JP4586790B2 - Plate processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention, for example, carries out a plate-like body such as a glass substrate (plasma display panel) housed in a plurality of stages in the box body one by one from the box body, or places a plate-like body into an empty box body. It relates to a plate-like body processing facility that stores and processes a plurality of upper and lower stages.

Conventionally, the following configuration is provided as this type. In other words, the standby conveyor and the discharge conveyor are disposed on both sides with the elevator in the middle, and a feed mechanism is provided on each of the upper surfaces of the elevator, the standby conveyor, and the discharge conveyor. In this state, the cassette storing the glass substrates in a plurality of upper and lower stages is positioned on the feed mechanism of the standby conveyor. Next, the elevator is raised to bring the feed mechanism to the same level as the feed mechanism of the standby conveyor, and then the dual feed mechanism is operated to transfer the cassette on the standby conveyor onto the elevator. Then, with the roller inserted into the cassette, the elevator board is lowered and the lowermost glass substrate is placed on the roller, so that the glass substrate can be transferred toward the process by the rotational driving of the roller. When the cassette is empty, the rollers are retracted from the cassette, then the elevator is raised to bring the feed mechanism to the same level as the delivery mechanism of the discharge conveyor, and then the double feed mechanism is activated to The cassette can be transferred onto the discharge conveyor, and then the cassette on the discharge conveyor is removed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-167037 A (page 3, FIG. 1) JP 2002-167038 A JP 2006-206218 A

  However, according to the above-described conventional configuration, the structure is complicated and expensive because the lift mechanism, the standby conveyor, and the discharge conveyor are each provided with the feeding mechanism. In addition, the cassette supply to the standby conveyor and the removal of the cassette from the discharge conveyor can be carried out at the same level as long as they are carried out by another conveyor connected to these conveyors. When the transfer means such as is operated from the opposite side of the process, the feed mechanism will be in the way, so the standby conveyor and the discharge conveyor are provided with lift means for supply and removal (delivery) It must be arranged, which makes the structure complicated and expensive.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a plate-like body treatment facility that can move a box body and remove and insert a plate-like body with respect to the box body with a simple structure and at a low cost. It is.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, in the plate-like body processing facility according to claim 1 of the present invention, at least one side wall of the box body is opened, and the plate is interposed via a support member disposed inside. The processing unit is configured to be stowable in a plurality of stages in the upper and lower stages, and a processing means for removing and inserting the plate-like body from the box body is provided, and the box body is placed on both sides of the processing means to support the box body. A side fixed load receiving base and an output side fixed load receiving base, and the processing means is a transporting device capable of transporting the plate-like body in a direction orthogonal to the distribution direction of the two fixed load receiving bases through the opening of one side wall. The elevating device that elevates and lowers the box body without being interfered by the transfer device, and the elevating body that supports the box body in the elevating device is capable of lateral movement between the processing means and the fixed load receiving bases. Configured to It is obtained by said being.

  Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the state in which the box body is positioned on the loading side fixed load receiving table, the lifting body of the processing apparatus positioned below the loading side fixed load receiving table is moved laterally in the sorting direction. And place it below the box body. Next, by lifting the lifting body by the lifting device, the box body supported by the insertion side fixed load receiving table can be lifted and supported by the lifting body. Thus, with the box body supported by the lifting body, the lifting body is moved laterally to position the box body in the processing apparatus. Next, the box body can be raised and lowered by raising and lowering the elevator body, and the box body can be raised and lowered smoothly without colliding with the transport device. Then, by driving the conveying device in a state of being stopped at a predetermined height, the plate-like body in the box body can be received from the support member and carried out of the box body, or the plate-like body outside the box body can be received and the box After being carried into the body, it can be passed to the support member.

  At that time, by repeatedly raising and lowering the box body one step at a time by the lifting device and carrying by the carrier device, the plate-like body housed in a plurality of stages in the box body is changed to the lower plate-like body. Can be carried out from the box body in order, or a plate-like body outside the box body can be received and carried into the box body and stored in a plurality of stages in order from the top. After processing the plate-like body with respect to the box body in this way, the lifting body is lifted so that the box body is positioned above the unloading side fixed load receiving table, and then the lifting body is moved laterally in the sorting direction. After being positioned above the side fixed load receiving table, the lifting body is lowered, so that the box body supported by the lifting body can be transferred to the delivery side fixed load receiving table.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the plate-like body processing facility according to the first aspect, wherein the insertion-side fixed load receiving stand supports the actual box body in which the plate-like body is accommodated, and the processing means. Is configured to carry out the plate-like body from the actual box body supported by the elevating body by the transport device and to pass the empty box body carrying out the plate-like body to the delivery-side fixed load receiving platform. It is what.

