TWI713135B - Carrier tray assembly and tray stack using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A carrier tray assembly and a tray stack using the same are described. The carrier tray assembly includes a carrier tray and at least one adjusting member. The carrier tray includes a bottom plate, in which there are plural guiding grooves disposed on the bottom plate. The adjusting member is movably disposed in one of the guiding grooves. The adjusting member includes a carrying portion and a positioning post. The positioning post extends from a bottom portion of the carry portion and is inserted in a corresponding guiding groove. A protruding portion is disposed on a side surface of the positioning portion located in the guiding groove.

Description

Bearing plate assembly and bearing plate stacking assembly

The present disclosure relates to a carrier and its application, and more particularly to a carrier tray assembly and a tray stack assembly.

The carrier tray is mainly used to carry electronic items such as backlight modules or screens, and the carrier trays can be stacked on each other to save space and facilitate transportation.

However, electronic articles of different sizes and shapes are respectively loaded with different sizes and shapes of carrying trays, and therefore cannot be shared with other electronic articles of different sizes or shapes, resulting in poor applicability of the carrying trays.

Therefore, one purpose of the embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide a tray assembly and tray stack assembly, wherein the design of the tray assembly enables the same tray to hold and limit electronic articles of different sizes and shapes.

According to the above objectives of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a tray assembly is provided. The bearing plate assembly includes a bearing plate and at least one adjusting member. Bearer The tray includes a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate has a plurality of guide grooves, and the bottom plate can carry at least one electronic article. The adjusting member is movably arranged in one of the guide grooves. The adjusting piece includes a bearing part and a positioning column. The positioning column extends from the bottom of the supporting part, wherein the positioning column is inserted into the corresponding guide groove, and the side surface of the positioning column located in the guide groove includes at least one protruding part.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the bottom surface of each of the aforementioned guide grooves is provided with a protruding structure, and the top surface of the carrying portion of the adjusting member is provided with a recessed structure corresponding to the protruding structure.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned adjusting member can move in the guide groove along the moving direction. Each guide groove has a plurality of positioning parts and a plurality of necks arranged alternately along the moving direction, and the width of each neck is smaller than the width of each positioning part.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the bottom end of the above-mentioned positioning column has a slot, and the extending direction of the slot is parallel to the moving direction.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the above-mentioned adjusting member further includes a carrier, and the surface of the bottom plate has a plurality of ribs and/or bosses, wherein the surface of the ribs and/or bosses is coplanar with the surface of the carrier.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the aforementioned guide groove includes at least one first guide groove parallel to the first direction and at least one second guide groove parallel to the second direction. Wherein, the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.

According to the above objectives of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a tray stack assembly is provided. The tray stacking assembly is used for storing at least one electronic article. The carrier tray stacking assembly includes at least two carrier trays superimposed on each other and at least one adjusting member, and at least one electronic article is located between the superposed carrier trays between. Each of the supporting trays includes a bottom plate, and the bottom plate has a plurality of guide grooves. The adjusting piece is movably arranged in one of the guide grooves, and the adjusting piece includes a bearing portion and a positioning column. The positioning post extends from the bottom of the supporting part, wherein the positioning post is inserted into the corresponding guide groove, and the side of the positioning post located in the guide groove includes at least one protruding part. Wherein, the bottom plate of one of the supporting plates is carried on the supporting portion of the adjusting member on the adjacent supporting plate.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the bottom surface of each of the above-mentioned guide grooves is provided with a protruding structure. The top surface of the supporting part of the adjusting piece is provided with a concave structure corresponding to the protruding structure. The concave structure of the adjusting member on one of the supporting plates is for embedding the convex structure of the bottom surface of the corresponding guide groove in the adjacent supporting plate.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned adjusting member can move in the guide groove along the moving direction. Each guide groove has a plurality of positioning parts and a plurality of necks arranged alternately along the moving direction, and the width of each neck is smaller than the width of each positioning part.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the bottom end of the positioning column of the above-mentioned adjusting member has a slot, and the extending direction of the slot is parallel to the moving direction.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned adjusting member further includes a carrier connected to the side surface of the carrier. The surface of the bottom plate has a plurality of ribs and/or bosses, wherein the carrier and the ribs and/or bosses jointly carry the electronic article, and the side abuts against the edge of the electronic article.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the guide groove of each of the above-mentioned trays includes at least one first guide groove parallel to the first direction and at least one second guide groove parallel to the second direction. The first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.

