TWM461875U - Cassette of substrate and fixed member thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A cassette of substrate and its fixed member are provided. The fixed member comprises a body and at least one protrusion. The body comprises a top surface for carrying a substrate. The protrusion includes a connection surface and a stop portion. The connection surface is connected with the top surface, and the stop portion has a height greater than that of the top surface in order to prevent the substrate from sliding out.

Description

Substrate loading cassette and its fixing parts

The present invention relates to a substrate loading cassette and a fixing member thereof, and more particularly to a fixing member for preventing a substrate from sliding by providing a bump and a substrate loading cassette having the fixing member.

Substrates manufactured in the panel industry today (such as liquid crystal panels) are commonly placed in the Cassette; they can be loaded into several substrates at the same time to improve their productivity, so they are widely used in assembly steps. Meanwhile, when the substrates are horizontally arranged and placed in the loading cassette, the loading crucible can avoid the mutual contact with each other to cause damage or scratch of the substrate, and has sufficient fixing strength to effectively carry the weight of the substrate.

The loading cassette of the conventional loading substrate comprises a frame and at least one carrying unit, and the carrying unit is disposed in the frame. The carrying unit is used to support the substrate, and a fixing member is usually disposed at one end thereof. The conventional fixing member has a body, and the body has a sliding top surface to prevent the substrate from sliding when being loaded on the carrying unit. When a piece of the substrate is placed in the loading cassette, the frame will block both sides of the substrate to prevent the substrate from sliding out to both sides, so that the substrate can be fixed and the positions on both sides thereof can be fixed; however, the two openings of the loading cassette are The end and the mechanical arm enter and exit to place the entrance end of the substrate and the corresponding other end, but the substrate cannot be effectively prevented from sliding from the two open ends, thereby causing the substrate to be unsecured.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a substrate loading cassette and its fixing member to solve the problems of the conventional technology.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a substrate loading cassette and a fixing member thereof, which are provided with a bump on the top surface of the fixing member to prevent the substrate from sliding, thereby improving the fixing property of the substrate, and not falling off the fixing member and falling. .

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a substrate loading cassette mounting member, comprising: a body and at least one protrusion. The body includes a top surface to carry a substrate. The bump includes a connecting surface and a stopping portion. The connection surface is connected to the top surface. The stop has a height higher than the top surface to prevent the substrate from sliding.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body further includes at least one card hole extending through the body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the card hole is a cross card hole, a polygonal card hole, a triangular card hole, a square card hole or a circular card hole.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the body is a long columnar body or a T-shaped columnar body.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the height of the stop is at least greater than 1/4 of the thickness of the substrate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the section of the blocking portion is a rectangular section, a square section, a triangular section, a trapezoidal section, a circular section, an elliptical section, an oval section, a polygonal section or a stepped section.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the bump is a single strip flange or a plurality of spaced block flanges.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the bump is integrally formed with the body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, at least two opposite sides of the body are convexly provided with a support portion.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the body is a rubber body, an acrylic plastic body, a polycarbonate body or an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) plastic body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the top surface is a stop pad, and the protrusion protrudes from a side edge of the slip pad.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the anti-slip pad is a rubber anti-slip pad, an acrylic plastic anti-slip pad, a polycarbonate anti-slip pad or an ABS plastic anti-slip pad.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention provides a substrate loading cassette including a frame and at least one carrying unit, wherein the carrying unit is disposed in the frame, wherein the carrying unit has a fixing component, and includes: a body and at least one Bump. The body includes a top surface to carry a substrate. The bump includes a connecting surface and a stopping portion. The connection surface is connected to the top surface. The block The stop has a height higher than the top surface to prevent the substrate from sliding.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the carrying unit further includes at least one supporting portion protruding from two opposite sides of the body.

C1‧‧‧Substrate loader

1‧‧‧Frame

2‧‧‧bearing unit

21‧‧‧Support

3‧‧‧Substrate

4‧‧‧Fixed parts

40‧‧‧ body

401‧‧‧ top surface

4011‧‧‧Sliding groove

402‧‧‧ wing

41‧‧‧Bumps

411‧‧‧ Connection surface

412‧‧‧stops

42‧‧‧Kakong

43‧‧‧ Holding Department

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a substrate, a substrate loading cassette and a fixing member thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the fixing member of the substrate loading cassette of the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the fixing member of the substrate loading cassette of another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the fixing member of the substrate loading cassette of still another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the fixing member of the substrate loading cassette of the embodiment of the present invention.