  Therefore, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the actual box body in which the plate-like bodies are accommodated in a plurality of stages at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction is placed in the state where the actual box body is positioned on the insertion side fixed load receiving base. After the box body is positioned in the processing apparatus by the lifting body, it can be lowered by the lifting body, and in this case, the lowermost plate-like body is received by the transfer device and supported by this plate-like body. It can stop when the member is spaced downward by a predetermined height. Next, by driving the conveying device, the supporting plate-like body can be cut out and supplied, and by stopping the driving, the plate-like body can be carried out from the box body. After that, by repeatedly lowering the box body one step at a time by the lifting device and carrying it out by the transport device, the plate-shaped body in the box body is placed on the transport device in order from the lower plate-shaped body. Can be placed and unloaded. Thus, after carrying out all the plate-shaped bodies in a box body, a raising / lowering body is raised, and an empty box body is located above a delivery side fixed load receiving stand. Next, after moving the lifting body laterally and positioning it above the delivery-side fixed load receiving table, the lifting body is lowered to pass the empty box body supported by the lifting body to the delivery-side fixed load receiving table. Can be.

  The plate-like body processing facility according to claim 3 of the present invention is the above-described configuration according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the upper surface of the elevating body acts on the lower portion of the box body when ascending with respect to the insertion side fixed load receiving base. A positioning body is provided.

  Therefore, according to the invention of claim 3, when the box body is supported in a misaligned state with respect to the insertion-side fixed load receiving base, the lifting body is raised and the box body supported by the insertion-side fixed load receiving base is Immediately before lifting, the positioning body can be applied to the lower portion of the box body on the position shift side to automatically correct the position shift and can be positioned in a corrected posture.

  Furthermore, the plate-like body processing facility according to claim 4 of the present invention is the transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the facility is moved relative to the input side fixed load receiving platform and the output side fixed load receiving table. It is characterized in that the box body can be freely transferred by the mounting means.

  Therefore, according to the invention of claim 4, with the lifting body positioned in the processing apparatus or the like, the supporting box body can be transferred to the input side fixed load receiving base by the transfer means, A supporting box body can be received.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention described above, in the state where the box body is positioned on the input side fixed load receiving platform, the lifting body of the processing apparatus positioned below the input side fixed load receiving platform is arranged in the distribution direction. It can be moved horizontally and positioned below the box body. Next, the lifting body is lifted by the lifting device, so that the box body supported by the insertion side fixed load receiving table can be lifted and supported by the lifting body. Thus, with the box body supported by the lifting body, the lifting body can be moved laterally to position the box body in the processing apparatus. Next, the box body can be raised and lowered by raising and lowering the lifting body, and the box body can be raised and lowered smoothly without colliding with the transport device. Then, by driving the conveying device in a state stopped at a predetermined height, the plate-like body inside the box body can be received from the support member and carried out of the box body, or the plate-like body outside the box body can be received and received inside the box body. Can be transferred to the support member.

  At that time, by repeatedly raising and lowering the box body one step at a time by the lifting device and carrying by the carrier device, the plate-like body housed in a plurality of stages in the box body is changed to the lower plate-like body. Can be carried out from the box body in order, or a plate-like body outside the box body can be received and carried into the box body and stored in a plurality of stages in order from the top. After processing the plate-like body with respect to the box body in this way, the lifting body is lifted so that the box body is positioned above the unloading side fixed load receiving table, and then the lifting body is moved laterally in the sorting direction. By lowering the lifting body after being positioned above the side fixed load receiving table, the box body supported by the lifting body can be transferred to the delivery side fixed load receiving table.

  In this way, the lifting body of the lifting device that supports the box body is configured so as to be laterally movable between the processing means and both the fixed load receiving bases, so that the lifting and lowering of the box body can be combined. Since the conveyor structure may be only the transfer device of the processing device, the structure can be simply configured, and both the fixed load receiving bases need not be lifted and may be a stationary type without a lifting means, Structure can be configured easily. Therefore, the movement of the box body and the processing for removing the plate-like body from the box body can be configured with a simple structure and at a low cost.