It can be seen from the above that the present disclosure utilizes the design of the carrying plate and the adjusting member to meet the needs of carrying objects of different sizes. Specifically, through the design of the guide grooves on the carrier plate and the positioning posts of the adjusting member, the present disclosure provides the user to change the position of the adjusting member fixed in the guide groove according to the size requirements of the article to be carried, so as to reach the limit of the desired load The purpose of the item. In addition, the side of the positioning column of the adjusting member is provided with a protruding part, which can further restrict the rotation of the adjusting member relative to the carrier plate.

100‧‧‧Carrier plate assembly

120‧‧‧Carrier plate

121‧‧‧Bottom plate

121a‧‧‧Protrusion Rib

121b‧‧‧Boss

122‧‧‧Wall

140‧‧‧Adjustment

142‧‧‧Carrier Department

142a‧‧‧ side

142b‧‧‧Recessed structure

144‧‧‧Positioning column

144a‧‧‧Protrusion

146‧‧‧Carrier

162‧‧‧First guide groove

162a‧‧‧Positioning part

162b‧‧‧Neck

162c‧‧‧Protruding structure

164‧‧‧Second guide groove

200‧‧‧To carry items

A1‧‧‧Accommodation space

D1‧‧‧First direction

D2‧‧‧Second direction

W1‧‧‧Width

W2‧‧‧Width

For a more complete understanding of the embodiments and their advantages, reference is now made to the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[Figure 1] is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a tray assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[Figure 2] is a partial exploded schematic diagram of a carrier tray assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[FIG. 3] is a schematic diagram showing the use state of a carrier tray assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[FIG. 4] is a schematic diagram showing the assembly of a tray stacking assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

[Figure 5] is a cross-sectional view taken along the A-A section line of [Figure 4].

Please refer to FIG. 1 first, which is a schematic structural diagram of a tray assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The present disclosure mainly provides a tray assembly 100, and the tray assembly 100 mainly includes a tray 120 and at least one adjusting member 140. The carrier tray 120 is mainly used to carry objects, and the carrier trays 120 can be stacked on each other (for example, as shown in FIG. 4).

In this embodiment, the tray 120 has a bottom plate 121 and a side wall 122, wherein the side wall 122 is erected on the bottom plate 121, and the side wall 122 and the bottom plate 121 jointly form an accommodating space A1. A number of guide grooves are provided on the bottom plate 121, such as a first guide groove 162 and a second guide groove 164. In one embodiment, the first guide groove 162 is parallel to the first direction D1, and the second guide groove 164 is parallel to the second direction D2. The first direction D1 and the second direction D2 are perpendicular to each other, and the first direction D1 and the second direction D2 are perpendicular to each other. The two directions D2 are respectively parallel to the two vertical sides of the bottom plate 121. In this embodiment, the number of the adjusting member 140 may be more than two, and the adjusting member 140 may be arranged in the first guide groove 162 and/or the second guide according to the size of the article 200 (for example, as shown in FIG. 3). In the slot 164, the object that is carried on the bottom plate 121 is restricted.

Please also refer to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a partial exploded schematic diagram of a carrier tray assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In this embodiment, the adjusting member 140 includes a supporting portion 142 and a positioning post 144, wherein the positioning post 144 extends from the bottom of the supporting portion 142, and the positioning post 144 is inserted into the first guide groove 162 or the second guide Slot 164. In one embodiment, the side of the positioning post 144 has a protruding portion 144a. When the positioning post 144 is inserted into the first guide groove 162 or the second guide groove 164, the protruding portion 144a can restrict the positioning post 144 relative to the guide groove. Rotate so that the adjusting member 140 is in the first guide groove 162 or the second guide groove The 164 can only move along the extending direction of the first guide groove 162 or the second guide groove 164 and will not rotate relative to the first guide groove 162 or the second guide groove 164.

