers C1 and C2 coincide with each other as shown in Fig. 15 do.

That is, in the lens 501 that enters in the forward direction, the two adhesive protrusions 510 enter the second branch slit 261a ", and the lens 502 that enters the reverse direction enters the opposite direction, The lens 502 which enters in the opposite direction is guided by the guiding jaw 263a at the end and pushed toward the second branching slit 261a ", and at this time, One adhesive protrusion 510 which has entered the second branch slit 261a "can be moved without interference to the wall of the second branch slit 261a ". Therefore, the lens 501 which moves in the forward direction can be moved to the mounting substrate 200 or the like, and the lens 502, which moves in the reverse direction, can be moved to a separate collecting portion and recovered.

16A to 16F, the lens posture aligning unit 130 according to another embodiment may be substituted for the lens posture aligning unit 30 described above. The lens posture aligning unit 130 includes a horizontal plate 131, a folding unit 133 foldably installed on the horizontal plate 131, and a fold drive unit 135 folding or unfolding the folding unit 133 .

Here, the horizontal plate 131 may have a guide rail structure.

The corrugated unit 133 includes a plurality of moving blocks 133a movable along a horizontal plate 131 having a guide rail structure, a fixed block 133b installed at one end of the horizontal plate 131, And folding plates 133c and 133d connecting the moving block 133a and the fixed block 133b and hinged to each other to be foldable.

The folding drive unit 135 is folded (pressed) to the posture of FIG. 16C to the posture of FIG. 16D in order for the folding unit 133 to align the lens 500 with the position of FIG. 16C, the inverted lens 500 'is vertically erected at the posture of FIG. 16D. At this time, the positions of the first and second contact points t1 and t2 of the lens 500' Different. And a repulsive force exerted at a first contact point t1 of the force applied at the second contact point t1 on the upper side to contact the tilted surface so as to be brought into contact with the upper surface earlier than the upper surface, 16D, the posture M is changed to the posture shown in Fig. 16E, and when the pleated unit 133 is again deployed, the lens 500 " ) To the upper position).

The folding and driving part 135 may include an actuator having a piston part 135a connected to one side of the corrugation unit 133 and a cylinder part 135b reciprocatingly driving the piston part 135a.

According to the above configuration, the lens 500 can be changed to the correct attitude and supplied, so that there is no need to manually align the lens, and productivity and cost can be reduced. In addition, the defect rate can be lowered.

As described above, according to the lens posture aligning units 30 and 130, the lens 500 supplied from the hopper unit 20 can be automatically aligned and supplied so that the convex portion 530 is located at the upper position. Therefore, the time can be shortened and the productivity can be improved as compared with manual work.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

The apparatus main body 20, 120,
30, 130. Lens orientation alignment unit 40. Lens transfer device
140 .. First transfer unit 145 .. Lens stopper part
150 .. Lens sorting part 240 .. Second transferring unit
250 .. Lens Detection Sensor 260 .. Pickup Positioning Unit
500 .. Lens

Claims (11)

There is provided a lens feeding apparatus for feeding an LED lens having an upper surface convex portion and an adhesive projection projecting from a lower surface and a positioning projection protruding from a side edge to a pickup position supplied from a hopper portion,
From the lens posture aligning unit that makes the lens supplied from the hopper unit the correct posture (the convex surface is in the right posture)
A hopper unit installed at an upper portion of the main body of the apparatus for inputting a lens;
A lens posture aligning unit installed at a lower portion of the hopper for conveying the dropped lens in a correct posture (a correct posture in which the convex surface is located at an upper position);
And a transfer unit for transferring the lens transferred from the lens posture aligning unit to the pickup position. 2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,
A lens guide duct installed at a lower portion of the hopper;
A corrugation unit installed on the bottom of the lens guide duct and configured to guide the lens supplied from the hopper unit to the corolla in a correct posture, And
And a first vibration generating unit installed in the apparatus main body to support the lens guide duct and to generate vibration during driving. The folding device according to claim 2,
And a fixed alignment member fixed to the bottom of the lens guide duct and having the valleys and the mountains. 3. The method of claim 2,
The folding unit is foldably installed on the bottom of the lens guide duct,
And a fold drive unit for driving the folding unit to fold or unfold the folding unit. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The transfer unit is for transferring the lens for LED having the convex portion on the upper surface and the positioning protrusion protruding from the lower surface and the adhesive protrusion protruding from the lower surface to the pickup position supplied from the lens position alignment unit,
A first conveying unit for aligning the lenses received from the lens posture aligning unit in a predetermined posture while conveying the lenses in a plurality of rows side by side using vibration;
And a second transfer unit connected to the first transfer unit for transferring the lens transferred from the first transfer unit to a plurality of rows by using a lens transfer belt to the pick-up position. 6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5,
A first guide block having a plurality of guide rails for guiding the lens to be moved in parallel;
A first transfer oscillator installed in the apparatus main body and supporting the first guide block;
And a lens alignment guide protruding from the bottom of the guide rail to guide the adhesive protrusions under the lens moved along the guide rail so that the posture of the lens is uniformly aligned. Device. The method according to claim 6,
Further comprising a lens selector for separating and removing the inverted lens on the conveying path so that the convex portion of the lens passes through the first conveying unit. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the lens selector comprises:
A release lens guide member for receiving and moving a lens falling on a lens discharge hole formed in a bottom of a guide rail of the first guide block;
A deflection movement guide member installed at one side of the lens discharge hole at a position on the upper side of the width direction of the guide rail to guide one side of the lens through the lens discharge hole in a tilted posture;
And a deflection entrance guide unit having a guide surface that is inclined to be deflected from a bottom surface of the guide rail so as to guide a lens moving toward the lens discharge hole into an inclined posture in the guide rail,
Wherein the lens exit hole is formed to be biased toward the deflection movement guide member with respect to the width of the guide rail and is formed to be smaller than the width of the guide rail so that a bottom surface on which the opposite side of the lens supported by the deflection movement guide member is retained, And the width of the second lens group is smaller than that of the third lens group. 6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5,
A second guide block connected to the first transfer unit, wherein a plurality of guide rails are formed and a pickup position determining portion for determining a pickup position of the lens is formed at an end thereof;
A lens transfer belt installed to travel along a guide groove formed on a bottom of a guide rail of the second guide block to move the lens;
And a belt driving unit for driving the lens transfer belt to travel. 10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
A lens detection sensor for detecting that the lens is stagnated at a distance or more than a predetermined distance in the transfer unit;
Further comprising a lens stopper unit for selectively blocking a lens entering the transfer unit from the lens alignment unit based on a detection signal from the lens detection sensor. 10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
A pickup position determining unit provided at an end of the transfer unit for determining a pickup position of the lens and guiding and stopping the lens so that the center of the lens coincides with the center of the pickup position regardless of the direction of the lens entering the pickup position Further comprising: a first lens unit for receiving the light from the light source;

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