  According to claim 2 of the present invention described above, in the state where the actual box body in which the plate-like body is stored in a plurality of stages at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction is positioned on the insertion side fixed load receiving platform. After the actual box body is positioned in the processing apparatus by the lifting body, it can be lowered by the lifting body. At this time, the lowermost plate-like body is received by the transport device, The support member can be stopped when the support member is separated downward by a predetermined height. Next, by driving the conveying device, the supporting plate-like body can be cut out and supplied, and by stopping the drive, the plate-like body can be carried out of the box body. After that, by repeatedly lowering the box body one step at a time by the lifting device and carrying it out by the transport device, the plate-shaped body in the box body is placed on the transport device in order from the lower plate-shaped body. Can be placed and carried out. Thus, after carrying out all the plate-shaped bodies in a box body, a raising / lowering body can be raised and an empty box body can be located above the extraction side fixed load receiving stand. Next, after moving the lifting body horizontally and positioning it above the delivery-side fixed load receiving table, the lifting body is lowered to pass the empty box body supported by the lifting body to the delivery-side fixed load receiving table. Can be made.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention described above, when the box body is supported in a misaligned state with respect to the insertion-side fixed load receiving base, the lifting body is raised and supported by the insertion-side fixed load receiving base. Immediately before lifting the box body, the positioning body can be applied to the lower portion of the box body on the position shift side so that the position shift can be automatically corrected and positioned in a corrected posture.

  Furthermore, according to claim 4 of the present invention described above, while the lifting body is located in the processing apparatus or the like, the supporting box body can be passed to the insertion side fixed load receiving base by the transfer means, It is possible to receive the box body supported by the delivery side fixed load receiving platform.

[Embodiment 1]
Below, Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated based on a figure as a state employ | adopted in carrying out the carrying-out process of a plate-shaped object from the actual box body.

  1 and 2, a box body (cassette case or the like) 11 includes a lower rectangular frame body 12, a vertical frame 13 erected from four corners of the lower rectangular frame body 12, and the upper ends of the vertical frames 13. A rectangular frame assembly is formed by the upper rectangular frame 14 and the like connected to each other. Accordingly, the box body 11 has a lower rectangular frame body 12 formed with a lower open portion (opening portion of the bottom wall) 11a, and between the rectangular frame bodies 12 and 14 and between the vertical frames 13 (four locations). A side opening portion (opening portion of the side wall) 11b is formed. Further, inside the box body 11, a pair of support members 15 extending in the left-right direction (distribution direction to be described later) and extending over almost the entire length in the front-rear direction (orthogonal direction to be described later) are vertically arranged at predetermined intervals. It is arranged.

  Therefore, the box body 11 has a square (rectangular) glass substrate (an example of a plate-like body) 1 that is supported in the left-right direction by engaging the pair of support members 15 from above. 15, the glass substrate 1 can be stored in a plurality of stages at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. At that time, the support member 15 is constituted by a wire, a round rod, a flat plate, or the like, and is fixed to the box body 11 side via a bracket 16 from the vertical frame 13. An example of the box body 11 is configured by the above 12 to 16 and the like.

  A processing means 20 is provided for performing the processing for loading and unloading the glass substrate 1 with respect to the box body 11, and is distributed to both sides of the processing means 20 so that the box body 11 can be supported freely and a loading side fixed load receiving base 61. A receiving platform 71 is provided. Further, a feeding device 81 is provided in front of the processing means 20, and on the opposite side to the feeding device 81, the box body 11 can be transferred to the input side fixed load receiving table 61 and the output side fixed load receiving table 71. A loading means 91 is provided.

  The processing means 20 passes through the frame body 21 and the front side opening portion (opening portion of one side wall) 11b, and the direction (the front-rear direction) orthogonal to the distribution direction (left-right direction) A of the two fixed load receivers 61, 71. ) B includes a transport device 31 capable of transporting the glass substrate 1, and a lifting device 41 that lifts and lowers the box body 11 without being interfered by the transport device 31.

  That is, in FIGS. 1 to 5, the frame main body 21 includes a flat frame-shaped base frame body 22, vertical frame bodies 23 erected from the four corners of the base frame body 22, and the vertical frame bodies 23. A rectangular frame assembly is formed by a connecting body 24 provided between upper end portions. In the lower part of the base frame body 22, a freely rotatable wheel body 25 and landing bodies 26 whose heights can be adjusted in the vertical direction are provided at a plurality of locations, respectively. It is configured so as to be able to travel (movable) by being supported on the floor F side via the ground, and to be fixed at a predetermined position by being supported on the floor F side via the landing body 26. Yes. According to the frame main body 21 having such a rectangular frame assembly shape, the front opening 21 a that faces the feeding device 81, the insertion opening 21 b that faces the receiving fixed load 61, and the outgoing fixed loading 71 And a delivery-side opening 21c that is opposed to each other. An example of the frame main body 21 is configured by the above 22 to 26 and the like.

