TWM622369U - Pick-up device for glass panel - Google Patents

Abstract

A pick and place device for a glass panel is suitable for picking and placing a glass panel. The glass panel has a surface to be coated and an adsorption surface. The pick-and-place device for glass panels includes a base unit, a carrying unit, an air guide unit and a rotating unit. The carrying unit includes several suction cups. The air guide unit includes several air guide modules. Each air guide module can inhale to the corresponding suction cup, so that the suction surface of the glass panel is sucked by the corresponding suction cup. Since the suction cups are adsorbed on the adsorption surface instead of the surface to be coated, the coating effect can be avoided. Each air guide module can also supply air to the corresponding suction cup, and the rotating unit can synchronously drive the air guide modules to rotate to make the suction cups rotate in a coordinated manner, which helps to make the suction cups separate from the glass panel and Avoid damage to the glass panel.

Description

Pick and place device for glass panels

The new model relates to a fixed fixture, in particular to a pick-and-place device for glass panels.

During the coating operation of the existing glass panels, a glass panel is usually placed on a supporting table by manpower, and then the supporting table is moved to a coating device for coating, and then the coated glass panel is taken out by manpower.

Since the above process is carried out by manpower when picking and placing the glass panel, the accuracy and efficiency of the operation are not good, and it does not conform to the future development trend of mechanical automation, and when picking and placing by manpower, it is inevitable to touch to the coating surface of the glass panel, resulting in poor quality of the finished product.

An existing glass panel pick-and-place device is that after the glass panel is coated, a suction pump is used to inhale a plurality of rubber suction cups of a holding plate, so that the rubber suction cups are adsorbed on the glass panel, so that the The glass panel is fixed on the holding plate so as to be driven and taken out from a coating device. When the glass panel is to be unloaded, the air pump is turned off to release the vacuum state of the rubber suction cups, so that the rubber suction cups can be separated from the glass panel.

However, since the existing glass panel pick-and-place device sucks the rubber suction cups on the coated surface of the glass panel, it is still easy to cause damage to the coated surface, and when the glass panel is unloaded, although the suction is closed Air pump, but sometimes these rubber suction cups will continue to be adsorbed on the glass panel, which will not only cause damage to the coating surface and affect the coating effect, but also cause inconvenience to the operation.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a pick-and-place device for glass panels that can avoid damage to the coating surface.

Therefore, the device for picking and placing a glass panel of the present invention is suitable for picking and placing a glass panel. The glass panel has a surface to be coated, and an adsorption surface opposite to the surface to be coated. The pick-and-place device for glass panels includes a base unit, a carrying unit, at least one lifting unit, an air guiding unit, and a rotating unit.

The carrier unit is removably placed above the base unit, and includes a carrier tray suitable for placing the glass panel, a plurality of through holes passing through the carrier tray, and a plurality of rotatably disposed on the The suction cup is perforated and suitable for suctioning the suction surface of the glass panel.

The at least one lifting unit is disposed below the carrying tray. The at least one lift unit includes a lift drive member disposed on the base unit, and a lift base that can be driven by the lift drive member to approach or move away from the carrier plate.

The air guide unit includes a plurality of air guide modules arranged on the at least one lifting seat and corresponding to the iso-suction cups respectively.

The rotating unit is arranged on the at least one lifting base and can drive the air guide modules to rotate.

When the at least one lifting base approaches or moves away from the carrier plate, it can drive each air guide module to move relative to the carrier plate between an approaching position and a distant position.

In the approaching position, each air guide module is relatively close to the carrier plate and is connected to the corresponding suction cup, and each air guide module can inhale the corresponding suction cup so as to be suitable for making the glass panel. The suction surface is adsorbed by the corresponding suction cup, each air guide module can also supply air to the corresponding suction cup, and the rotating unit can synchronously drive the air guide modules to rotate so as to make the suction cups rotate. In the remote position, each air guide module is relatively far away from the carrier plate and disengaged from the corresponding suction plate.

