TWI572876B - Memory card detection device - Google Patents

Description

Memory card detection device

The present invention relates to a detecting device, and more particularly to a memory card detecting device.

In order to ensure the quality of the products in the production process, the existing memory card will perform the testing operation after the completion of the production to detect whether the memory card is damaged, and then eliminate the defective products. The current memory card detection operation is to manually insert the memory card into the card reader, and exchange data through the card reader for the internal program of the computer to detect and discriminate the memory card, and display the detection result to inform the memory. The card is a good or bad product. Since manual testing can only test one memory card at a time, not only is the manufacturing process quite slow and time consuming, but for a large number of memory cards, a considerable amount of manpower and equipment is required to maintain stable production efficiency, resulting in a substantial increase in cost. Therefore, under the trend of comprehensive automation and quality improvement, the detection method of the memory card is really necessary. Therefore, how to develop a memory card detector that can automatically detect and ensure quality has become a research topic worthy of study.

Therefore, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a full A memory card detection device that automatically detects a memory card and can classify the memory card.

Therefore, in some implementations, the memory card detecting apparatus of the present invention is suitable for detecting a plurality of memory cards accommodated in a storage medium carrying tray, wherein the storage medium carrying tray includes a plurality of limit positions respectively for the memory cards. Each of the limiting areas includes a bottom wall and a through hole formed in the bottom wall, the through hole opening the gold finger area of each of the memory cards, the memory card detecting device comprising: a detecting mechanism and A distribution mechanism. The detecting mechanism includes a base, a plurality of probes, a supporting unit, and a lifting unit. The probes are disposed on the base and are used for detecting the gold finger area of the memory card. The support unit is vertically disposed on the base and placed for the storage medium carrying tray. The lifting unit is disposed. And a pressing platform capable of moving relative to the base at a detecting position and a non-detecting position, when the pressing platform moves to the detecting position, the bottom of the pressing platform is pressed On the top periphery of the storage medium carrying tray, the probes respectively pass through the through holes to contact the gold finger regions of the memory cards and detect them. The dispensing mechanism includes a transport slide disposed on a base of the detection mechanism, and a plurality of sorting stations. When the pressing platform moves to the non-detecting position after the detection of the probes is completed, the transporting slides distribute the memory cards in the storage medium carrying tray to the sorting stations according to the detection data.

In some embodiments, the detecting mechanism further includes a plurality of corresponding protrusions corresponding to the probes and hoistably disposed on the base, and when the pressing platform is moved from the non-detecting position to the detecting position, the same The top piece respectively lifts the memory card upward and abuts against the bottom of the pressing platform.

In some implementations, the detection mechanism is pressed against the platform The bottom portion is formed with a plurality of accommodating areas corresponding to the limit areas of the media carrying tray. When the pressing platform is at the detecting position, the memory cards are respectively attached to the accommodating areas.

In some embodiments, the support unit of the detecting mechanism has four support columns that are vertically disposed on the base, and the support columns respectively support the bottom of the storage medium carrying tray.

In some embodiments, the lifting unit of the detecting mechanism further has four connecting arms disposed on the base, and the pressing platform is detachably disposed on the connecting arms and movable up and down along the connecting arms.

In some embodiments, the memory card detecting device further includes a feeding mechanism that can transport the storage medium carrying tray to the detecting mechanism.

In some embodiments, the memory card detecting device further includes a discharging mechanism capable of conveying the storage medium carrying tray out of the conveying slide.

In some embodiments, the memory card detecting device further includes a rack on which the feeding mechanism, the detecting mechanism, the dispensing mechanism, and the discharging mechanism are disposed.

The effect of the present invention is that the probes passing through the detecting mechanism respectively pass through the through holes of the storage medium carrying tray to contact and detect the gold finger area of the memory card, and then the detecting mechanism The transporting slides distribute the memory cards in the storage medium carrying tray to the sorting stations according to the detection data, so that the memory card detecting device can fully automate the detection of the memory card and classify the memory card. aims.

