JP2011006112A - Embossed carrier tape - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an embossed carrier tape which is reusable and stores easily and stably an item such as an electronic part in a recess for storing an item.SOLUTION: The embossed carrier tape 1 is provided with a tape body 3 formed with many recesses 2 for storing items at predetermined intervals in its longitudinal direction and a freely foldable flap 4 formed extensively on one or both side edge/s 3a of the body 3. The flap 4 is wide enough for closing the whole or a part of the opening of the recesses 2 and for holding items P in the recesses 2. The flap 4 concave/convex fits with the body 3.

Description

  The present invention relates to an embossed carrier tape for accommodating a large number of electronic parts, precision machine parts and other parts.

  The embossed carrier tape is composed of a tape body in which a large number of article storage recesses are formed at regular intervals in the length direction, and a cover tape that is bonded to the upper surface side of the tape body and closes the article storage recesses. It is configured. Such an embossed carrier tape is one in which an article such as an electronic component is placed in each recess of the tape body, and then the article is loaded by bonding a cover tape to the upper surface of the tape body with an adhesive. In addition, after the article is loaded, the carrier tape is wound on a reel by a predetermined length and conveyed to the article supply place together with the reel.

JP 2003-261173 A JP 2005-211281 A Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-16093

  In the case of the embossed carrier tape having the above-described structure, the cover tape is mechanically peeled off from the reel at the place where the article is used, and the article in the housing recess is sequentially taken out. However, since a part of the adhesive to which the cover tape is bonded remains on the upper surface of the tape body after the removal, the storage recess of the tape body after use is filled again with the article. Even if the cover tape is joined again with an adhesive, it will be incompletely joined. Therefore, after taking out the article, not only the cover tape but also the tape body has been discarded.

  In recent years, however, the price of plastic materials has risen with the rise in crude oil prices, while the importance of effective use of resources and the prevention of global warming has become more important. It is not preferable to generate a large amount of industrial waste.

  Therefore, the applicant of the present application provides a tape body in which a large number of article storage recesses are formed at regular intervals in the length direction, and is provided in an extended and foldable manner on both side edges or one side edge of the tape body. An embossed carrier tape having a formed flap is proposed. According to this tape, since the stored article can be taken in and out of the recess by opening and closing the flap without using the cover tape, the tape itself can be reused, but the IC chip or the like is relatively thin. When storing an article, the end of the article may enter the gap between the article-receiving recess and the flap.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an embossed carrier tape that can solve the aforementioned problems all at once.

The present invention according to claim 1 is a tape body in which a large number of article storage recesses are formed at regular intervals in the length direction, and a flap provided in an extended and foldable manner on both side edges of the tape body. The flaps have a width that can close the whole or a part of the opening in the article accommodating recess to hold the article in the article accommodating recess, and the lower surface of both flaps and the upper surface of the tape body An embossed carrier tape in which a fitting recess or a fitting projection is formed on one of them at a predetermined interval in the length direction, and a fitting projection or a fitting recess corresponding to these is formed on the other. is there.

The present invention according to claim 2 is the embossed carrier tape according to claim 1, wherein the fitting recess or the fitting protrusion is formed in a pair of left and right between adjacent recesses for accommodating articles in the tape body. The flap is formed with a fitting convex portion or a fitting concave portion corresponding to the tape main body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tape body in which a large number of recesses for storing articles are formed at regular intervals in the length direction, and a flap provided in an extended and foldable manner at one side edge of the tape body. The flap has a width that allows the article to be held in the article receiving recess by closing all or part of the opening in the article receiving recess, and one of the lower surface of the flap and the upper surface of the tape body. The embossed carrier tape is formed with fitting recesses or fitting protrusions formed at predetermined intervals in the length direction thereof, and on the other side, fitting protrusions or fitting recesses corresponding thereto are formed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the embossed carrier tape according to the third aspect, the fitting recess or the fitting projection is formed one by one between the adjacent article-containing recesses in the tape body, and the flap Is formed with a fitting convex portion or a fitting concave portion corresponding to the tape main body.

The present invention according to claim 5 is the embossed carrier tape according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tape main body and the flap between the adjacent article housing recesses are in the length direction thereof. An orthogonal separation line is provided.

The present invention according to claim 6 is the embossed carrier tape according to any one of claims 1 to 5, in which serial numbers are assigned to the concave portions for accommodating articles.

The present invention according to claim 7 is an embossed carrier tape divided body obtained by separating from the separation line in the embossed carrier tape according to claim 5.

In the present invention, as a means for making the flap foldable, for example, it is conceivable to provide a groove at the boundary between the flap and the tape body, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the through hole is formed in a perforated shape. It may be another configuration such as providing.