The effect of the present invention is: since the suction cups are adsorbed on the suction surface of the glass panel instead of the surface to be coated, the coating effect can be avoided. The air guide module supplies air to the corresponding suction cups, and can also rotate the suction cups by the rotating unit, which can help to separate the suction cups from the glass panel, thereby avoiding damage to the glass panel.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 , an embodiment of the novel glass panel pick and place device is suitable for picking and placing a glass panel 1 . The glass panel 1 has a surface 11 to be coated, and an adsorption surface 12 opposite to the surface 11 to be coated.

The pick-and-place device for glass panels includes a base unit 2 , a bearing unit 3 , four support units 4 , five lift units 5 , an air guide unit 6 , and a rotation unit 7 . The supporting units 4 are defined to be spaced apart from each other along a left-right axis X. The elevating units 5 are spaced apart from each other along the left-right axis X. Each supporting unit 4 is disposed between two adjacent lifting units 5 along the left-right axis X.

The base unit 2 includes a fixed seat 21 and five adjustment seats 22 respectively provided for the lifting units 5 . It should be noted that, in order to clearly illustrate the relative positional relationship between the various components, in FIG. 1 , FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 , the fixing seat 21 is drawn as an imaginary line.

Each adjusting seat 22 has two side adjusting plates 221 arranged at intervals along an axis L perpendicular to the left-right axis X and fixed on the fixing seat 21 , and one side adjusting plate 221 pivotally arranged between the side adjusting plates 221 for corresponding The adjustment base plate 222 of the lifting unit 5 and the two pins 223 corresponding to the adjustment plates 221 on the same side respectively. The adjusting base plate 222 can be rotated around the axis L relative to the fixing seat 21 and can be positioned.

Each side adjustment plate 221 has a pivot end 224 for pivoting the adjustment base plate 222 , a remote end 225 opposite to the pivot end 224 , and three through the remote end 225 and spaced around the axis L the adjustment hole 226. The adjusting substrate 222 has two connecting side walls 227 corresponding to the corresponding side adjusting plates 221 respectively, and two connecting holes 228 respectively passing through the connecting side walls 227 .

Each plug 223 is removably inserted into the corresponding connecting hole 228 and alternatively passes through the corresponding adjusting holes 226 of the side adjusting plate 221, so that the adjusting substrate 222 cannot be relative to the adjusting plate 222 around the axis L. The fixed seat 21 rotates. When the pins 223 are removed from the corresponding adjustment holes 226 , the adjustment base plate 222 can rotate relative to the fixed seat 21 around the axis L to change the inclination angle of the adjustment base plate 222 .

The carrying unit 3 is removably placed above the fixing seat 21 of the base unit 2 , and includes a carrying tray 31 suitable for placing the glass panel 1 , a plurality of through holes 32 passing through the carrying tray 31 , A plurality of suction cups 33 are respectively rotatably disposed on the through holes 32 and adapted to adsorb the suction surface 12 of the glass panel 1 , and a plurality of support holes 34 pass through the carrier plate 31 . In this embodiment, the number of the through holes 32 and the suction cups 33 is ten, and the number of the support holes 34 is twelve. In this embodiment, each suction cup 33 is made of fluorine rubber material. Since fluorine rubber has good high temperature resistance and oxidation resistance properties, once it is adsorbed on the glass panel 1, even if it is subsequently coated with high temperature The state of being vacuum-adsorbed to the glass panel 1 can also be maintained during operation, so that the glass panel 1 does not easily fall off.

Each support unit 4 has a support drive member 41 disposed on the base unit 2 , and a plurality of support members 42 that can pass through the support holes 34 . Each support member 42 has a support end portion 421 suitable for contacting the glass panel 1 .