1‧‧‧Storage media carrier

11‧‧‧Limited area

111‧‧‧ bottom wall

112‧‧‧through hole

12‧‧‧ Around the wall

2‧‧‧ memory card

22‧‧‧Gold Finger Area

3‧‧‧Rack

4‧‧‧Feeding agency

5‧‧‧Testing agency

51‧‧‧Base

52‧‧‧ probe

53‧‧‧Top extension

54‧‧‧Support unit

541‧‧‧Support column

55‧‧‧ Lifting unit

551‧‧‧Connecting arm

552‧‧‧Pushing platform

553‧‧‧Receiving area

6‧‧‧Distribution agency

61‧‧‧Conveying slide

62‧‧‧ Rating Station

7‧‧‧Distribution agency

71‧‧‧Output lift

The other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention, wherein: FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the memory card detecting device of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a perspective view. A detecting mechanism of the embodiment is used for detecting a plurality of memory cards in a storage medium carrying tray; FIG. 3 is a top view of FIG. 2, illustrating a transporting slide of a dispensing mechanism of the embodiment for transporting the storage medium carrying Figure 4 is a side elevational view showing a pressing platform of the lifting unit of the detecting mechanism of the embodiment in a non-detecting position; Figure 5 is a side view showing the lifting unit of the detecting mechanism of the embodiment The pressing platform is in a detecting position; FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing that the pressing platform of the lifting unit of the detecting mechanism of the embodiment is in the non-detecting position; FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating the detecting mechanism of the embodiment. The pressing platform of the lifting unit is moved downward and pressed against the storage medium carrying tray; FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating that the pressing unit of the detecting unit of the detecting mechanism moves downwardly against the platform and a lifting member abuts the bottom of the pressing plate against the bottom of the platform; and FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing that the pressing unit of the detecting unit of the detecting mechanism moves downwardly against the platform, and the plurality of probes are in contact with each other. Check the memory cards.

The following description of the embodiments is intended to be illustrative of the specific embodiments The directional terms mentioned in the present invention, such as "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", etc., are merely directions referring to the additional drawings. Therefore, the directional terminology used is for the purpose of illustration and not limitation.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 and FIG. 6 , an embodiment of the memory card detecting device of the present invention is applicable to detecting a plurality of memory cards 2 respectively accommodated in a plurality of storage media carrier disks 1 , each of the storage media carrier disks 1 includes a plurality of limiting areas 11 respectively accommodated by the memory cards 2, and a surrounding wall 12 surrounding the limiting areas 11. Each of the limiting regions 11 includes a bottom wall 111 and a through hole 112 formed in the bottom wall 111. The through hole 112 can expose the gold finger region 22 of each of the memory cards 2, and the specific structure thereof has been disclosed. Taiwan Patent Notice No. M482065 is included in the reference of this case. In detail, in this embodiment, each of the storage media carrying trays 1 includes 120 limit areas 11 which are connected to each other and arranged in a matrix of 15×8. Therefore, each storage medium carries The disc 1 can carry 120 memory cards 2.

The memory card detecting device of the present invention comprises: a frame 3, a feeding mechanism 4, a plurality of detecting mechanisms 5, a dispensing mechanism 6, and a discharging mechanism 7. The frame 3 is provided with the feeding mechanism 4, the detecting mechanism 5, the dispensing mechanism 6, and the discharging mechanism 7 thereon.

The feeding mechanism 4 can transport the storage medium carrying trays 1 to the detecting mechanisms 5 respectively. Specifically, the feeding mechanism 4 can carry 150 storage medium carrying trays 1 and is divided into five rows, each row having 30 storage media carriers 1 stacked on top of each other, and each time the feeding mechanism 4 The storage medium carrying trays 1 of the uppermost rows of the rows are transported together to the detecting mechanisms 5, so that 600 storage media carrying trays 1 will be simultaneously detected each time.