The conveying device 31 is a roller conveyor type, zone distribution direction two in (conveyor width direction) A (s), i.e., is formed by the right Zon 31Z ₁ and the left Zon 31Z _2. Both zones 31Z ₁ and 31Z ₂ have the same configuration, and conveyor frames 32 along the sorting direction A are arranged at a plurality of locations in the orthogonal direction (conveyance path direction) B, respectively. Above each conveyor frame 32, a single or a plurality of rotating shafts 34 with the rotational axis as the distribution direction are arranged in parallel, and these rotating shafts 34 can be freely rotated by brackets 33 from the conveyor frame 32. It is supported. Each rotary shaft 34 is provided with a roller body 35 that is externally fitted at a plurality of locations in the length direction, and a drive unit (such as a motor) 36 that is directly connected to and linked to each rotary shaft 34 is provided on the inner bracket 33. Is provided. Each conveyor frame 32 is connected and fixed to the upper end of the vertical member 37, and the lower end of the vertical member 37 is connected and fixed to a common base body 38. The base body 38 is a landing body whose height can be adjusted in the vertical direction. 39 and installed on the floor F.

  The above-described 32-39 and the like constitute an example of the transport device 31 and the transport surface 31a of the transport device 31 is formed by the roller body 35 group. The transport device 31 having such a configuration transports (unloads) the glass substrate 1 housed in the actual box body 11. At that time, the transport width (conveyor width) 31W of the transport device 31 is set to be narrower than the lower opening width 11aW of the box body 11, that is, [31W <11aW]. Therefore, the glass box 1 is lowered by one step by the lifting device 41 in a state where the actual box body 11 in which the glass substrate 1 is stored in a plurality of steps at intervals in the vertical direction is set on the lifting device 41. It is comprised so that it may mount on the roller body 35 group of the conveying apparatus 31 in order from the glass substrate 1, and may be conveyed (carrying out).

  The elevating device 41 includes a front device portion 42A disposed in a portion of the pair of vertical frame bodies 23 forming the front open portion 21a, and a rear side disposed in a portion of the pair of vertical frame bodies 23 on the rear side. The device unit 42B is composed of the device units 42A and 42B that are similarly configured symmetrically in the front-rear direction and configured to be driven synchronously.

  That is, each vertical frame body 23 is a U-shaped mold rail body, and is arranged in a state where the opposite sides in the orthogonal direction B are open. A guide rail 43 in the vertical direction is disposed in the groove of each vertical frame body 23, and a movable body 45 is provided on the guide rail 43 so as to be movable up and down via a guided body 44. Further, a screw shaft body 46 along the guide rail 43 is rotatably provided in the groove of each vertical frame body 23, and a nut body 47 screwed to the screw shaft body 46 is provided on the guided body 44 side. Is provided. Each device section 42A, 42B has a motor 48 that can be driven forward and reversely provided on the base frame body 22 in a state of being positioned between the pair of vertical frame bodies 23, and the output shaft of the motor 48 has a gear mechanism. 49, the drive shaft 50 in the distribution direction A is interlocked and connected. The free end of the drive shaft 50 is interlocked and connected to the lower end of the screw shaft body 46 through a gear mechanism 51 provided at the lower part in the vertical frame body 23.

  In each apparatus part 42A, 42B, a pair of movable body 45 protrudes from the groove | channel of the guide rail 43, and the fork means 52 is provided between the upper parts of a protrusion part. That is, both fork means 52 are a fixed body (base fork body) 53 provided between the upper parts of the movable body 45 and an intermediate body (second fork) provided slidably in the sorting direction A with respect to the fixed body 53. Body) 54, an elevating body (top fork body) 55 slidably provided in the sorting direction A with respect to the intermediate body 54, and a drive device (not shown) for sliding the intermediate body 54 and the elevating body 55 And the like, and both driving devices are configured to be driven synchronously.

  At that time, each fork means 52 is positioned outside the conveying width of the conveying device 31, and the maximum width 52LW in the orthogonal direction B of both fork means 52 is larger than the width 11W of the box body 11, that is, [ 52LW> 11W]. Therefore, the elevating device 41 can support the box body 11 between the elevating bodies 55 in the both fork means 52, and elevate the box body 11 without being interfered by the transfer device 31 by moving the both fork means 52 up and down synchronously. Can do. Further, both fork means 52 in the elevating device 41 are extendable in two steps on both sides in the sorting direction A, and the elevating body 55 that supports the box body 11 by the expansion and contraction is provided inside the processing means 20 and both the fixed load receiving platforms 61, 71 is configured to be laterally movable.