In this embodiment, the total number of the support members 42 is twelve, wherein each of the two support units 4 includes two support members 42 , and the support members 42 are along a front and rear direction perpendicular to the left-right axis X The axial direction Y is spaced apart; each of the other two supporting units 4 includes four supporting members 42 , and the supporting members 42 are spaced apart from each other along the left-right axial direction X and the front-rear axial direction Y and are arranged in an array.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 3 , and FIG. 4 , each supporting member 42 can be driven by the corresponding supporting driving member 41 to move relative to the carrier plate 31 between a non-supporting position and a supporting position. In this embodiment, each support driving member 41 is a telescopic motor, but it is not limited thereto.

In the unsupported position (see FIG. 4 ), each support member 42 is located below the carrier tray 31 and away from the glass panel 1 .

In the supporting position (see FIG. 3 ), each supporting member 42 is adjacent to the supporting plate 31 and passes through the corresponding supporting hole 34 so as to support the glass panel 1 upward and away from the supporting plate 31 .

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 , each lift unit 5 is disposed below the carrier plate 31 , and includes a lift drive member 51 disposed on the adjustment substrate 222 corresponding to the base unit 2 , and a lift drive member 51 capable of being driven by the lift 51 is driven to approach or move away from the lift seat 52 of the carrying tray 31 . The elevating driving members 51 of the elevating units 5 can be independently driven so that the elevating bases 52 are located at different heights relative to the carrying tray 31 . In this embodiment, each lift driving member 51 is a telescopic motor, but it is not limited to this.

The air guide unit 6 includes a plurality of air guide modules 61 disposed on the lift bases 52 and corresponding to the suction cups 33 respectively. In this embodiment, each lift seat 52 is provided with two air guide modules 61 , and the air guide modules 61 corresponding to each lift seat 52 are arranged at intervals along the front-rear axis Y.

The rotating unit 7 includes a plurality of rotating modules 71 respectively disposed on the lifting bases 52 and capable of driving the air guide modules 61 to rotate.

Each rotating module 71 has a rotating motor 711 disposed on the corresponding lifting base 52 , a main gear 712 that can be driven to rotate by the rotating motor 711 , and two gears respectively connected to the corresponding air guide module 61 . Auxiliary gear 713. When the rotation motor 711 drives the main gear 712 to rotate, the auxiliary gears 713 can be driven to rotate the air guide modules 61 , but the transmission mode is not limited to this.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 4 , and FIG. 5 , when each lift seat 52 approaches or moves away from the carrier plate 31 , it can drive each air guide module 61 to an approach position and a distance position relative to the carrier plate 31 . move between.

When each air guide module 61 is at the approaching position (see FIG. 5 , and some components refer to FIG. 1 ), each air guide module 61 relatively approaches the carrier plate 31 and is connected to the corresponding suction cup 33 . An air guide module 61 can inhale to the corresponding suction cup 33 so as to be suitable for making the suction surface 12 of the glass panel 1 sucked by the corresponding suction cup 33 , and each air guide module 61 can also suck the corresponding suction cup 33 . The suction cups 33 are supplied with air, and the rotating unit 7 can synchronously drive the air guide modules 61 to rotate so as to make the suction cups 33 rotate.

When each air guide module 61 is in the remote position (see FIG. 4 ), each air guide module 61 is relatively far away from the carrier plate 31 and separated from the corresponding suction cup 33 .

The following describes the use of the glass panel pick-and-place device with the continuous operations shown in FIGS. 3 to 8 . Please refer to FIG. 1 for some components.

First, the supporting members 42 are operated to the supporting position through the supporting driving members 41 , and then the suction surface 12 of the glass panel 1 is placed above the supporting members 42 (see FIG. 3 ).

Then, the supporting members 42 are operated to the non-supporting position through the supporting driving members 41 , so that the glass panel 1 is placed above the supporting tray 31 (see FIG. 4 ).

Then, the lift bases 52 are moved upward through the lift drive members 51 respectively, so that each air guide module 61 is relatively approached to the carrier plate 31 and connected to the corresponding suction cup 33, and each guide module 61 is operated to The air module 61 inhales the corresponding suction cups 33 , so that the glass panel 1 is sucked by the suction cups 33 and connected to the carrier plate 31 (see FIG. 5 ).