Each of the detecting mechanisms 5 includes a base 51, a plurality of protruding members 53, a plurality of probes 52, a supporting unit 54, and a lifting unit 55. The number of the protruding members 53 and the number of the probes 52 correspond to the number of the limiting regions 11 of each of the storage medium carrying trays 1. Therefore, the protruding members 53 and the probes 52 The number of the protrusions 53 is 120, and the protrusions 53 are arranged in a matrix of 15×8, and the probes 52 are respectively adjacent to the protrusions 53 and the extensions 53 and Each of the probes 52 is detachably disposed on the base 51, wherein each of the protrusions 53 is used to abut against each of the memory cards 2, and each of the probes 52 is used to open the card and detect the golden fingers of each of the memory cards 2. District 22.

The support unit 54 has four support columns 541 that are vertically disposed on the base 51. The support columns 541 are respectively supported on the bottom of the storage medium carrying tray 1 for the storage medium carrying tray 1 to be placed. The position of the through hole 112 of each of the limiting regions 11 of the storage medium carrying tray 1 corresponds to each of the protruding members 53 and the probes 52, so that the gold finger regions 22 of the memory cards 2 can be located at the respective protruding members 53 and Directly above the probe 52.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 , the lifting unit 55 has four connecting arms 551 disposed on the base 51 , and a pressing platform 552 disposed on the connecting arms 551 . The pressing platform 552 can move up and down along the connecting arms 551. Therefore, the pressing platform 552 can be in a detecting position (as shown in FIG. 5) and a non-detecting position relative to the base 51 (as shown in FIG. 4). Shift move. The bottom of the pressing platform 552 is formed with a plurality of accommodating areas 553 (see FIG. 6) corresponding to the limiting areas 11 of the media carrying tray 1. The positions of the accommodating areas 553 correspond to the limiting areas 11 s position.

Referring to FIG. 1, the dispensing mechanism 6 includes a transport slide 61 and a plurality of sorting stations 62. The transporting slides 61 are disposed on the base 51 of the detecting mechanism 5 for distributing the memory cards 2 in each of the storage medium carrying trays 1 to the sorting stations 62 according to the detection data. The classification station 62 is divided into 16G, 8G, 4G, 2G, 1G and defective products according to the capacity of the memory card 2. Of course, the classification stations 62 can also classify the levels according to other detection data, and are not disclosed in the embodiment. The grading method is limited.

The discharging mechanism 7 can transport the detected storage medium carrying trays 1 transported by the transporting slide 61 out of the memory card detecting device. In the embodiment, the discharging mechanism 7 includes two discharging elevators. 71. Each discharge elevator 71 can carry 120 storage medium carrying trays 1 and is divided into four rows, each row having 30 storage medium carrying trays 1 stacked on top of each other, when the two discharge elevators 71 are transported together, each 240 storage media carrier disks 1 can be transported out to improve overall detection efficiency.

Next, the operation of each of the detecting mechanisms 5 of the embodiment of the memory card detecting device of the present invention will be described.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 6, and FIG. 7, when the pressing platform 552 is lowered from the non-detecting position, the bottom of the pressing platform 552 is pressed against the top periphery of the storage medium carrying tray 1 (ie, the top edge of the surrounding wall 12). With reference to FIG. 8, when the pressing platform 552 continues to descend, the pressing platform 552 presses the storage medium carrying tray 1 downward, so that the memory cards 2 respectively pass through the The through holes 112 first contact the top extensions 53, and then the memory cards 2 start to detach from the corresponding bottom walls 111, and when the pressing platform 552 continues to descend, the extensions 53 are downward. Shrinking and aligning the memory cards 2 to the accommodating regions 553, respectively, and the probes 52 also pass through the through holes 112 to contact the gold finger regions of the memory cards 2, respectively. twenty two.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 9, when the pressing platform 552 continues to move downward to the detecting position, the protruding members 53 and the probes 52 simultaneously contract downward, and each of the protruding members 53 descends below. The position of each probe 52 causes each probe 52 to open and detect. When the pressing platform 552 is moved up to the non-detecting position after the detection of the probes 52 is completed, the transporting slide 61 distributes the memory cards 2 in the storage medium carrying trays 1 according to the detection data to the The classification station 62 (see Fig. 1) is thus completed, so that the detection of the memory card 2 is completed.