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. Furthermore, the directional terms mentioned in this creation, such as upper, lower, top, bottom, front, rear, left, right, inner, outer, side, surrounding, central, horizontal, horizontal, vertical, vertical, axial, Radial, uppermost or lowermost, etc., only refer to the direction of the additional schema. Therefore, the directional terminology used is used to describe and understand the creation, and is not intended to limit the creation.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a substrate loading cassette C1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a frame 1 and at least one carrying unit 2 disposed in the frame 1 for carrying a substrate 3 . The carrier unit 2 has a fixing member 4 and mainly includes a body 40 and at least one protrusion 41. The body 40 is used to carry the substrate 3 , such as a liquid crystal panel, a panel, or a glass substrate. The bumps 41 are used to limit the substrate 3 and prevent it from sliding out of the body 40 . The frame 1 can block the substrate 3 from sliding to the sides (as shown in FIG. 1 and move left and right), so as to prevent the substrate 3 from sliding out of the two sides, and adding the bump 41 can prevent the substrate 3 from slipping out. The direction of the exit (as shown in Figure 1 is the front-rear direction of the figure, which is the normal direction of the drawing).

Referring to FIG. 1 and further referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 illustrates a fixing member 4 of a substrate loading cassette C1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, which mainly includes a body 40 and at least one protrusion 41. The body 40 includes a top surface 401 for carrying the substrate 3. The bump 41 includes a connection The joint surface 411 and the stop portion 412. The connection surface 411 is connected to the top surface 401. The stopper portion 412 has a height higher than the top surface 401 to prevent the substrate 3 from sliding.

Referring to FIG. 3, the body 40 may be a long columnar body or a T-shaped columnar body, and a wing portion 402 is mainly extended from the top surface 401. The wing portion 402 needs to have a sufficient length to effectively hold the substrate. 3 weights. Moreover, the body 40 may further include a plurality of retaining portions 43 extending obliquely at the lower edge of the wing portion 402 and connecting the sides of the body 40 such that when stress is applied to the wing portion 402, The retaining portions 43 disperse the stress and strengthen the supporting holding force.

The body 40 can be a rubber body, an acrylic plastic body, a polycarbonate body or an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) plastic body, and the body 40 has a heat-resistant and non-slip plastic. Material, and the substrate 3 is not scratched or damaged by the top surface 401 of the body 40, and the weight of the fixing member 4 must also be taken into consideration, so that the carrying unit 2 does not carry the substrate 3 and the fixing The piece 4 is such that it exceeds the loadable weight limit. Further, a plurality of anti-slip grooves 4011 (as shown in Fig. 3) may be formed on the top surface 401.

The top surface 401 of the body 40 can be a non-slip pad (as shown in FIG. 2), and the protrusion 41 protrudes from one side edge of the anti-slip pad. If the anti-slip material of the heat-resistant non-slip material is disposed on the bearing surface of the body 40, the body 40 may not be limited to a heat-resistant non-slip material, and may be selected from other materials with better holding power or lighter weight; The sliding pad can be a rubber anti-slip pad, an acrylic plastic anti-slip pad, a polycarbonate anti-slip pad or an ABS plastic anti-slip pad. The action of the anti-slip pad also prevents the substrate 3 from being scratched or damaged, and prevents slipping out of the range of the top surface 401.

The support unit 2 further includes a support portion 21, and the body 40 further includes at least one card hole 42 formed through the central portion of the body 40 for the support portion 21 Through the body 40, in other words, the support portion 21 protrudes from two opposite sides of the body 40. The support portion 21 may be a rod body made of a material having sufficient supporting force such as metal or plastic, and the card hole 42 may be a cross card hole (as shown in FIG. 2) or a polygonal card hole (such as the third). The figure is not limited thereto, and may be, for example, a triangular card hole, a square card hole, a circular card hole or other geometric card hole. In the present invention, the card hole 42 has an elastic deformation characteristic. When the support portion 21 passes through the card hole 42 , it can be elastically extended to accommodate the support portion 21 to pass through and be engaged, and the card hole 42 The inner wall can elastically abut against the outer peripheral surface of the support portion 21 to ensure The support portion 21 does not deviate from the card hole 42.

