CN107598872B - storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a storage device, which is used for storing a plurality of segmented frames separated during workpiece processing, wherein the workpiece is in a hollow frame shape, and the storage device comprises: a base plate; the positioning pieces are arranged on the top surface of the bottom plate, a plurality of accommodating spaces are defined among the positioning pieces, the outline of each accommodating space is matched with the outline of a corresponding segmented frame, and the accommodating spaces are further defined to be convenient for an external taking and placing mechanism to take and place avoiding spaces of the segmented frames. According to the storage device, each segmented frame can be placed in the corresponding containing space, the storage device is also provided with an avoiding space, an external taking and placing mechanism can conveniently take and place the segmented frames on the bottom plate, the overall structure is simple, taking and placing are convenient, and the processing cost can be effectively reduced; in some earlier processes, can put into corresponding operation equipment with strorage device and a plurality of segmentation frames together, need not to get, put segmentation frame one by one.

Description

storage device

technical field

The present invention relates to the technical field of electronic equipment components, in particular to a storage device.

Background technique

At present, most of the middle frames in the metal casings of many mobile electronic devices are frames formed by CNC machine tools, that is, in the early stage, the middle frame is a multi-segment structure, including multiple separated multi-segment frames. In the process, multiple frames are connected together, then finished, and then surface treated to finally form a standard middle frame.

In the early stage of the middle shell, it is often necessary to move the multi-segment frames that complete each process to the equipment or workbench of the next process, and frequent turnover of materials is required between each process. The existing method is to use pallets to store these The multi-segment frame has a limited number of storages, which is easy to be confused when stored in a large amount, and it is not convenient for the manipulator to grasp the multi-segment frame on the tray. The overall processing of the middle frame consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, and the cost is high.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Based on this, it is necessary to provide a storage device with low cost and convenient access.

A storage device is used for storing a plurality of segmented frames separated into workpieces during processing, the workpiece is in the shape of a hollow frame, and the storage device comprises:

bottom plate;

A plurality of positioning pieces are arranged on the top surface of the bottom plate, a plurality of accommodating spaces are enclosed between the plurality of positioning pieces, and the outline of each accommodating space is adapted to the outline of a corresponding segmented frame, so The accommodating space is also surrounded by an avoidance space that is convenient for the external pick-and-place mechanism to pick and place the plurality of segment frames.

In one embodiment, the positioning member is in the shape of a column, and the height of each accommodating space is greater than the thickness of the segmented frame for stacking a plurality of corresponding segmented frames.

In one embodiment, the accommodating space includes a first accommodating space for placing a side frame of the segmented frame, and a second accommodating space for placing an end frame of the segmented frame space; both ends of the side frame have bending sections, and the end frame is in the shape of a straight bar, or the side frame is in the shape of a straight bar, and both ends of the end frame have bending sections.

In one embodiment, the first accommodating spaces include two opposite ones, the second accommodating spaces include two opposite ones, two of the first accommodating spaces and two of the second accommodating spaces The placement space forms an annular structure, the side frame is in the shape of a straight bar, and both ends of the end frame have 90-degree bending sections.

In one embodiment, the positioning member includes a first positioning column, a second positioning column, and a third positioning column, a plurality of the first positioning columns are arranged side by side and form four rows, and one of the two rows of the first positioning column is The area between them forms the first accommodating space on one side, and the area between the other two rows of first positioning posts forms the first accommodating space on the other side; the second positioning posts are arranged on two sides of the bending section. The end frame placed in the second accommodating space is restricted from sliding along the horizontal direction by cooperating with the third positioning post.

In one of the embodiments, it further includes limit posts disposed on the top surface of the bottom plate and located on both sides of the first accommodating space to restrict the side frame placed in the first accommodating space from sliding in the horizontal direction , the top ends of the positioning member and the limiting column are both provided with a round head.

In one of the embodiments, an interval is provided between the first accommodating space and the second accommodating space.

In one embodiment, the interval communicates with the avoidance space, and the sum of the diameter of the limiting column and the interval is equal to the length of the injection molded part in the workpiece.

In one embodiment, the plurality of segmented frames are all metal pieces.

In one embodiment, the edge of the bottom plate is formed with a foolproof structure, the bottom plate is in the shape of a circle, a rhombus or a triangle as a whole; The length direction of the bottom plate is parallel; the bottom plate is rectangular as a whole, three of the four corners of the bottom plate are R corners, the other corner is C corner or the three corners are C corners, and the other corners are C corners. One corner is an R corner, and the R corner and the C corner form a foolproof structure.