  According to the embossed carrier tape according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the article is placed in the recess by bending the flaps provided on both side edges or one side edge of the tape body into the opening of the article housing recess. While it can hold | maintain, the opening part of a recessed part is open | released by returning the said flap to the opposite side, and the article | item in a recessed part can be taken out. Then, after the article is taken out, after the new article is stored again in the recess, the new article is held in the recess by folding the flap again to the opening of the recess. It becomes possible. Further, in the present invention, the flap is fixed to the upper surface of the tape main body by fitting the fitting concave portion and the fitting convex portion provided in the tape and the tape main body, so that the tape main body and the flap Therefore, even if the article placed in the article receiving recess is a relatively thin article such as an IC chip, it does not enter between the flap and the tape body. . Further, the article placed in the article containing recess is stably held by the flaps fixed to the tape body, and the stored article does not fall off even when the embossed carrier tape is turned over. For this reason, it is possible to inspect an article stored with the embossed carrier tape turned over.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the embossed carrier tape can be used as a single package by separating the embossed carrier tape at each separation line.

In the present invention according to claim 6, since the serial number is assigned to each concave portion for accommodating articles, when the articles are accommodated in the embossed carrier tape or when the articles accommodated in reverse are sequentially taken out, the numbers are viewed. Thus, there is an advantage that the number of articles stored in the embossed carrier tape can be immediately grasped.

According to the present invention described in claim 7, a strip-shaped embossed carrier tape divided body having a predetermined length is obtained by selecting an appropriate separating line in the embossed carrier tape and separating the tape by the separating line. By arranging them in parallel on a tray of a predetermined size, the articles are regularly arranged on the tray, and the work of picking up the articles manually or mechanically in this state becomes possible.

In addition, as described above, since the flap is completely fixed to the tape main body and located at the upper surface position of the tape main body, the article in the article receiving recess is securely pressed and fixed by the flap. Since the movement of the article in the interior is effectively suppressed, there is no need to narrow the clearance between the article and the recess, and the clearance can be widened, so that the article can be easily and efficiently accommodated in each recess. The advantage of being able to do it is also obtained.

  Next, although embodiment of this invention is described according to drawing, this invention is not limited to this embodiment.

  (Embodiment 1)

  1 to 4 show this embodiment. In this embodiment, the top, bottom, left, and right are based on FIG. 3, with the top indicating the top of FIG. 3 and the bottom indicating the bottom of the figure. And Further, the left means the left side in FIG. 3, and the right means the right side in FIG.

The embossed carrier tape 1 is provided in an extended and foldable manner on a tape body 3 in which a large number of article storage recesses 2 are formed at regular intervals in the length direction, and a right edge 3a of the tape body 3. The flap 4 has a width that allows the article P to be held in the article accommodation recess 2 by closing all of the openings 2 a in the article accommodation recess 2.

And the fitting recessed part 5 is formed between the recessed parts 2 for article storage in the part near the upper left edge part of the tape main body 3, and the fitting convex part 7 fitted by the fitting recessed part 5 is formed in the lower surface of the flap 4. FIG. Is formed.

In the present embodiment, the article accommodation recess 2 is circular when viewed from above, and the flap 4 is provided from the right edge 3 a to the left edge 3 b of the tape body 3.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a small groove 10 extending in the length direction of the tape body 3 is formed at a boundary portion (right edge 3 a) between the tape body 3 and the flap 4, and the small groove 10 folds the flap 4. It is possible.

Reference numeral 6 in the figure denotes an engagement hole into which a pin (not shown) in a pin roller (not shown) for feeding the embossed carrier tape 1 is fitted.

Moreover, in this embodiment, although the fitting recessed part 5 was formed in the tape main body 3, and the fitting convex part 7 was formed in the flap 4, the fitting convex part was formed in the tape main body 3, and the fitting recessed part was formed in the flap 4. May be formed.

However, in the case of the present embodiment, in the state where the flap 4 is folded by forming the fitting convex portion 7 on the flap 4, there is nothing protruding from the upper surface of the flap 4, as shown in FIG. There is an advantage that the carrier tape 1 can be smoothly fed.

  (Embodiment 2)

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the embossed carrier tape 31 is formed on a tape main body 33 in which a large number of article storage recesses 32 are formed at regular intervals in the length direction, and on both side edges 33 a of the tape main body 33. The flaps 34 are extended and foldable, and the flaps 34 on both sides extend to both ends of the opening 32a in the article receiving recess 32 to hold the article P in the article receiving recess 32. The width is possible. More specifically, the article P has a thin, horizontally long plate shape, and the article receiving recess 32 has a horizontal rectangle corresponding to the article P when viewed from the top.

  A pair of left and right fitting recesses 35 are formed between adjacent article receiving recesses 32 on the upper surface of the tape body 33, and a fitting protrusion 37 corresponding to the fitting recess 35 is formed on the lower surface of the flap 34. ing.

  In this embodiment as well, as in the first embodiment, the fitting recess 35 is formed in the tape body 33 and the fitting protrusion 37 is formed in the flap 34. The formation may be reversed.

In the figure, reference numeral 36 denotes an engagement hole into which a pin (not shown) in a pin roller (not shown) for feeding the embossed carrier tape 31 is fitted.