Since the glass panel 1 is adsorbed by the suction cups 33 and connected to the carrier plate 31 , the glass panel 1 can be moved synchronously by applying force to the carrier plate 31 (see FIG. 6 ), so there is no need to touch the glass panel 1 . The surface 11 to be coated can move the glass panel 1 to a coating equipment (not shown) for coating.

After the coating operation is completed, the carrier plate 31 is placed back on the fixing base 21, and then the lift bases 52 are moved upward through the lift drive members 51, so that each air guide module 61 is opposite to each other. Approach the carrier plate 31 and connect to the corresponding suction cups 33 , and operate each air guide module 61 to supply air to the corresponding suction cups 33 (see FIG. 7 ) to release the suction cups 33 and the glass panel 1 and the rotation modules 71 drive the air guide modules 61 to rotate to make the suction cups 33 rotate synchronously (see FIG. 8 , please refer to FIG. 1 for some components), so that the suction cups 33 The glass panel 1 can be detached from the glass panel 1 , and the glass panel 1 can be removed from the top of the carrier tray 31 .

In this way, since the suction cups 33 are adsorbed on the suction surface 12 of the glass panel 1 instead of the surface 11 to be coated, the coating effect can be avoided, and when the glass panel 1 is to be separated from the carrier plate 31, In addition to supplying air to the corresponding suction cups 33 through each air guide module 61, the rotating unit 7 can also rotate the suction cups 33, which can help to separate the suction cups 33 from the glass panel 1. Therefore, Damage to the glass panel 1 can be avoided.

It is worth mentioning that, since the lift drive members 51 of the lift units 5 can be driven independently, the lift bases 52 are located at different heights relative to the carrier plate 31, so when the glass panel 1 is curved When the surface of the glass panel 1 is adjusted, the air guide modules 61 can be located at different heights to match the curved surface of the glass panel 1 . For example, taking FIG. 3 as an example, due to the curved surface of the glass panel 1, the moving directions and distances of the air guide modules 61 upwardly connected to the suction cups 33 are different. The air guide modules 61 can be moved to connect with the suction cups 33 respectively only by raising and lowering the driving member 51 .

In addition, since the adjustment base plate 222 of each adjustment base 22 can be rotated and positioned relative to the fixed base 21 around the axis L, when applied to other glass panels 1 with different curvatures, the adjustment can also be adjusted accordingly. The tilt angles of the adjustment substrates 222 of the seat 22 change the curvature of the plane formed by the tops of the air guide modules 61 to match the glass panels 1 with different curvatures.

For example, the plane formed by the tops of the air guide modules 61 in FIG. 3 is a curved surface with a relatively concave middle, so it is suitable for a glass panel 1 with a hollow in the middle. However, if the first and second adjustment seats 22 on the left side of FIG. 2 and the first and second adjustment seats 22 on the right side of FIG. 2 are adjusted to the state of the adjustment seats 22 in the middle of FIG. 222 is in an approximately horizontal state, the plane formed by the tops of the air guide modules 61 will be approximately horizontal and can fit the flat glass panel 1. In this case, since each air guide module 61 is in the The moving paths and distances between the approaching position and the remote position are the same, so only one lifting unit 5 can be provided, and all the air guide modules 61 can be set in the lifting unit 5 to move synchronously, and the same can be achieved. effect.

It should be noted that, since the supporting units 4 are arranged at intervals along the left-right axial direction X, and each of the two supporting units 4 includes two supporting members 42 arranged at intervals along the front-rear axis Y, the other Each of the two supporting units 4 includes four supporting members 42 which are spaced apart from each other along the left-right axial direction X and the front-rear axial direction Y and are arranged in an array, so that the glass panel 1 can be arranged no matter along the left-right axial direction X. Alternatively, the front and rear axes Y are supported by a plurality of support members 42, which can increase the stability of the support.