1 and 2 again, when the adjustment member 140 is disposed in the first guide groove 162, the adjustment member 140 can move along a moving direction, which is the extension direction of the first guide groove 162 and is parallel to The first direction D1. The first guide groove 162 has a plurality of positioning portions 162 a and a plurality of neck portions 162 b, and the positioning portions 162 a and the neck portion 162 b are staggered along the extending direction of the first guide groove 162. Wherein, the width W1 of each neck portion 162b is smaller than the width W2 of the positioning portion 162a, so that the first guide groove 162 forms a wave-like structure. As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the bottom end of the positioning column 144 has a slot 144 b, and the extending direction of the slot 144 b is parallel to the first direction D1 and the moving direction of the adjusting member 140. Through the arrangement of the slot 144b, the positioning post 144 can be made elastic, and the positioning post 144 can be contracted along a direction parallel to the second direction D2. Thereby, when the adjusting member 140 is pushed to move the adjusting member 140 from one of the positioning portions 162a in the first guide groove 162 to the adjacent positioning portion 162a, the positioning post 144 of the adjusting member 140 will pass through two The neck portion 162b between the positioning portions 162a is compressed by the neck portion 162b, and can pass through the neck portion 162b smoothly. After the positioning post 144 of the adjusting member 140 passes through the neck 162b and reaches the adjacent positioning portion 162a, the positioning post 144 is restored to its original shape because it is no longer compressed by the neck 162b, and then is again restricted to the adjacent的Locating part 162a. Therefore, the adjusting member 140 may move forward and backward in a stepwise manner in the first guide groove 162 or the second guide groove 164.

It can be seen that through the design of the positioning portion 162a and the neck portion 162b of the first guide groove 162, in addition to facilitating the positioning of the adjusting member 140 in the first guide groove 162 In addition to the mid-step movement, the adjustment member 140 can also be restricted to be fixed at a specific position in the first guide groove 162. The shape of the positioning post 144 of the adjustment member 140 and the shape of the positioning portion 162a correspond to each other to produce a tightly fitting card The control effect, to achieve the purpose of not easy to fall off. To be clarified, the second guide groove 164 and the first guide groove 162 have substantially the same structure, so they will not be repeated here. In other examples, the first guide groove 162 and the second guide groove 164 may have different lengths.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 at the same time. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a use state of a carrier tray assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the surface of the bottom plate 121 has a plurality of ribs 121a and bosses 121b. The adjusting member 140 further includes a carrier 146 connected to the side surface 142a of the carrying portion 142, wherein the surface of the carrier 146 is coplanar with the surfaces of the rib 121a and the boss 121b, and can jointly carry the article 200 to be carried, and The side surface 142a of the carrying portion 142 can abut the flat edge of the article 200 to be carried, avoiding protrusions such as electronic parts around or on the edge of the article to be carried. In this way, the carrying tray stacking assembly of the present disclosure has wider adaptability .

In the example of FIG. 3, when the width of the article to be carried (such as electronic articles such as a backlight module or a display panel) 200 is exactly equal to the lateral width of the accommodating space A1 of the carrying tray 120, and the length of the article 200 to be carried is less than When the longitudinal length of the accommodating space A1 is 120, the four adjusting members 140 can be used to abut against the upper and lower sides of the article 200 to be carried respectively, and make the left and right sides of the article 200 to be carried directly abut against The side wall 122 achieves the purpose of limiting the position of the article 200 to be carried. In other examples, when the article 200 to be carried with a smaller size is placed in the accommodating space A1 and the four sides of the article 200 to be carried cannot abut against the side wall 122, the four edges of the article 200 to be carried can be (For example, the upper side, lower side, left side, and right side of the article 200 to be carried as shown in FIG. 3) are respectively provided with adjusting members 140 to limit the article 200 to be carried.