  (Embodiment 3)

FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show this embodiment. In this embodiment, the top and bottom and the left and right are based on FIG. 9, the top indicates the top of FIG. 9, and the bottom indicates the bottom of the figure. And Further, the left refers to the left side in FIG. 9, and the right refers to the right side in FIG.

The embossed carrier tape 41 is provided in an extended and foldable manner on a tape main body 43 in which a large number of article storage recesses 42 are formed at regular intervals in the length direction, and a right edge 43a of the tape main body 43. The flap 44 has a width that allows the article P3 to be held in the article receiving recess 42 by closing all of the openings 42a in the article receiving recess 42, and the flap 44 is used for receiving articles. An article receiving reverse recess 45 protruding in the direction opposite to the recess 42 is formed.

Further, a fitting recess 46 corresponding to each article receiving recess 42 is formed in a portion near the upper left edge of the tape body 43, and a fitting protrusion that is fitted to the fitting recess 46 on the lower surface of the flap 44. 47 is formed. Further, in the present embodiment, the tape main body 43 and the flap 44 between the adjacent article accommodating recesses 42 are provided with a separation line 48 in a direction perpendicular to the length direction thereof.

According to the embossed carrier tape 41 of this embodiment, the flap 44 is fixed to the tape body 43 by fitting the fitting recess 46 and the fitting projection 47 as in the above embodiments. By separating the embossed carrier tape 41 at each separation line 48, it is possible to make one package 40A as shown in FIG. 10, or as shown in FIG. By separating the embossed carrier tape 41 by the cut line 48, a strip-shaped package 40B can be obtained.

(Embodiment 4)

As shown in FIG. 12, in the present embodiment, all the article-accommodating recesses 2 in the embossed carrier tape 1 according to Embodiment 1 are given serial numbers 57 starting from “1”. The serial number 57 is used for visually managing the number of articles when an article is loaded on the embossed carrier tape 1 or when the loaded article is taken out.

That is, if the serial number 57 is viewed during the loading or unloading of the article on the embossed carrier tape 1, the number of loaded articles or the number of removed articles can be immediately grasped.

  Since the embossed carrier tape according to the present invention is reusable and has a structure in which a flap for holding an article is fixed to the tape body, the article is more stably accommodated in the tape body. Wide use can be expected.

1 is a perspective view of an embossed carrier tape according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a top view of the embossed carrier tape concerning the embodiment. It is a cross-sectional view of the embossed carrier tape according to the embodiment. It is a partial expanded cross section which shows the bending structure of the flap in the embodiment. 6 is a perspective view of an embossed carrier tape according to Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a top view of the embossed carrier tape concerning the embodiment. It is a cross-sectional view of the embossed carrier tape according to the embodiment. 6 is a perspective view of an embossed carrier tape according to Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a cross-sectional view of the embossed carrier tape according to the embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows one division body of the embossed carrier tape which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the double division body of the embossed carrier tape which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a top view of the embossed carrier tape concerning Embodiment 5.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Embossed carrier tape 2 Containment recessed part 3 Tape body 4 Flap 5 Fitting recessed part 7 Fitting convex part

Claims (7)

  It has a tape body in which a large number of recesses for storing articles are formed at regular intervals in the length direction, and flaps are provided on both side edges of the tape body so as to be extended and foldable. Both flaps are articles. The width is such that all or part of the opening in the housing recess is closed and the article can be held in the article housing recess, and one of the lower surface of both flaps and the upper surface of the tape body is in the length direction thereof. An embossed carrier tape in which a fitting recess or a fitting projection is formed at a predetermined interval, and a fitting projection or a fitting recess corresponding to these is formed on the other side.   A pair of left and right fitting recesses or fitting protrusions are formed between adjacent recesses for accommodating articles in the tape body, and a fitting protrusion or fitting recess corresponding to the tape body is formed on both flaps. The embossed carrier tape according to claim 1. It has a tape body in which a large number of recesses for storing articles are formed at regular intervals in the length direction, and a flap that is provided in an extended and foldable manner on one side edge of the tape body. The opening has a width that allows the article to be held in the article receiving recess by closing all or part of the opening in the recess for use, and has a predetermined interval in the length direction on one of the lower surface of the flap and the upper surface of the tape body. An embossed carrier tape in which a fitting recess or a fitting projection is formed and a fitting projection or a fitting recess corresponding to these is formed on the other side.   The fitting recess or the fitting projection is formed one by one between the adjacent article housing recesses in the tape body, and the flap is formed with a fitting projection or a fitting recess corresponding to the tape body. The embossed carrier tape according to claim 3.   The embossed carrier tape according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a separation line perpendicular to the length direction is provided on the tape main body and the flap between the adjacent article housing recesses.   The embossed carrier tape according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a serial number is assigned to each article housing recess. The embossed carrier tape division | segmentation body obtained by isolate | separating from the separation line in the embossed carrier tape of Claim 5.

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