  On the upper surface of the elevating body 55, there is provided a positioning body 56 that acts on the lower portion of the box body 11 when it is raised with respect to the insertion side fixed load receiving base 61. That is, the front and rear positioning members 57 and the left and right positioning members 58 are arranged in an L shape in plan view at both ends in the sorting direction A on the upper surfaces of both the lifting bodies 55. Here, the positioning members 54 and 55 are of a type in which the roller is freely rotatable or a type in which the round rod body is disposed sideways and fixed by welding or the like. The lower part of the box body 11 is guided and then positioned. The above-described 42A, 42B to 58 and the like constitute an example of the lifting device 41, and 21 to 58 and the like constitute an example of the processing means 20.

  The input side fixed load receiving base 61 and the output side fixed load receiving base 71 have the same configuration, and each of the pair of receiving bodies 62 and 72 disposed at a predetermined interval in the sorting direction A ( It is configured by being arranged on the floor F side via leg bodies 63 and 73 (single or plural). At this time, the pair of receiving bodies 62 (72) is set to an outer end width 62W (72W) capable of supporting the box body 11 having a predetermined width 11W in the sorting direction A, that is, [11W <62W (72W)]. In addition, the inner end width 62S (72S) is set so that the transfer means 91 can act freely. Further, the receiving body 62 (72) has a length 62L (72L) in the orthogonal direction B shorter than the inner end face width 52SW of both fork means 52, that is, [62L (72L) <52SW]. .

  The feeding device 81 provided in front of the processing means 20 conveys (supplies) the glass substrates 1 one by one to a manufacturing process (manufacturing line), for example, and is composed of a belt type or a roller type. The surface 81a has the same level as the transport surface 31a of the transport device 31. The transfer means 91 provided on the side opposite to the feeding device 81 includes, for example, a moving body 92 that is movable on a fixed path 95 formed between the processing means 20 and the fixed load receiving bases 61 and 71. An example is constituted by the elevating part 93 provided on the moving body 92 and the fork part 94 provided on the elevating part 93 so as to be movable in and out in the lateral direction. At that time, the fork width 94W of the fork portion 94 is shorter than the inner end width 62S (72S) of the pair of receiving bodies 62 (72), that is, [94W <62S (72S)].

  Therefore, the movement of the fork portion 94 through the lifting portion 93 and the movement of the fork portion 94 in the lateral direction is moved with respect to the input side fixed load receiving base 61 and the output side fixed load receiving base 71. The box body 11 can be transferred by the mounting means 91.

Hereinafter, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the transfer means 91 supports the box body 11 on the fork portion 94, and here, the glass substrate 1 is vertically spaced from the box body 11 via a support member 15. Is stored in multiple stages. By this transfer means 91, the actual box body 11 is handed to the input side fixed load receiving base 61. At this time, in the processing device 20, the fork means 52 is placed in the frame main body 21 (or the output side fixed load receiving base 71). Side). Therefore, after the transfer means 91 that has been moved on the fixed path 95 is stopped opposite to the loading-side fixed load receiving base 61, the fork portion 94 is lifted as shown in FIG. , And the lifting and lowering portion 93 is lowered, so that the actual box body 11 supported by the fork portion 94 is placed on both the receiving bodies 62 of the insertion side fixed load receiving table 61. Can pass to. At that time, the fork portion 94 has a fork width 94W shorter than the inner end width 62S of the receiving body 62, so that the fork portion 94 can be lowered without any trouble. Thereafter, the fork portion 94 is retracted and stored on the elevating portion 93.

  In this state, the fork means 52 of the processing device 20 positioned below the receiving body 62 of the loading side fixed load receiving table 61 is projected and moved in two stages in the sorting direction A, and as shown in FIG. 55 is positioned below the box body 11. Next, by raising the fork means 52, the actual box body 11 supported by the both receiving bodies 62 of the insertion side fixed load receiving table 61 can be lifted and supported by the elevating body 55. At this time, since the length 62L of the receiving body 62 in the orthogonal direction B is set to be shorter than the inner end face width 52SW of the both fork means 52, the protruding movement and the rising movement can be performed without any trouble. Further, since the maximum width 52LW in the orthogonal direction B of both fork means 52 is set to be larger than the width 11W of the box body 11, the lifting support of the box body 11 between the lifting bodies 55 can be performed stably. .