Similarly, since the lifting units 5 are arranged at intervals along the left-right axis X, and the air guide modules 61 corresponding to each lifting seat 52 are arranged at intervals along the front-rear axis Y, when the glass panel 1 is When the suction cups 33 are sucked, they are sucked by the suction cups 33 along the left-right axis X or the front-rear axis Y, which can increase the stability of suction.

To sum up, the pick-and-place device of the novel glass panel can avoid affecting the coating effect because the suction cups 33 are adsorbed on the adsorption surface 12 of the glass panel 1 instead of the surface to be coated 11 . When the glass panel 1 is separated from the carrier plate 31, in addition to supplying air to the corresponding suction cups 33 through each air guide module 61, the suction cups 33 can also be rotated by the rotating unit 7, which can help to make the suction cups 33 rotate. Since the suction cup 33 is separated from the glass panel 1 , damage to the glass panel 1 can be avoided, so the purpose of the present invention can be surely achieved.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, which should not limit the scope of implementation of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the contents of the patent specification are still included. within the scope of this patent.

1: glass panel 11: Surface to be coated 12: Adsorption surface 2: Base unit 21: Fixed seat 22: Adjustment seat 221: Side adjustment plate 222: Adjust the substrate 223: latch 224: Pivot End 225: away from the end 226: Adjustment hole 227: Connecting side walls 228: Connection hole 3: Bearing unit 31: Carrier plate 32: Perforation 33: Sucker 34: Support hole 4: Support unit 41: Support driver 42: Supports 421: Support end 5: Lifting unit 51: Lifting drive 52: Lifting seat 6: Air guide unit 61: Air guide module 7: Rotating unit 71: Rotation module 711: Turn the motor 712: Main Gear 713: Secondary gear X: left and right axis Y: Front and rear axis L: axis

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional combined schematic diagram of an embodiment of the novel glass panel pick-and-place device and a glass panel; Fig. 2 is a partial perspective exploded view of an adjusting seat, a lifting unit, two air guide modules and a rotating module of the embodiment; 3 is a schematic front view illustrating a plurality of support members of this embodiment in a support position, and the support members support the glass panel upward and away from a carrier plate; FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 , illustrating the support members in a non-supporting position, the support members being located under the carrier plate and away from the glass panel, and illustrating a plurality of air guide modules in a remote position, the The air guide module is relatively far away from the carrier plate and is separated from several suction cups; FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4 , illustrating that the air guide modules are in an approaching position, the air guide modules are relatively approached to the carrier plate and connected and suck the suction cups; 6 is another schematic front view, illustrating that the glass panel is attached to the carrier plate by being sucked by the suction cups, and applying force to the carrier plate can drive the glass panel to move synchronously; FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 5, illustrating the air guide modules in the approaching position, and the air guide modules supply air to the suction cups; and FIG. 8 is a schematic top view illustrating that the suction cups located under the glass panel can be driven to rotate synchronously.

1: glass panel

11: Surface to be coated

12: Adsorption surface

2: Base unit

21: Fixed seat

3: Bearing unit

31: Carrier plate

32: Perforation

33: Sucker

34: Support hole

4: Support unit

5: Lifting unit

51: Lifting drive

52: Lifting seat

6: Air guide unit

61: Air guide module

7: Rotating unit

71: Rotation module

711: Turn the motor

712: Main Gear

713: Secondary gear

X: left and right axis

Y: Front and rear axis

Claims (9)