Please also refer to FIGS. 4 and 5, in which FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the assembly of a tray stack assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the AA section line of FIG. 4 . When two carrier trays 120 are stacked on each other, the object 200 to be carried is located between the carrier trays 120 that are superimposed on each other, and the upper carrier tray 120 abuts against the adjacent carrier trays 120 arranged below. On the bearing portion 142 of the piece 140. In other words, the adjusting member 140 on the lower supporting plate 120 has the function of supporting the upper supporting plate 120, and the adjusting member 140 on the lower supporting plate 120 is also pressed by the upper supporting plate 120 to prevent Escape effect. In some embodiments, the top surface of the supporting portion 142 of the adjusting member 140 has a concave structure 142b, and the bottom surface of the first guide groove 162 is provided with a protruding structure 162c. When two supporting plates 120 are stacked on each other, the upper supporting plate 120 The protruding structure 162c of the first guide groove 162 may be embedded in the recessed structure 142b of the adjusting member 140 on the supporting plate 120 below, so as to achieve the purpose of fixing the adjusting member 140. In other words, the anti-tripping effect of the adjusting member 140 on the lower supporting plate 120 can produce a further reinforcing effect. For clarification, in other embodiments, the bottom surface of the second guide groove 164 in FIG. 1 may also be provided with a protruding structure to achieve the purpose of pressing the adjustment member 140 on the second guide groove 164 of the lower carrier plate 120 .

It can be seen from the above that the present disclosure utilizes the design of the carrying plate and the adjusting member to meet the needs of carrying objects of different sizes. Specifically, the present disclosure is through the guide grooves on the carrier plate and the positioning posts of the adjusting parts. It provides the user to change the position of the adjusting member fixed in the guide groove according to the size of the object to be carried or the position of the protrusion to achieve the purpose of limiting the object to be carried. In addition, the side of the positioning column of the adjusting member is provided with a protruding part, which can further restrict the rotation of the adjusting member relative to the carrier plate.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been disclosed as above, they are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the relevant technical field should not depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Some changes and modifications can be made, so the protection scope of the embodiments of this disclosure shall be subject to the scope of the attached patent application.

100‧‧‧Carrier plate assembly

120‧‧‧Carrier plate

121‧‧‧Bottom plate

121a‧‧‧Protrusion Rib

121b‧‧‧Boss

122‧‧‧Wall

140‧‧‧Adjustment

142‧‧‧Carrier Department

142a‧‧‧ side

142b‧‧‧Recessed structure

146‧‧‧Carrier

162‧‧‧First guide groove

164‧‧‧Second guide groove

A1‧‧‧Accommodation space

D1‧‧‧First direction

D2‧‧‧Second direction

Claims (10)