  Further, when the actual box body 11 is supported in a misaligned state with respect to the insertion-side fixed load receiving base 61, the position of the actual box body 11 is immediately before the lifting / lowering body 55 lifts the actual box body 11. The lower part on the shift side can be guided by the inwardly arcuate circumferential surfaces of the corresponding positioning members 57 and 58, so that the position shift can be automatically corrected and positioned in a corrected posture. In addition, raising / lowering of both the raising / lowering bodies 55 (fork means 52) is performed by the raising / lowering apparatus 41 synchronously. That is, when the motor 48 is driven forward / reversely, the drive shaft 50 is rotated forward / reversely via the gear mechanism 49, and the screw shaft body 46 is rotated forward / reversely via the gear mechanism 51. This can be done by raising and lowering the guide body 44.

  As described above, with the real box body 11 positioned and supported by the lifting body 55, the fork means 52 is contracted in the sorting direction A, and the actual box body 11 is moved through the lifting body 55 as shown in FIGS. The box body 11 is positioned in the frame body 21 through the insertion side opening 21b. Next, by lowering the fork means 52, the actual box body 11 supported by the elevating body 55 can be lowered. At that time, the lowering of the actual box body 11 is mostly carried out without colliding with the transport device 31 because the transport width 31W of the transport device 31 is narrower than the lower opening width 11aW of the actual box body 11. Can be done smoothly. Then, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 5, the lowermost glass substrate 1 is received by the roller body 35 group of the transport device 31, and the support member 15 is separated downward by a predetermined height with respect to the glass substrate 1. When you stop.

In such a state, _first , the driving units 36 of both zones 31Z ₁ and 31Z ₂ in the transport device 31 are synchronously driven, and the roller body 35 group is rotated through the respective rotation shafts 34, thereby supporting the supporting glass. The substrate 1 is cut out and supplied to the feeding device 81 through the front opening 21a, and the glass substrate 1 is supported and conveyed by the feeding device 81 that is being driven. Then, the glass substrate 1 can be carried out from the box body 11 to the feeding device 81 by stopping the driving unit 36 by detecting that the glass substrate 1 has completely transferred onto the feeding device 81. Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, by repeatedly lowering the box body 11 by one step by the lifting device 41 and carrying it out from the conveying device 31 to the feeding device 81, the glass in the box body 11 is repeatedly processed. The board | substrate 1 can be mounted on the roller body 35 group of the conveying apparatus 31 in order from the lower glass substrate 1, and can be conveyed (carrying out) to the sending apparatus 81. FIG.

  Then, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 4, after all the glass substrate 1 in the box body 11 has been carried out, the fork means 52 is raised to remove the empty box body 11 from the receiving body 72 of the delivery side fixed load receiving table 71. Position it above. Next, the fork means 52 is projected and moved in two steps in the sorting direction A, and as shown in FIG. 7, the empty box body 11 supported by the elevating body 55 is passed through the delivery-side opening 21c and the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71. Located above. Then, by lowering the fork means 52, the empty box body 11 supported by the elevating body 55 is transferred to and supported by the both receiving bodies 72 of the delivery side fixed load receiving base 71. Next, the fork means 52 is contracted and positioned in the frame main body 21, so that the empty box body 11 from which the glass substrate 1 has been unloaded can be delivered to the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71.

  Then, after the empty transfer means 91 that has been moved on the fixed path 95 is stopped opposite to the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71, the fork portion 94 is lowered while the elevating part 93 is lowered. The fork portion 94 is positioned below the empty box body 11 by projecting to the base 71. Next, by raising the elevating part 93, the empty box body 11 that has been supported by the two receiving bodies 72 of the delivery-side fixed load receiving table 71 can be supported by the fork part 94. Thereafter, the empty box body 11 can be transported by the transfer means 91 by retracting the fork portion 94 and placing it on the elevating portion 93 as indicated by the phantom line in FIG.

  According to the first embodiment described above, the lifting body 55 of the processing apparatus 20 positioned below the insertion-side fixed load receiving base 61 with the box body 11 positioned on the insertion-side fixed load receiving base 61. It can be moved horizontally in the sorting direction A and positioned below the box body 11. Next, by raising and lowering the lifting body 55 by the lifting and lowering device 41, the box body 11 supported by the insertion-side fixed load receiving base 61 can be lifted and supported by the lifting body 55. Thus, with the box body 11 supported by the lifting body 55, the lifting body 55 can be moved laterally to position the box body 11 in the processing apparatus 20. Next, the box body 11 can be raised and lowered by raising and lowering the lifting body 55, and the box body 11 can be raised and lowered smoothly without colliding with the transport device 31. And by driving the conveying device 31 in a state where it is stopped at a predetermined height, the glass substrate 1 in the box body 11 can be received from the support member 15 and carried out of the box body 11, or outside the box body 11. After receiving the glass substrate 1 and carrying it into the box body 11, it can be passed to the support member 15.

