TWI571416B - Flat set cabinet - Google Patents

Description

Flat panel

The invention relates to a device for storing a flat plate, in particular to a flat plate receiving cabinet.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a conventional flat panel storage device 1 includes a frame 11 surrounding a placement space 110 , and a plurality of panels 2 disposed in the placement space 110 (only one is shown in FIG. 1 ). The support unit 12 is placed. The frame 11 includes two first bottom frame strips 111 disposed parallel to each other, a second bottom frame strip 112 connecting the same ends of the first bottom frame strips 111, and a plurality of first bottom frame strips 111 connected to the first bottom frame strips 111 and extending upward respectively. a first vertical frame strip 113, a plurality of second vertical frame strips 114 connected to the second bottom frame strip 112 and extending upwardly, and a first top frame strip respectively connected to the top of the first vertical frame strip 113 on the same side 115, and a second top frame strip 116 connected to the top of the second vertical frame strips 114. The support unit 12 includes a plurality of poles 121 extending from the first vertical frame strips 113 toward the placement space 110, and a plurality of mounting rods 122 extending from the second vertical frame strips 114 toward the placement space 110. Each of the slabs 2 can be placed in the placement space 110 from the direction opposite to the second slats 114 and placed on the struts 121 on the same level, and by the same height of the struts 122 support.

At present, the size of each of the flat plates 2 is quite large for the large size requirements of the manufacture of the display, and therefore the requirements for the support strength are relatively high. However, since the extension length of each of the receiving rods 122 must match the size of each of the flat plates 2, only one end is connected to the corresponding second vertical frame strip 114, except that the connection strength is relatively weak and affects the supporting force. In addition, with the joint as a fulcrum, it is necessary to withstand a considerable torque, and thus the disadvantage that the receiving rods 122 are easily vibrated. In the case where the receiving rods 122 are unstable and easily vibrate, whether the placing plate 2 is placed or taken out, it is necessary to wait until the receiving rods 122 stop vibrating to perform the work so as not to be placed or taken out. The flat plate 2 is hit by the vibration, so the actual use is bound to cause considerable trouble.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a flat panel holding cabinet having a strong supporting force and capable of reducing vibration.

Therefore, the flat panel receiving cabinet of the present invention comprises: a frame unit surrounding an accommodating space, and at least one supporting unit disposed in the accommodating space for receiving a flat plate. The flat plate is generally a glass substrate for manufacturing a display device, and when a plurality of supporting units are disposed in the accommodating space, the flat plate receiving cabinet of the present invention can be used to support a plurality of flat plates.

The frame unit includes: a plurality of first frame strips laterally spaced along a plane and each extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of strips respectively spaced from the opposite sides of the first frame strips in a direction perpendicular to the plane, and Each is in the form of a second frame extending longitudinally. It should be noted that, in order to make the first frame strip and the second frame strip have better stability, each of the first frame strip and each of the second frame strips need to be connected with a horizontal setting. The other frame strips allow the frame unit to form a stable overall structure.

The supporting unit includes a plurality of fixing members respectively fixed on the first frame strips and located at the same height, a plurality of supporting rods respectively connected to the fixing members and extending away from the fixing members, and a plurality of supporting rods The two ends are respectively connected to the second frame strips on the opposite sides and respectively support the connecting rods of the supporting rods, and a plurality of tops respectively arranged on each of the supporting rods and arranged along the extending direction of the individual supporting rods Defects. The support rods are respectively formed by the fixing members and supported by the connecting members, and the two ends of the connecting members are also respectively fixed to the corresponding second frame strips, so that the supporting rods can be made Forming a stable overall structure with the connectors. When the supporting unit is used for receiving a flat plate, relatively good supporting force can be provided because the supporting rods and the connecting members form a stable overall structure with each other. In addition, when each support rod is subjected to an external force placed on the flat plate, or when the flat plate is taken out and the load is less loaded, the torque is generated with respect to the corresponding fixed member, and the corresponding joint members can respectively correspond to The positions of the arms of different lengths provide support and stability effects, thereby reducing the possible sway caused by the support bars, and effectively reducing the vibration that each support unit may generate when placing or removing the plate.

In addition, when the flat plate is placed on the supporting unit, the flat plate is placed on the top abutting members and spaced apart from the connecting members by at least a distance. The purpose of the design is to form a mechanical arm extending into the flat plate. The space between the connectors is used to facilitate the placement or removal of the plate by the robot arm.