In summary, the probes 52 passing through the detecting mechanisms 5 respectively pass through the through holes 112 of each of the storage media carriers 1 to contact the gold finger regions 22 of the memory cards 2 and perform card opening. And detecting, and the memory cards 2 in each of the storage medium carrying trays 1 are distributed to the sorting stations 62 according to the detection data by the transporting slide 61 of the dispensing mechanism 6, so that the memory card The detection device can achieve the function of fully automatic detection of the memory card 2 and accurate classification of the memory card 2, which not only saves manpower and time cost, but also accurately and unambiguously classifies the memory card 2, so that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

However, the above is only an embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention cannot be limited thereto, that is, the application according to the present invention is The simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the patent and the contents of the patent specification are still within the scope of the invention.

1‧‧‧Storage media carrier

3‧‧‧Rack

4‧‧‧Feeding agency

5‧‧‧Testing agency

6‧‧‧Distribution agency

62‧‧‧ Rating Station

7‧‧‧Distribution agency

71‧‧‧Output lift

Claims (7)

A memory card detecting device is configured to detect a plurality of memory cards that are disposed on a storage medium carrier disk. The storage media carrier disk includes a plurality of limiting areas respectively accommodated by the memory cards, each of the limiting areas includes a a bottom wall and a through hole formed in the bottom wall, the through hole enables the gold finger area of each of the memory cards to be exposed, the memory card detecting device comprises: a detecting mechanism, including a base and a plurality of probes And a lifting unit is disposed on the base and used for detecting the gold finger area of the memory card, a supporting unit is vertically disposed on the base and is disposed for the storage medium carrying tray, and a lifting unit is disposed And a pressing platform capable of moving relative to the base at a detecting position and a non-detecting position, when the pressing platform moves to the detecting position, the bottom of the pressing platform is pressed On the top periphery of the storage medium carrier, the probes respectively pass through the through holes to contact and detect the gold finger area of the memory card; and a dispensing mechanism includes a receiving mechanism disposed on the detecting mechanism Pedestal conveyor slide And a plurality of sorting stations, when the pressing platform moves to the non-detecting position after the detecting of the probes is completed, the transporting slides distribute the memory cards in the storage medium carrying tray according to the detection data to the plurality of sorting stations. a grading station, wherein the detecting mechanism further includes a number corresponding to the probe and can be raised a descending member disposed on the base of the base, and when the pressing platform is moved from the non-detecting position to the detecting position, the protruding members respectively lift the memory card upwardly and adhere to the pressing platform bottom of. The memory card detecting device of claim 1, wherein the bottom of the pressing mechanism of the detecting mechanism is formed with a plurality of receiving areas corresponding to the limiting areas of the media carrying tray, when the pressing platform is in the detecting In the position, the memory cards are respectively attached to the accommodating areas. The memory card detecting device of claim 1, wherein the supporting unit of the detecting mechanism has four supporting columns that are vertically disposed on the base, and the supporting columns respectively support the bottom of the storage medium carrying tray . The memory card detecting device of claim 1, wherein the lifting unit of the detecting mechanism further has four connecting arms disposed on the base, and the pressing platform is vertically disposed on the connecting arms and can be along the same The connecting arm moves up and down. The memory card detecting device of claim 1, further comprising a feeding mechanism capable of conveying the storage medium carrying tray to the detecting mechanism. The memory card detecting device of claim 5, further comprising a discharging mechanism capable of conveying the storage medium carrying tray out of the conveying slide. The memory card detecting device of claim 6, further comprising a rack, the rack for the feeding mechanism, the detecting mechanism, the dispensing mechanism and the discharging mechanism being disposed thereon.