In the above storage device, a plurality of positioning members form a plurality of accommodating spaces on the bottom plate, and each segmented frame can be placed in the corresponding accommodating space. Pick and place the segmented frame on the bottom plate, the overall structure is simple, easy to pick and place, and can effectively reduce the processing cost; in some early stages, the storage device and the segmented frame placed on the storage device can be put into the corresponding operation equipment together There is no need to pick and place the segmented frames one by one, which can save a lot of turnaround time and improve processing efficiency.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic three-dimensional structural diagram of a storage device provided by an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic three-dimensional structure diagram of using the storage device shown in FIG. 1 to store a plurality of segmented frames;

Fig. 3 is the top-view structure schematic diagram of the storage device shown in Fig. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top-view structural schematic diagram of a storage device provided by another embodiment;

5 is a schematic top-view structural diagram of a storage device provided by another embodiment;

6 is a schematic top view of a storage device with a circular bottom plate;

FIG. 7 is a schematic top view of a storage device with a triangular bottom plate.

Detailed ways

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the related drawings. The preferred embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that a thorough and complete understanding of the present disclosure is provided.

It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "left", "right" and similar expressions used herein are for the purpose of illustration only and do not represent the only embodiment.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terms used herein in the description of the present invention are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the present invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. According to an embodiment, the storage device 10 is used to place a workpiece and divide it into a plurality of segment frames 300 during processing. The workpiece can be, but not limited to, a middle frame of an electronic product, such as a middle frame of a mobile terminal. , which is divided into multiple sections in a part of the previous process. The storage device 10 includes a bottom plate 100 and a plurality of positioning members arranged on the bottom plate 100 .

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the bottom plate 100 is substantially rectangular, and the positioning member is cylindrical, that is, the bottom plate is provided with a plurality of positioning columns 200 , and the plurality of positioning columns 200 are vertically spaced on the bottom plate 100 . A plurality of accommodating spaces are formed between the plurality of positioning posts 200, the width and contour of each accommodating space are adapted to the width and contour of each segmented frame 300, and the number of accommodating spaces formed by the plurality of positioning posts 200 is equal to the workpiece. The number of segmented frames 300 divided in the previous process, each accommodating space can be used for stacking the corresponding segmented frames 300 in a plurality of workpieces. The plurality of accommodating spaces are also surrounded by avoidance spaces 103 for the external pick-and-place mechanism to pick and place each segmented frame 300 . The external pick-and-place mechanism may be a robot disposed between each process. When the robot picks and places the segmented frame 300 , the manipulator has enough space to extend between two adjacent segmented frames 300 . At the same time, in the early stage of the workpiece, the storage device 10 and a plurality of segmented frames 300 can be put into the operation equipment together, and there is no need to pick and place the segmented frames 300 one by one, which can save a lot of intermediate turnaround time, effectively To improve the processing efficiency, for example, when the workpiece is a metal piece, the storage device 10 and the plurality of segment frames 300 can be put into the operation equipment together in the cleaning and deburring process in the early stage.

The segmented frame 300 includes two opposite side frames 310 and two opposite end frames 320 . The plurality of accommodating spaces include two opposing first accommodating spaces 101 and two opposing second accommodating spaces 102 . The first accommodating spaces 101 can be stacked with straight side frames 310 , and the second accommodating spaces 101 can be stacked. The space 102 can be stacked with two end frames 320 having bending segments 321 , and the two first accommodating spaces 101 and the two second accommodating spaces 102 together form a ring-shaped structure.

Referring to FIG. 2 , in one embodiment, the plurality of segmented frames are metal pieces, and the workpiece is a mobile terminal middle frame, such as a mobile phone metal middle frame. In the early process of preparing the mobile phone metal middle frame, the mobile phone metal middle frame is Cut into four segmented frames 300, the four segmented frames 300 include two straight side frames 310 with equal lengths, and two end frames 320, each end frame Bend segment of a degree bend. It can be understood that the segmented frame 300 can also have other structures. For example, as shown in FIG. 4 , one end of the two side frames respectively has a 90-degree bent segment, and two ends of one end frame have a 90-degree bend. For the bent bending section, the other end frame is in the shape of a straight bar; as shown in FIG. 5 , the two ends of the two side frames respectively have 90-degree bending sections, and the two end frames are in the shape of a straight bar.