The effect of the present invention is that the supporting unit supports the supporting rods by the connecting members, and can form a stable overall structure when the flat plate is placed, thereby generating a strong supporting force, and the connecting members are provided by the connecting members. The supporting effect can also prevent longitudinal vibration of the supporting rods when they are placed or taken out.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 2, a first embodiment of a flat panel receiving cabinet according to the present invention includes a frame unit 3 surrounding an accommodating space 300, and a plurality of frame units 3 disposed in the accommodating space 300. And respectively for supporting the support unit 4 of a flat plate 9. The flat plate 9 is generally a glass substrate for manufacturing a display device, and when a plurality of supporting units 4 are disposed in the accommodating space 300, the supporting units 4 are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, so that the first The embodiment can be used to accommodate a plurality of flat sheets 9 (only one flat sheet 9 is shown in Fig. 2 for convenience of explanation).

The frame unit 3 includes: a plurality of first frame strips 31 laterally spaced along a plane and each extending longitudinally, and a plurality of strips respectively extending from opposite sides of the first frame strips 31 in a direction perpendicular to the plane The second frame strips 32 are spaced apart and each extend longitudinally. In order to make the first frame strip 31 and the second frame strip 32 have better stability, both ends of each of the first frame strip 31 and each of the second frame strips 32 need to be as shown in FIG. 2 . Each of the grounds is connected to other frame strips disposed laterally, so that the frame unit 3 forms a stable overall structure.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the supporting unit 4 includes a plurality of fixing members 41 respectively fixed to the first frame strips 31 and located at the same height, and a plurality of fixing members 41 respectively connected to the fixing members 41 and facing away from the same. A support rod 43 extending in the direction of the fixing member 41 and a plurality of two ends are respectively connected to the second connecting member 32 on the opposite side and supporting the connecting members 44 of the supporting rods 43 respectively, and a plurality of the connecting members 44 are respectively disposed respectively The abutment members 45 are arranged on the support bars 43 and spaced apart along the extending direction of the individual support bars 43. Each of the connecting members 44 is perpendicular to the supporting rods 43, and each of the supporting rods 43 has a rod body 431, and a plurality of laterally extending through the rod body 431 and spaced along the extending direction of the rod body 431. Perforation 432. Each of the engaging members 44 is preferably a single thread and is disposed in one of the through holes 432 of each of the support rods 43.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 2, each of the abutting members 45 has a rod portion 451 extending upward from the corresponding support rod 43 and a buffer portion 452 connected to the top end of the rod portion 451, and each of the top portions abuts The buffer portion 452 of the member 45 is a resilient spacer. When the support unit 4 is used to receive a flat plate 9, the flat plate 9 is operated by a plurality of mechanical arms 71, placed on the top abutting members 45 and supported by the top abutting members 45, by each The buffer portion 452 of the abutting member 45 prevents the flat plate 9 from directly hitting the rod portions 451 having a high hardness, and prevents the flat plate 9 from being damaged. In addition, the supporting rods 43 are respectively formed by the fixing members 41 and supported by the connecting members 44, and the two ends of the connecting members 44 are also fixed to the corresponding second frame strips 32, respectively. Therefore, the support rods 43 and the connecting members 44 can form a stable overall structure, so that the supporting unit 4 of the first embodiment can provide relatively better supporting force. In addition, when each support rod 43 is subjected to an external force placed on the flat plate 9, or when the flat plate 9 is taken out and the load is less loaded, a moment is generated with respect to the corresponding fixing member 41, by which the connection is made. The member 44 can respectively generate support and stability effects at positions corresponding to the different lengths of the force arms, thereby reducing longitudinal sway which may be generated by the support rods 43 and effectively reducing the placement or removal of the flat plate by each support unit 4. Vibration that may occur.

It should be particularly noted that when the flat plate 9 is placed on the supporting unit 4, the flat plate 9 is spaced apart from the connecting members 44 by a distance D1 as shown in FIG. 4, and the distance D1 must be greater than the matching. The height of the robot arm used in the same direction, and the robot arm 71 has sufficient working space to facilitate the robot arm The placing operation of the flat plate 9 placed on the support unit 4 is performed, or as shown in Fig. 5, the mechanical arms 71 are pulled upward to extract the flat plate 9 to perform a take-out operation.

Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 2, FIG. 6 shows a supporting unit 4 of the second embodiment of the flat panel receiving cabinet of the present invention, the supporting unit 4 of the second embodiment and the supporting unit 4 of the first embodiment. The difference is that each of the support rods 43 has a rod body 431, and a plurality of grooves 433 which are recessed upward from the bottom of the rod body 431 and are arranged along the extending direction of the rod body 431. Each of the connecting members 44 is pierced. In one of the grooves 433 of each of the support rods 43. Compared with the first embodiment, the connecting members 44 can also provide support and stability effects to the support rods 43, so that the second embodiment can achieve the same effect as the first embodiment. From the viewpoint of processing at the time of manufacture, each of the support rods 43 is processed to form the grooves 433, and can be operated by external operations by punching and milling, and provides different processing methods to facilitate the following. Choose the manufacturing method for the equipment. In addition, when assembling the supporting unit 4 of the second embodiment, it is only necessary to directly arrange each of the engaging members 44 in the corresponding groove 433 of each of the supporting rods 43 without performing the first embodiment. The action of the cable passing through the corresponding through hole 432 effectively simplifies the steps in assembly to improve assembly efficiency.