  At that time, the glass substrate 1 accommodated in the box body 11 in a plurality of stages is repeatedly raised and lowered by the lifting device 41 one step at a time and repeatedly transported by the transport device 31. The glass substrate 1 can be taken out from the lower glass substrate 1 in order, or the glass substrate 1 outside the box body 11 can be received and carried into the box body 11 and stored in a plurality of stages in order from the upper stage. Thus, after processing the glass substrate 1 with respect to the box body 11, the raising / lowering body 55 is raised, the box body 11 is located above the taking-out side fixed load receiving base 71, and the raising / lowering body 55 is then distributed in the distribution direction A. The box body 11 supported by the lifting body 55 can be transferred to the delivery side fixed load receiving base 71 by lowering the lifting body 55 after being laterally moved and positioned above the delivery side fixed load receiving base 71. .

  As described above, the lifting body 55 of the lifting device 41 that supports the box body 11 is configured so as to be laterally movable across the processing means 20 and the fixed load receiving bases 61 and 71. Since it can be used for both raising and lowering and horizontal conveyance, the conveyor structure need only be the conveying device 31 of the processing device 20, so that the structure can be easily constructed, and the fixed load receiving bases 61 and 71 need not be raised and lowered. Thus, since a stationary type without a lift means is sufficient, the structure can be easily configured. Therefore, the movement of the box body 11 and the processing for putting the glass substrate 1 in and out of the box body 11 can be configured with a simple structure and at a low cost.

  According to the first embodiment described above, the actual box body 11 in which the glass substrate 1 is stored in a plurality of stages at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction is positioned on the insertion-side fixed load receiving base 61. After the actual box body 11 is positioned in the processing apparatus 20 by the elevating body 55, it can be lowered by the elevating body 55. At this time, the lowermost glass substrate 1 is received by the transfer device 31, and this glass It can be stopped when the supporting member 15 is separated downward by a predetermined height with respect to the substrate 1. Next, the supporting glass substrate 1 can be cut out and supplied by driving the conveying device 31, and the glass substrate 1 can be carried out of the box body 11 by stopping the driving. Thereafter, the glass substrate 1 in the box body 11 is moved from the lower glass substrate 1 by repeatedly lowering the box body 11 by one step by the lifting device 41 and carrying it out by the transport device 31. It can be placed on the transfer device 31 in order and carried out. Thus, after carrying out all the glass substrates 1 in the box body 11, the raising / lowering body 55 is raised, and the empty box body 11 can be located above the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71. Next, the lifting body 55 is moved laterally and positioned above the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71, and then the lifting body 55 is lowered to pass the empty box body 11 to the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71 for support. Can do.

  According to the first embodiment described above, when the box body 11 is supported in a misaligned state with respect to the insertion-side fixed load receiving base 61, the lifting body 55 is raised and supported by the insertion-side fixed load receiving base 61. Immediately before the box body 11 is lifted, the positioning body 56 is acted on the lower portion of the box body 11 on the position shift side so that the position shift can be automatically corrected and positioned in a corrected posture.

  According to the first embodiment described above, the supporting box body 11 can be transferred to the insertion-side fixed load receiving table 61 by the transfer means 91 in a state where the elevating body 55 is positioned in the processing apparatus 20 or the like. At the same time, the box body 11 supported by the delivery-side fixed load receiving base 71 can be received.

  In the first embodiment described above, the processing unit 20 carries out the glass substrate 1 to the feeding unit 81 one by one with respect to the actual box body 11 from the insertion-side fixed load receiving table 61, and the empty box body 11 is shown in which the transfer device 31 and the feed device 81 are reversely operated, for example, so that the empty box body 11 from the input-side fixed load receiving table 61 is transferred. On the other hand, the processing apparatus 20 stores the glass substrates 1 from the feeding device 81 one by one in a plurality of stages, and then passes the actual box body 11 to the delivery side fixed load receiving table 71. Also good.