The lengths of the bent sections 321 of the two end frames 320 can be set to be equal or unequal. The bends of the two end frames 320 are arc-shaped transitions, and the curvatures of the bends of the two end frames 320 can be set to be equal or unequal. The inner and outer sidewalls of each segmented frame 300 are not limited to be smooth surfaces, and may also be inner and outer sidewalls with concave-convex structures. The two first accommodating spaces 101 and the two second accommodating spaces 102 together form a ring structure or a ring structure, and the ring structure and the metal middle frame of the mobile phone formed by connecting the four segment frames 300 in the subsequent process. The ring structure is the same. After completing the preliminary processing, the external pick-and-place mechanism simultaneously grabs the four segmented frames 300 on the same layer on the bottom plate 100 from the storage device 10 to the next process, which can save the need for the position of each segmented frame 300. adjustment to improve the overall processing efficiency of the metal middle frame of the mobile phone.

Referring to FIG. 3 , in an embodiment, the bottom plate 100 is rectangular as a whole, and the horizontal extension direction of the first accommodating space 101 is parallel to the length direction of the bottom plate 100 . The positioning member includes a first positioning column 210 , a second positioning column 220 and a third positioning column 230 . Four rows of first positioning columns 210 are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the bottom plate 100, wherein the area between the two rows of the first positioning columns forms a first accommodating space 101, and the area between the other two rows of the first positioning columns forms another. A first accommodating space 101 . A plurality of third positioning columns 230 are arranged along the lateral direction of the bottom plate 100 . The third positioning columns 230 are used for the positioning of the end frame 320 in the length direction. The posts 220 cooperate to restrict the sliding of the two end frames 320 placed in the second accommodating space 102 along the horizontal direction.

It can be understood that when the outlines of the four segmented frames are other structures, the positions of the first positioning column 210 , the second positioning column 220 and the third positioning column 230 can be adjusted correspondingly, that is, for a straight segmented frame, the bottom plate A plurality of first positioning columns 210 are arranged side by side at corresponding positions of 100. For a segmented frame with a bending section at the end, a plurality of second positioning columns 220 are arranged side by side at the corresponding positions of the bottom plate 100, and a plurality of second positioning columns 220 are arranged on both sides of the bending section. a third positioning post 230 . When the number of segmented frames is changed, for example, only one end frame has an antenna slot, and the workpiece is divided into two segmented frames with bending segments in the pre-processing, and the corresponding storage device can only be provided with a plurality of second positioning posts. 220 and a plurality of third positioning posts 230 .

In a specific embodiment, each first accommodating space 101 is formed by an area between 8 first positioning columns 210 , that is, each row is provided with 4 first positioning columns 210 ; each second accommodating space 102 It is jointly surrounded by four second positioning columns 220 and four third positioning columns 230 . It can be understood that the number of the first positioning columns 210 in each row can be set according to the specific size of the segmented frame 300 , and the number and position of the third positioning columns 230 can also be set according to the specific size of the two side end frames 320 .

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3 , in one embodiment, the storage device 10 further includes a limit post 240 disposed on the top surface of the bottom plate 100 , and the limit post 240 is located on both sides of the first accommodating space 101 along the length direction. , and the distance between the limit posts 240 on both sides of the first accommodating space 101 is adapted to the length of the side frame 310, that is, the distance between the limit posts 240 on both sides is slightly larger than the length of the side frame 310, so that the side The frame 310 will not slide in the horizontal direction after being placed in the first accommodating space 101 . The limiting post 240 forms a first interval between the first accommodating space 101 and the second accommodating space 102 . In one embodiment, the first accommodating space 101 and the second accommodating space 102 are provided with a second space 104, and the sum of the first space and the second space 104 is equal to the length of the injection molded part in the workpiece, and the injection molded part is formed on the side frame. 310 and the end frame 320. It can be understood that when both ends of the workpiece along the length direction of the workpiece are formed with injection molded parts, the lengths of the injection molded parts at both ends may be unequal, and the sum of the first interval and the second interval 104 at both ends is adjusted to match the corresponding injection molded parts. The lengths of the sectional frames 300 are equal, so that when the external pick-and-place mechanism puts the segmented frames 300 into the injection mold, it is not necessary to adjust the relative positions of the segmented frames 300 .

The diameter of the limiting column 240 may be set to be equal to the diameter of the first positioning column 210 , or may be set to be slightly smaller or slightly larger than the diameter of the first positioning column 210 . The bottom plate 100 , the positioning column 200 and the limiting column 240 are all made of metal, for example, iron, aluminum or stainless steel. A round head 211 is respectively formed on the top of each positioning column 200 and the limiting column 240 to prevent the segmented frame 300 or the external pick-and-place mechanism from being scratched.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , the bottom plate 100 is rectangular as a whole, and the bottom plate 100 is provided with a foolproof structure, so that the entire storage device 10 can be grasped by an external mechanism and moved to another position to judge and correct the placement direction, so as to avoid the processing of the middle frame of electronic products A placement error occurred in the job in the opposite direction. In one embodiment, three of the four corners of the bottom plate 100 are R corners 110 and the other corner is C corners 120, and the arrangement of the R corners 110 and the C corners 120 forms the above-mentioned foolproof structure; One corner is the C corner and the other corner is the R corner.

