IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0579735
(2005-04-20)
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등록번호 |
US-7806642
(2010-10-26)
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우선권정보 |
JP-2004-142984(2004-05-13) |
국제출원번호 |
PCT/JP2005/007532
(2005-04-20)
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§371/§102 date |
20061107
(20061107)
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국제공개번호 |
WO05/112535
(2005-11-24)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Narita, Shoriki
- Ishida, Kenichi
- Hirata, Shuichi
- Shida, Satoshi
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
1 인용 특허 :
11 |
초록
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In a receiver for component feed plates for housing, in multi-stage stacks, a plurality of component feed plates with a plurality of components placed thereon, identification mark portions are formed so as to be placed at end portions or their proximities of support guide portions in a plate feed di
In a receiver for component feed plates for housing, in multi-stage stacks, a plurality of component feed plates with a plurality of components placed thereon, identification mark portions are formed so as to be placed at end portions or their proximities of support guide portions in a plate feed direction so that each paired set of support guide portions out of individual support guide portions can be distinguished from the other paired sets of support guide portions and moreover visually discerned in the plate feed direction.
대표청구항
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The invention claimed is: 1. A receiver for component feed plates, the receiver comprising: a pair of side wall portions; a plurality of paired sets of support guide portions fixed on the side wall portions for supporting mutually opposing end portions of a plurality of component feed plates on whi
The invention claimed is: 1. A receiver for component feed plates, the receiver comprising: a pair of side wall portions; a plurality of paired sets of support guide portions fixed on the side wall portions for supporting mutually opposing end portions of a plurality of component feed plates on which a plurality of components to be mounted on a board are feedably placed, the support guide portions being configured such that the plates are supported in a generally horizontal support posture so as to be movable and guidable along a plate feed direction extending along surfaces of the component feed plates; and a plurality of identification mark portions formed as through holes in side faces of the pair of side wall portions such that each paired set of support guide portions is distinguished from the other paired sets of support guide portions, wherein the plates are supported at their end portions by the individual paired sets of support guide portions identified by the identification mark portions such that the plates are housed in multi-stage stacks, and wherein the support guide portions guide the component feed plates as the component feed plates are moved in the plate feed direction for feed of the components placed thereon. 2. A receiver for component feed plates, the receiver comprising: a pair of side wall portions; a plurality of paired sets of support guide portions fixed on the side wall portions for supporting mutually opposing end portions of a plurality of component feed plates on which a plurality of components to be mounted on a board are feedably placed, the support guide portions being configured such that the plates are supported in a generally horizontal support posture so as to be movable and guidable along a plate feed direction extending along surfaces of the component feed plates; and a plurality of recessed identification mark portions formed so as to extend along the plate feed direction in an outer peripheral surface of the pair of side wall portions, the recessed identification marks being open at end portions of the side wall portions, such that each paired set of support guide portions is distinguished from the other paired sets of support guide portions, wherein the plates are supported at their end portions by the individual paired sets of support guide portions identified by the identification mark portions such that the plates are housed in multi-stage stacks, and wherein the support guide portions guide the component feed plates as the component feed plates are moved in the plate feed direction for feed of the components placed thereon. 3. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 1, wherein the identification mark portions are arranged with respect to the paired sets of support guide members such that paired sets of support guide portions at which an identification mark portion is placed alternate vertically paired sets of support guide portions at which an identification mark is not placed. 4. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of posture guide members which are placed between the support guide portions of each of the sets of the support guide portions and which are to be engaged with the plates to guide support posture of the plates in the plate feed direction. 5. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 1, wherein smooth surface portions having smooth curved surfaces are formed at contact portions of the housed plates with the individual support guide portions. 6. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 5, wherein mutual contact surfaces between the plates and the support guide portions, respectively, are formed such that hardness of the support guide portion is lower than hardness of the plate in the individual contact surfaces. 7. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 5, wherein mutual contact surfaces between the plates and the support guide portions, respectively, are formed such that hardness of the end portion side of the plate is lower than hardness of the support guide portion in the individual contact surfaces. 8. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 5, wherein each of the support guide portions includes a roller which is rotatable along a surface of an end portion of the plate while supporting the end portion. 9. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 1, wherein a plurality of fixing members are provided at bottom portions of the receiver confronting a base that supports the receiver by which positions of the support are fixed, and at least one of the fixing members is formed of an electrically conductive material to function as a grounding terminal. 10. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 1, wherein each of the component feed plates is a disc-shaped wafer feed plate for placing thereon a wafer with a plurality of wafer feed components placed thereon as the individual components, or a tray feed plate on which a component feed tray with a plurality of tray feed components placed thereon as the individual components and which has an outer peripheral configuration generally similar to that of the wafer feed plate, and wherein the wafer feed plate and the tray feed plate are compositely housed in stacked-up stages. 11. A component feeder comprising: the receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 10; a plate placement device for holding one of plates out of the individual plates selectively placed so that the wafer feed components are fed from the wafer or the tray feed components are fed from the component feed tray; and a plate moving device for releasably holding the plates and extracting the plates from the plate storage device, and moving the plates to the plate placement device so that the plate placement device can hold the plates. 12. A receiver for component feed plates, the receiver comprising: a pair of side wall portions; a plurality of paired sets of support guide portions fixed on the side wall portions for supporting mutually opposing end portions of a plurality of component feed plates on which a plurality of components to be mounted on a board are feedably placed, each of the component feed plates having an outer peripheral portion formed of linear portions and curved portions, and the support guide portions being configured such that the plates are supported in a generally horizontal support posture so as to be movable and guidable along a plate feed direction extending along surfaces of the component feed plates; and a plurality of posture guide members which are placed between the support guide portions of each of the sets of the support guide portions, each of the posture guide members having a pair of engagement portions to be engaged with posture guide blocks provided in the plates, a distance between the pair of the engagement portions being tapered, wherein the engagement portions guide support posture of the plates in the plate feed direction while making a correction of the support posture during engagement of the posture guide blocks with the engagement portions, wherein the plates are supported at their end portions by the individual paired sets of support guide portions and are guided in their support posture by the posture guide members such that the plates are housed in multi-stage stacks, and wherein the support guide portions guide the component feed plates as the component feed plates are moved in the plate feed direction for feed of the components placed thereon. 13. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 12, further comprising a door which is openable and closable to allow for replacing the plates, wherein the posture guide members are placed inside the door. 14. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 12, wherein each of the component feed plates is a disc-shaped wafer feed plate for placing thereon a wafer with a plurality of wafer feed components placed thereon as the individual components, or a tray feed plate on which a component feed tray with a plurality of tray feed components placed thereon as the individual components and which has an outer peripheral configuration generally similar to that of the wafer feed plate, wherein the receiver is configured to house therein the wafer feed plate and the tray feed plate compositely, and wherein the posture guide blocks are provided in each of the tray feed plates, and the posture guide members are to be engaged with the posture guide blocks of the tray feed plates, respectively, so as to guide support posture of the tray feed plates while making a correction of the support posture during engagement of the posture guide blocks with the engagement portions. 15. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 10, wherein the tray feed plate includes a tray ring which is an annular plate, and a tray placement portion which is provided at an inner peripheral portion of the annular shape of the tray ring and on which a plurality of component feed trays are to be placed so as to be fittable and removable, and wherein the tray placement portion is provided at a height position lower than a top face of the tray ring, and the tray feed plate is formed such that the top-face height position of each of the tray feed components stored in the component feed tray placed on the tray placement portion becomes generally equal to a height position of the wafer feed components in the wafer feed plate. 16. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 10, wherein in the tray feed plate to be housed, a detection-use identification mark for discriminating between the tray feed plate and the wafer feed plate is formed in proximity to an end portion of the tray feed plate in a plate extraction direction. 17. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 2, wherein the identification mark portions are arranged with respect to the paired sets of support guide members such that paired sets of support guide portions at which an identification mark portion is placed alternate vertically paired sets of support guide portions at which an identification mark is not placed. 18. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 2, further comprising a plurality of posture guide members which are placed between the support guide portions of each of the sets of the support guide portions and which are to be engaged with the plates to guide support posture of the plates in the plate feed direction. 19. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 2, wherein each of the component feed plates is a disc-shaped wafer feed plate for placing thereon a wafer with a plurality of wafer feed components placed thereon as the individual components, or a tray feed plate on which a component feed tray with a plurality of tray feed components placed thereon as the individual components and which has an outer peripheral configuration generally similar to that of the wafer feed plate, and wherein the wafer feed plate and the tray feed plate are compositely housed in stacked-up stages. 20. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 12, wherein the receiver is configured to support wafers which are non-circular, and wherein the support guide portions and the posture guide members are configured to engage the component feed plates such that the component feed plates are not rotatable in the receiver. 21. The receiver for component feed plates as defined in claim 1, wherein the through holes extend from a first side of the side wall portions to a second side of the side wall portions, the second side being opposite to the first side.
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