In the first embodiment described above, the box body 11 has a form in which the square glass substrates 1 are housed in a plurality of upper and lower stages one by one, but this includes two rectangular glass substrates ( It may be in the form of being stored in a plurality of upper and lower tiers in a state of being aligned. At that time, the box body 11 is configured to support, for example, a small glass substrate in each stage in two rows on the left and right sides with the direction of the long dimension as the transport direction (front-rear direction) of the transport device 31. In this case the transport by the transport device 31 in may be carried out one by one by driving a right Zon 31Z ₁ and the left Zon 31Z ₂ separately, both zones _31Z 1, 31Z ₂ simultaneously driven two by ( 1 stage) may be performed simultaneously.

  In the first embodiment described above, there is shown a type in which the positioning body 56 that acts on the lower part of the box body 11 when being raised with respect to the insertion side fixed load receiving base 61 is provided on the upper surface of the elevating body 55. For example, the body 56 may be omitted.

  In the first embodiment described above, a form in which the box body 11 can be freely transferred by the common transfer means 91 to the input side fixed load receiving base 61 and the output side fixed load receiving base 71 is shown. A form in which the box body 11 can be freely delivered by separate transfer means 91 may be used. Moreover, the transfer means 91 may be in the form of a loading / unloading device (fork type) in an automatic warehouse, a type of a self-propelled carriage (fork type), a delivery type from above by a suspension crane, or the like.

  In the first embodiment described above, a form in which each fork means 52 is positioned outside the transport width of the transport device 31 is shown. This is because each fork means 52 is positioned within the transport width of the transport device 31. For example, the box body 11 may be lifted and lowered without being interfered with the transporting device 31 by lifting and lowering the fork means 52 within an interval formed between the roller bodies 35 in the transporting device 31.

  In Embodiment 1 described above, the glass substrate 1 is shown as a plate-like body, but this may be a metal plate, a resin plate, or the like.

It is Embodiment 1 of this invention, and is a top view before transferring the box body in plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a vertical front view in the middle of transferring the box body in the plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a cross-sectional top view of the processing apparatus part in the plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a vertical front view of the processing apparatus part in the plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a vertical side view of the processing apparatus part in the plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a top view after transferring the box body in the plate-shaped object processing equipment. It is a top view after moving the box body in the same plate-shaped object processing equipment to the delivery side.

Explanation of symbols

1 Glass substrate (plate-like body)
11 Box body 11a Lower opening part 11aW Lower opening part width 11b Side opening part (side wall)
12 Lower rectangular frame 13 Vertical frame 14 Upper rectangular frame 15 Support member 20 Processing means 21 Frame main body 21a Front side open part 21b Input side open part 21c Output side open part 31 Transport device 31a Transport surface 31Z ₁ Right zone 31Z ₂ Left zone 34 Rotating shaft 35 Roller body 36 Drive unit 41 Lifting device 42A Front device unit 42B Rear device unit 43 Guide rail 45 Movable body 46 Screw shaft body 47 Nut body 48 Motor 50 Drive shaft 52 Fork means 55 Lifting body 56 Positioning body 61 Positioning body 61 Side fixed load receiving base 62 Receiving body 71 Delivery side fixed load receiving base 72 Receiving body 81 Feeding device 81a Feeding surface 91 Transfer means 94 Fork portion 95 Constant path A Sorting direction B Orthogonal direction

Claims (4)

  The box body is configured such that at least one side wall is opened and the plate-like body can be accommodated in a plurality of upper and lower stages via a support member disposed therein. A processing means for performing processing is provided, and an input-side fixed load receiving base and an output-side fixed load receiving base that are capable of supporting the box body by being distributed to both sides of the processing means are provided. This is composed of a transport device capable of transporting the plate-shaped body in a direction orthogonal to the distribution direction of the two fixed load receiving bases, and a lift device that lifts and lowers the box body without interfering with the transport device. The plate-like body processing facility, wherein the lifting body for supporting the box body in the apparatus is configured to be laterally movable between the processing means and the fixed load receiving bases.   The loading-side fixed load carrier supports the actual box body in which the plate-like body is stored, and the processing means carries the plate-like body out of the actual box body supported by the elevating body by the transport device, and the plate-like body. 2. The plate-like body processing facility according to claim 1, wherein an empty box body that has unloaded is delivered to a delivery-side fixed load receiving stand.   The plate-like body processing equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a positioning body that acts on a lower portion of the box body when being raised with respect to the insertion-side fixed load receiving base is provided on an upper surface of the lifting body.   The plate-shaped body according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the box body is configured to be freely transferred by the transfer means with respect to the input-side fixed load receiving platform and the delivery-side fixed load receiving platform. Processing equipment.

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