Referring to FIG. 7, another embodiment of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, is another embodiment of the support rod 43 of the second embodiment, which differs from the embodiment shown in FIG. Each of the grooves 433 of the support rod 43 has a guiding portion 4331 extending inward from the bottom of the rod body 431, and a limiting portion 4332 extending laterally from the guiding portion 4331. When the connecting members 44 are respectively disposed in the grooves 433 of each of the support rods 43, the guiding portion 4331 can guide the corresponding connecting member 44 first, and then the limiting portion 4332 is limited and fixed. The connecting member 44. Compared to the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the connectors 44 can be fixed in the grooves 433 more reliably.

Referring to FIG. 9 and in conjunction with FIG. 7, as each support rod 43 is away from the position of the fixing members 41, a large moment is received when the flat plate 9 is placed, and the deformation is affected to prevent the support rods 43 from being deformed. At the time of the performance of the flat plate 9, at least a portion of the height of the engaging members which are continuously arranged from opposite ends of the fixing members 41 is gradually increased away from the fixing members 41. In the case shown in FIG. 9, only the three engaging members 44 from one end of the fixing member 41 are designed to have different heights, thereby enabling the connecting members 44 to achieve the effect of balancing the moments. The deformation that may occur when each of the support rods 43 is subjected to the weight of the flat plate 9 is alleviated.

Referring to FIG. 10 and FIG. 2, FIG. 10 shows a supporting unit 4 of the third embodiment of the flat panel receiving cabinet of the present invention, the supporting unit 4 of the third embodiment and the supporting unit 4 of the first embodiment. The difference is that each of the support rods 43 has a rod body 431, and a plurality of keyholes 434 extending transversely through the rod body 431 and spaced along the extending direction of the rod body 431. Each of the engaging members 44 is preferably a long plate and is located below the supporting rods 43 and abuts against the supporting rods 43 and is respectively locked to the locking holes 434 by a plurality of locking members 81. Connected to the corresponding support rod 43. The connecting members 44 and the supporting rods 43 of the third embodiment are locked to each other by the locking members 81, so that it is inevitably locked compared to the simple supporting of the connecting members 44. The overall structure in which the connection relationship is relatively more stable can be formed, so that in addition to the effects equivalent to the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the design for reducing the shaking of the support rods 43 when placing or removing the flat plate 9 can be achieved. For the purpose, it is bound to achieve better damping effects.

Referring to FIG. 11 and FIG. 2, FIG. 11 shows a supporting unit 4 of the fourth embodiment of the flat panel receiving cabinet of the present invention, the supporting unit 4 of the fourth embodiment and the supporting unit 4 of the second embodiment. The difference is that each of the connectors 44 is preferably a long plate. Compared with the second embodiment, the fourth embodiment can produce a more stable overall structure than the steel cable by the long plate-like connecting member 44. It should be particularly noted that when the connecting members 44 select the steel cable as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 6, the overall weight of the supporting unit 4 can be reduced, and the fixing members 41 and the second frame strips 32 are prevented from being overweight. When the long board shown in FIG. 10 or FIG. 11 is selected, the structure is more stable, but the weight of the supporting unit 4 is relatively increased. Therefore, in actual use, it can be evaluated according to the requirements of weight or stability to select the appropriate form of the connectors 44.

Referring to FIG. 12, a fifth embodiment of the flat panel receiving cabinet of the present invention is shown in FIG. 13 as the supporting unit 4 of the fifth embodiment, and the difference from the supporting unit 4 of the fourth embodiment is: The abutting member 45 is a gasket that protrudes from the corresponding support rod 43 and has elasticity. The shape of the abutting member 45 of the fifth embodiment is relatively simple, as long as the spacer is fixed on the support rods 43, the cost of manufacturing the abutting member 45 and the assembly time during assembly can be effectively reduced. .

Referring to FIG. 14 and FIG. 12, in the fifth embodiment, in order to match the shape of the abutting members 45, the supporting rods 43 must have a certain longitudinal height so that the top ends of the abutting members 45 can respectively be A sufficient distance D2 is spaced from the corresponding engaging member 44 to allow the flat plate 9 to be placed at the top end of the abutting members 45, as shown in FIG. 15, spaced apart from the engaging members 44 to form such a The space in which the robot arm 71 operates is to facilitate the placement of the flat plate 9 by the robot arms 71, or as shown in Fig. 15, the mechanical arms 71 are extracted upward to take out the flat plate 9.