In addition, in other embodiments of the present invention, the support portion 21 may be integrally formed with the body 40 directly by the same material, or the mold may be clamped on the support portion 21 of different materials for injection molding to form the body 40. At that time, it is directly coupled to the support portion 21, so that the body 40 does not need to additionally design a snap hole structure.

Referring to Figures 4 and 5 together, the bump 41 may be a single strip flange (as shown in Fig. 4) or a plurality of spaced block flanges (as shown in Fig. 5); In addition, the cross section of the stopping portion 412 may be a rectangular section, a square section, a triangular section, a trapezoidal section, a circular section, an elliptical section, an oval section, a polygonal section or a stepped section, and the like; and the stopper The height of the 412 is preferably designed to be at least 1/4 of the thickness of the substrate 3, but not limited thereto, and may be up to twice the thickness of the substrate 3, but should not be too high to make the substrate loaded with C1 This increases the overall height, which results in wasted space and increased working time for the movement of the robot arm. In addition, the protrusion 41 is preferably integrally formed with the body 40, and the side wall of the protrusion 41 and the top surface 401 may be at right angles, acute angles or obtuse angles, which are not limited by the illustration of the embodiment.

As described above, compared with the conventional substrate loading cassette and its fixing member, although it can carry and stop the sliding substrate and limit the direction of both sides thereof, it cannot limit the sliding of the exit direction thereof, and the creation is set on the fixing member. At least one bump, which can effectively enhance the function of the limit, thereby improving the bearing stability of the substrate.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in its preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and anyone skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application.

4‧‧‧Fixed parts

40‧‧‧ body

401‧‧‧ top surface

41‧‧‧Bumps

411‧‧‧ Connection surface

412‧‧‧stops

42‧‧‧Kakong

Claims (14)

A fixing member for a substrate loading cassette, comprising: a body comprising a top surface for carrying a substrate; and at least one protrusion comprising: a connecting surface connected to the top surface; and a stopping portion A height is higher than the top surface to prevent the substrate from sliding. The fixing member of the substrate loading cassette of the first aspect of the invention, wherein the body further comprises at least one card hole, the card hole extending through the body. The fixing member for the substrate loading cassette according to the second aspect of the invention, wherein the card hole is a cross card hole, a polygonal card hole, a triangular card hole, a square card hole or a circular card hole. The fixing member for a substrate loading cassette according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the body is a long columnar body or a T-shaped columnar body. The fixing member of the substrate loading cassette of claim 1, wherein the height of the stopping portion is at least 1/4 of a thickness of the substrate. The fixing member of the substrate loading cassette according to claim 1, wherein the blocking portion has a rectangular section, a square section, a triangular section, a trapezoidal section, a circular section, an elliptical section, an oval section, and a polygon. Section or stepped section. The fixing member for a substrate loading cassette according to claim 1, wherein the bump is a single strip flange or a plurality of spaced block flanges. The fixing member of the substrate loading cassette according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion is integrally formed with the body. The fixing member of the substrate loading cassette according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein at least two opposite sides of the body protrude from at least one supporting portion. The fixing member of the substrate loading cassette according to claim 1, wherein the body is Rubber body, acrylic plastic body, polycarbonate body or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer plastic body. The fixing member of the substrate loading cassette of the first aspect of the invention, wherein the top surface is a non-slip mat, and the protrusion protrudes from a side edge of the anti-slip mat. The fixing member for the substrate loading cassette according to the invention of claim 11, wherein the anti-slip mat is a rubber anti-slip mat, an acrylic plastic anti-slip mat, a polycarbonate anti-slip mat or an acrylonitrile-butadiene- Styrene copolymer plastic anti-slip mat. A substrate loading cassette comprising a frame and at least one carrying unit disposed in the frame, wherein the carrying unit has a fixing member, comprising: a body comprising a top surface for carrying a substrate And at least one bump comprising: a connecting surface connected to the top surface; and a blocking portion having a height higher than the top surface to prevent the substrate from sliding. The substrate loading cassette of claim 13, wherein the carrying unit further comprises at least one supporting portion protruding from two opposite sides of the body.