It can be understood that the bottom plate 100 can also be of other shapes. As shown in FIG. 6 , the bottom plate 100 adopts a circular bottom plate; as shown in FIG. 7 , the bottom plate 100 adopts a triangular bottom plate, and the bottom plate is provided with a foolproof structure at the edge (Fig. not shown). The bottom plate 100 can also be a rhombus-shaped bottom plate, and can also be a bottom plate with other irregular shapes.

In the above storage device, a plurality of positioning members form a plurality of accommodating spaces on the bottom plate, and each segmented frame can be placed in the corresponding accommodating space. Pick and place the segmented frame on the bottom plate, the overall structure is simple, easy to pick and place, and can effectively reduce the processing cost; in some early stages, the storage device and the segmented frame placed on the storage device can be put into the corresponding operation equipment together There is no need to pick and place the segmented frames one by one, which can save a lot of turnaround time and improve processing efficiency.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. For the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described. However, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of these technical features, All should be regarded as the scope described in this specification.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent several embodiments of the present invention, and the descriptions thereof are specific and detailed, but should not be construed as a limitation on the scope of the invention patent. It should be pointed out that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the concept of the present invention, several modifications and improvements can also be made, which all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a strorage device for deposit a plurality of segmentation frames that work piece processing was separated into, the work piece is hollow frame shape, its characterized in that, strorage device includes:

a base plate;

the positioning pieces are arranged on the top surface of the bottom plate, four accommodating spaces are defined among the positioning pieces, the contour of each accommodating space is matched with the contour of a corresponding segmented frame, and an avoidance space which is convenient for an external picking and placing mechanism to pick and place the segmented frames is further defined in the accommodating spaces; the positioning piece comprises a first positioning column, a second positioning column and a third positioning column, wherein a plurality of first positioning columns surround an accommodating space for storing strip-shaped segmented frames, and the second positioning columns and the third positioning columns surround an accommodating space for storing segmented frames with bending sections; the external picking and placing mechanism simultaneously picks the plurality of segmented frames on the same layer on the bottom plate to a next process, and the plurality of segmented frames on the same layer can form one workpiece;

the four accommodating spaces comprise first accommodating spaces for placing side frames in the segmented frames, the first accommodating spaces comprise two opposite accommodating spaces, the four accommodating spaces comprise second accommodating spaces for placing end frames in the segmented frames, and the second accommodating spaces comprise two opposite accommodating spaces;

the two first accommodating spaces and the two second accommodating spaces form an annular structure, the side frame is in a straight strip shape, and two ends of the end frame are provided with bending sections bent by 90 degrees;

the first positioning columns are arranged side by side and form four rows, wherein a first accommodating space at one side is formed in an area between two rows of the first positioning columns, and a first accommodating space at the other side is formed in an area between the other two rows of the first positioning columns; the second positioning columns are arranged on two sides of the bending section and matched with the third positioning columns to limit the end frame placed in the second accommodating space to slide along the horizontal direction.

2. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning member is cylindrical, and the height of each receiving space is greater than the thickness of the segment frame for stacking a plurality of corresponding segment frames.

3. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a limiting post disposed on the top surface of the bottom plate and located at two sides of the first receiving space to limit the side frame placed in the first receiving space from sliding in a horizontal direction, wherein the top ends of the positioning member and the limiting post are provided with round heads.

4. The storage device as claimed in claim 3, wherein a space is provided between the first and second receiving spaces.

5. The storage device of claim 4 wherein the space communicates with the clearance space, and the sum of the diameter of the restraint post and the space is equal to the length of an injection molded part in the workpiece.

6. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of segmented side frames are each metal pieces.

7. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the edges of the bottom plate are formed with fool-proof structures, and the bottom plate is generally circular, diamond-shaped or triangular.

8. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom plate is rectangular as a whole, and a horizontal extending direction of the first receiving space is parallel to a length direction of the bottom plate.

9. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom plate has a generally rectangular shape, and three of the four corners of the bottom plate are R-corners and the other is C-corner.

10. The storage device of claim 1 wherein the bottom panel is generally rectangular, three corners being C-corners and another corner being R-corners, the R-corners and the C-corners forming a foolproof structure.

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