A carrying tray assembly for carrying at least one electronic article, the carrying tray assembly comprising: a carrying tray including a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate has a plurality of guide grooves, and the bottom plate can carry the at least one electronic article; and at least one The adjusting member is movably arranged in one of the guide grooves, wherein the adjusting member includes: a bearing portion; and a positioning post extending from the bottom of the bearing portion, wherein the positioning post is inserted in Corresponding to the guide groove, wherein the positioning post is located on a side surface of the guide groove and includes at least one protruding part; wherein, the adjusting member can move in the guide groove along a moving direction; and each of the guides The groove has a plurality of positioning portions and a plurality of necks arranged alternately along the moving direction, and a width of each of the necks is smaller than a width of each of the positioning portions. As described in the first item of the patent application, the bottom surface of each of the guide grooves is provided with a protruding structure; and the top surface of the supporting portion of the adjusting member is provided with a recessed structure corresponding to the protruding structure . Carrier plate set as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application Wherein the bottom end of the positioning column has a slot, and the extending direction of the slot is parallel to the moving direction. A carrying tray assembly for carrying at least one electronic article, the carrying tray assembly comprising: a carrying tray including a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate has a plurality of guide grooves, and the bottom plate can carry the at least one electronic article; and at least one The adjusting member is movably arranged in one of the guide grooves, wherein the adjusting member includes: a bearing portion; and a positioning post extending from the bottom of the bearing portion, wherein the positioning post is inserted in Corresponding to the guide groove, wherein the positioning column is located on a side surface of the guide groove and includes at least one protrusion; wherein the adjustment member further includes a carrier, and the surface of the bottom plate has a plurality of ribs and/or bosses , Wherein the surfaces of the ribs and/or bosses are coplanar with the surface of the carrier. A carrying tray assembly for carrying at least one electronic article, the carrying tray assembly comprising: a carrying tray including a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate has a plurality of guide grooves, and the bottom plate can carry the at least one electronic article; and at least one The adjusting member is movably disposed in one of the guide grooves, wherein the adjusting member includes: a carrying portion; and A positioning post extends from the bottom of the carrying portion, wherein the positioning post is inserted into the corresponding guide groove, and one of the sides of the positioning post located in the guide groove includes at least one protrusion; wherein, the The guide grooves include at least one first guide groove parallel to a first direction and at least one second guide groove parallel to a second direction; and the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other. A carrier tray stacking assembly for storing at least one electronic article, comprising: at least two carrying trays superimposed on each other, the at least one electronic article is located between the superimposed carrying trays, and each of the carrying trays It includes a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate has a plurality of guide grooves; at least one adjustment member is movably disposed in one of the guide grooves, wherein the adjustment member includes: a bearing part; and a positioning post from The bottom of the supporting portion extends out, wherein the positioning pillar is inserted into the corresponding guide groove, and one of the positioning pillars located in the guide groove includes at least one protrusion; wherein, among the supporting trays The bottom plate of one is carried on the supporting portion of the adjusting member on the adjacent supporting plate; wherein the adjusting member can move in the guide groove along a moving direction; and each of the guide grooves has A plurality of positioning parts and a plurality of necks are arranged alternately along the moving direction, and each of the necks has a small width At a width of each of the positioning parts. For the carrier tray stack assembly described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, the bottom surface of each of the guide grooves is provided with a protruding structure; and the top surface of the supporting portion of the adjusting member is provided with a recess corresponding to the protruding structure Structure; wherein the concave structure of the adjusting member on one of the supporting plates is for the embedding of the protruding structure on the bottom surface of the corresponding guide groove in the adjacent supporting plate. As described in the 6th item of the scope of patent application, the bottom end of the positioning column of the adjusting member has a slot, and the extending direction of the slot is parallel to the moving direction. A carrier tray stacking assembly for accommodating at least one electronic article. The carrier tray stacking assembly includes: at least two carrier trays overlapped with each other, the at least one electronic item is located between the carrier trays overlapped with each other, wherein each Some of the supporting trays include a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate has a plurality of guide grooves; at least one adjusting member is movably disposed in one of the guide grooves, wherein the adjusting member includes: a supporting portion; and A positioning column extending from the bottom of the carrying part, wherein the The positioning pillar is inserted into the corresponding guide groove, and the positioning pillar is located on a side surface of the guide groove and includes at least one protruding part; wherein, the bottom plate of one of the supporting trays is carried on the adjacent On the supporting portion of the adjusting member on the supporting plate; wherein the adjusting member further includes a supporting platform connected to a side surface of the supporting portion, the surface of the bottom plate has a plurality of ribs and/or bosses, wherein the The carrier and the ribs and/or bosses jointly carry the electronic article, and the side surface abuts against the edge of the electronic article. A carrier tray stacking assembly for accommodating at least one electronic article. The carrier tray stacking assembly includes: at least two carrier trays overlapped with each other, the at least one electronic item is located between the carrier trays overlapped with each other, wherein each Some of the supporting trays include a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate has a plurality of guide grooves; at least one adjusting member is movably disposed in one of the guide grooves, wherein the adjusting member includes: a supporting portion; and A positioning post extends from the bottom of the carrying portion, wherein the positioning post is inserted into the corresponding guide groove, and one side of the positioning post located in the guide groove includes at least one protrusion; wherein, the The bottom plate of one of the supporting plates is carried on the supporting portion of the adjusting member on the adjacent supporting plates; wherein, the guide grooves of each of the supporting plates include parallel to a first direction At least one first guide groove, and at least one parallel to a second direction Second guide groove; and the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.

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