A pick-and-place device for a glass panel, suitable for picking and placing a glass panel, the glass panel has a surface to be coated and an adsorption surface opposite to the surface to be coated, the device for picking and placing a glass panel comprises: a base unit; A carrying unit is removably placed above the base unit, and includes a carrying tray suitable for placing the glass panel, a plurality of through holes passing through the carrying tray, and a plurality of rotatably disposed on the A suction cup that is iso-perforated and suitable for suctioning the suction surface of the glass panel; At least one lift unit is arranged below the carrier plate, the at least one lift unit includes a lift drive member disposed on the base unit, and a lift seat that can be driven by the lift drive member to approach or away from the carrier plate ; an air guide unit, comprising a plurality of air guide modules disposed on the at least one lifting base and corresponding to the iso-suction cups respectively; and a rotating unit, disposed on the at least one lifting base and capable of driving the air guide modules to rotate, When the at least one lift base approaches or moves away from the carrier plate, it can drive each air guide module to move relative to the carrier plate between an approaching position and a distant position, In the approaching position, each air guide module is relatively close to the carrier plate and connected to the corresponding suction cup, and each air guide module can inhale to the corresponding suction cup so as to be suitable for making the glass panel The adsorption surface is adsorbed by the corresponding suction cup, each air guide module can also supply air to the corresponding suction cup, and the rotating unit can synchronously drive the rotation of the air guide modules to make the suction cups rotate in a coordinated manner, In the remote position, each air guide module is relatively far away from the carrier plate and disengaged from the corresponding suction plate. The pick-and-place device for glass panels as claimed in claim 1 includes a plurality of the lift units, and the lift drive members of the lift units can be independently driven to position the lift bases relative to the carrier tray. different heights. The pick-and-place device for glass panels according to claim 2, wherein the lifting units are defined to be spaced apart from each other along a left-right axis, each lifting seat is provided with two air guide modules, and the The air guide modules are arranged at intervals along a front and rear axial direction perpendicular to the left and right axial directions. The pick-and-place device for a glass panel according to claim 2, wherein the carrying unit further comprises a plurality of support holes passing through the carrying tray, the pick-and-place device for a glass panel further comprises a plurality of support units, each support unit There is a support drive member disposed on the base unit, and at least one support member that can pass through the corresponding support hole, and the at least one support member can be driven by the support drive member to be relative to the carrier plate in a non- Moving between the supporting position and a supporting position, in the non-supporting position, the at least one supporting member is located under the carrying plate, and in the supporting position, the at least one supporting member is adjacent to the carrying plate and passes through the corresponding supporting plate The hole can be supported so that the glass panel faces upwards away from the carrier tray. The pick-and-place device for glass panels according to claim 4, wherein each support unit is disposed between two adjacent lift units along a left-right axis, and each support unit has two of the support members, The support members of each support unit are arranged at intervals along a front-to-rear axial direction perpendicular to the left-right axial direction. The pick-and-place device for a glass panel according to claim 1, wherein each suction cup of the carrying unit is made of a fluorine rubber material. The pick-and-place device for glass panels according to claim 1, wherein the rotating unit has a rotating motor disposed on the at least one lifting base, a main gear that can be driven to rotate by the rotating motor, and a plurality of respectively connected In the auxiliary gears of the air guide modules, when the rotation motor drives the main gear to rotate, the auxiliary gears can be driven to make the air guide modules rotate. The pick-and-place device for a glass panel according to claim 2, wherein the lifting units are defined to be spaced apart from each other along a left-right axis, the base unit includes a fixed seat, and a plurality of lifting units are respectively arranged for the lifting units Adjusting bases, each adjusting base has two side adjusting plates spaced along an axis perpendicular to the left and right axial directions and fixed to the fixing base, and a side adjusting plate pivoted between the side adjusting plates for corresponding lifting and lowering The adjusting base plate fixed in the unit can be rotated around the axis relative to the fixing seat and can be positioned. The pick-and-place device for a glass panel according to claim 8, wherein each adjustment seat of the base unit further has two latches corresponding to the corresponding side adjustment plates, and each side adjustment plate has a pivot for the adjustment substrate A pivoting end, a remote end opposite to the pivoting end, and a plurality of adjustment holes passing through the remote end and spaced around the axis, the adjustment base plate has two connecting side walls corresponding to the adjustment plates on the same side, respectively, and two connecting holes respectively passing through the connecting side walls, each pin is removably inserted in the corresponding connecting hole and alternatively passes through the adjusting holes of the corresponding side adjusting plate, so that the adjusting substrate It cannot be rotated about the axis relative to the mount.

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