In summary, the flat panel of the present invention supports the support rods 43 by the connecting members 44, and forms a stable overall structure with the support rods 43, in addition to effectively improving the supporting force, The vibration which may occur when the flat plate 9 is placed or taken out from the support unit 4 is reduced, so that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, and all the equivalent equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the patent specification of the present invention are still The scope of the invention is covered.

3‧‧‧Frame unit
300‧‧‧ accommodating space
31‧‧‧ first box
32‧‧‧Second box
4‧‧‧Support unit
41‧‧‧Fixed parts
43‧‧‧Support rod
431‧‧‧ rod body
432‧‧‧Perforation
433‧‧‧ Groove
4331‧‧‧Guide
4332‧‧‧Limited
434‧‧‧Keyhole
44‧‧‧Connecting pieces
45‧‧‧Parts
451‧‧‧ Rod
452‧‧‧ buffer
71‧‧‧ Robotic arm
81‧‧‧Lock Firmware
9‧‧‧ tablet
D1‧‧‧ distance
D2‧‧‧ distance

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the embodiments of the present invention, wherein: FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional flat panel storage device; FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the flat plate bearing of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a perspective exploded view showing a supporting unit of the first embodiment; Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing a state in which a flat plate is placed on the supporting unit; Fig. 5 is a schematic view FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a supporting unit of a second embodiment of the flat panel receiving cabinet of the present invention; FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing the second embodiment FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged side view, the auxiliary FIG. 7 illustrates the supporting unit; FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing the connecting members of the supporting unit; FIG. 10 is a plan view illustrating the present invention FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a supporting unit of a fourth embodiment of the flat panel receiving cabinet of the present invention; FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the present invention A fifth embodiment of a flat panel receiving cabinet; FIG. 13 is a partial perspective view showing the supporting unit of the fifth embodiment; FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing a state in which a flat plate is placed on the supporting unit of the fifth embodiment; And Fig. 15 is a schematic view showing the case where the flat plate is taken out on the supporting unit of the fifth embodiment.

3‧‧‧Frame unit

300‧‧‧ accommodating space

31‧‧‧ first box

32‧‧‧Second box

4‧‧‧Support unit

41‧‧‧Fixed parts

43‧‧‧Support rod

44‧‧‧Connecting pieces

45‧‧‧Parts

9‧‧‧ tablet

Claims (10)

A flat panel receiving cabinet comprises a frame unit surrounding an accommodating space, and at least one supporting unit disposed in the accommodating space for receiving a flat plate; the frame unit comprises: a plurality of transverse directions along a plane a first frame strip spaced apart and each extending longitudinally, and a plurality of second frame strips respectively spaced from opposite sides of the first frame strips in a direction perpendicular to the plane, and each extending longitudinally; The support unit includes: a plurality of fixing members respectively fixed on the first frame strips and located at the same height; a plurality of support rods respectively connected to the fixing members and extending away from the fixing members; a plurality of connecting members, two ends of each connecting member are respectively connected to two second frame strips on opposite sides, and each connecting rod supports the supporting rods and is interlaced with the supporting rods; and a plurality of tops The abutting members are respectively disposed on each of the support rods and are arranged along the extending direction of the individual support rods, and the flat plates are placed on the top abutting members and spaced apart from the connecting members by at least a certain distance. The flat panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the support rods has a rod body, and a plurality of perforations extending transversely through the rod body and spaced along the extending direction of the rod body, each of the connecting members is pierced In one of the perforations of each of the support rods. The flat panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the support rods has a rod body, and most of the grooves are recessed upward from the bottom of the rod body, and grooves are arranged along the extending direction of the rod body, and each joint is connected. The piece is threaded into one of the grooves of each of the support rods. The flat panel receiving cabinet according to claim 3, wherein each of the grooves has a guiding portion extending inward from a bottom of the rod body, and a limiting portion extending laterally from the guiding portion. The flat panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the support rods has a rod body, and a plurality of keyholes extending transversely through the rod body and spaced along the extending direction of the rod body, each of the connecting members is located The support rods are disposed under the support rods and are attached to the corresponding support rods by a plurality of locks respectively locked to the lock holes. The flat panel according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein each of the engaging members is a single cable. The flat panel according to claim 3 or 5, wherein each of the engaging members is a long board. The flat panel receiving cabinet according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the height of the engaging members continuously arranged from opposite ends of the fixing members is increased in a direction away from the fixing members. The flat panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the abutting members is a gasket protruding from the corresponding support rod and having elasticity. The flat panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the abutting members has a rod portion extending upward from the corresponding support rod and a buffer portion connected to the top end of the rod portion, and each of the top portions The cushioning portion of the abutting member is a resilient gasket.