JPH09315487A - Storage device, storage device for liquid crystal display device, and storage method of liquid crystal display device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: A method for housing an LCD display device is provided.
An adhesive sheet 32 having an adhesive on the module 31 side is assembled inside the tray 11. The adhesive sheet 32 has a heat seal 13 attached to the LCD module 31.
And a hole 34 larger than the area of the TCP 14. Finally, at the position of the hole 34, the heat seal 13 and the T
The LCD module 31 is arranged and stored on the adhesive sheet 32 so that the CP 14 can be inserted therein. [Effect] The corners of the LCD panel for fixing the LCD module are not required to be protruded, and the storage and storage of the LCD module having the miniaturized LCD panel regardless of the width of the heat seal and the packaging movement directly damage the product. And without lowering the reliability of heat sealing or connection to TCP when taking out the LCD module.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage device, a storage device for a liquid crystal display device, and a storage method for a liquid crystal display device,
For example, a semiconductor device such as a tape carrier package or an LCD display device (hereinafter, referred to as LCD module) having a liquid crystal (hereinafter, referred to as LCD) panel as a display unit
It is suitable for storage when storing a storage object having a flexible member, or storage inside a package when shipping.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A LCD module will be described below as an example of an object to be stored having a flexible member.

As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional method for accommodating an LCD module using an accommodating device is as follows: LCD panel 12, heat seal 13, tape carrier package (hereinafter
An LCD module, which is a composite of TCP) 14, was dropped and stored in a storage tray 11 having a storage portion shaped according to the shape of the LCD module as shown in FIG. Further, in particular, when the storage tray 11 is subjected to an external load such as vibration, dropping, falling over, and tilting, the heat seal or the TCP attached to the LCD module is not damaged.
1 was provided with a fixing protrusion 15 and the LCD module was fixed at four corners of the LCD panel.

[0004]

However, in the storage of the LCD module using the conventional storage tray, the above-mentioned fixing protrusion 15 is utilized to make the corner portion 4 of the LCD panel.
It had to be fixed to the storage tray only at one place, which was extremely weak against external load. This point is LC
In addition to the D module, there is also a problem that occurs when accommodating an object to be accommodated having a flexible member such as a semiconductor device such as TCP. Further, since the shape of the object to be stored must be taken, the storage tray must be made to correspond to the shape of each object to be stored, and there is a problem that the versatility is lacking.

In particular, regarding the LCD module, the width of the LCD panel must be made larger than the width of the heat seal only for the purpose of fixing, and the number of storages that can be stored in a storage tray of a certain area is limited. It was a big factor to do. Further, there is a problem on the LCD module side that the area of the LCD panel itself is expanded and the cost of parts is increased.

Therefore, the present invention has an object to provide a storage device which improves the storage device of the storage object such as an LCD module and can sufficiently cope with the external load of the storage object stored in the storage device. And Further, regarding an accommodating device for an LCD module, it is another object to provide an accommodating device that can be easily accommodated regardless of the width of the LCD panel and the heat seal. Another object is to provide a storage device that facilitates inventory management of the storage quantity.

[0007]

The present invention is intended to achieve the above object, and its contents will be described below.

The storage device of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a tray having a place for storing an object to be stored and an adhesive member for fixing the object to be stored in the storage place. Since there is an adhesive member for fixing the stored object in the storage place of the stored object, the stored object is fixed by being adhered to the adhesive member when the stored object is stored in the storage device. Therefore, the stored object can be protected from an external load such as vibration, drop, sideways fall, and tilt, and the stored object can be protected. Although the tray itself may have a special shape, it does not need to be particular and can be used for general purposes.

Further, in the present invention, it is preferable that the adhesive member is a sheet-like member having a laminated structure of a non-adhesive layer and an adhesive layer. Since it is a sheet-like member having a non-adhesive layer, the adhesive layer can be easily provided. Further, since it is a sheet-shaped member, it can be easily arranged in the tray.

The storage device of the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, or
It is preferable that the adhesive member is a sheet-shaped member having a laminated structure of an adhesive layer, a non-adhesive layer, and an adhesive layer, and the sheet-shaped member and the tray are adhered. Since the sheet-like member bonded to the stored object is further bonded to the tray, the stored object can be more firmly fixed.

On the other hand, the liquid crystal display device accommodating device of the present invention comprises a tray having a place for accommodating the liquid crystal display device having a flexible member, and an adhesive member for fixing the liquid crystal display device to the accommodating place. It is characterized by having and. Since there is an adhesive member for fixing the liquid crystal display device in the storage place of the liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal display device is fixed by being adhered to the adhesive member when the liquid crystal display device is stored in the storage device. Therefore, it is possible to protect from an external load such as vibration, drop, falling over, and inclination, and as a result, it is possible to protect a portion having a flexible member in particular. Further, the tray itself does not need to have a special shape and can be used for general purposes.

Further, in the liquid crystal display storage device, it is preferable that the adhesive member is a sheet-like member having a laminated structure of a non-adhesive layer and an adhesive layer. Alternatively, it is preferable that the adhesive member is a sheet-like member having a laminated structure of an adhesive layer, a non-adhesive layer, and an adhesive layer, and the sheet-like member and the tray are adhered to each other. By thus interposing the non-adhesive layer, the adhesive layer can be easily provided. Further, since it is a sheet-shaped member, it can be easily arranged in the tray. Further, when the sheet-shaped member and the tray are adhered, the sheet-shaped member is further adhered to the tray, so that it becomes possible to more firmly fix the stored object.

Further, in each of the liquid crystal display storage devices described above, the flexible member is a heat seal or a TCP, and the adhesive member is formed into a hole shape by removing a portion where the heat seal or the TCP is arranged. It is characterized by becoming. The adhesive member corresponding to the location of the relatively weak (flexible) member such as heat seal or TCP is removed and has a hole shape. Therefore, a flexible portion such as heat seal or TCP is not adhered, and external force due to the adhesive is not applied to the heat seal or TCP when taking out the liquid crystal display device.
There is no direct damage or reduction in connection reliability.

Further, in each of the liquid crystal display device accommodating devices described above, the pressure sensitive adhesive member serves as a mark at each position for accommodating the liquid crystal display device, and the mark or the vicinity of the mark is adjusted according to the quantity to be accommodated. It is characterized by displaying the numerical value. By doing so, for example, one sheet-shaped adhesive member can be prepared, and it becomes possible to easily control the quantity of liquid crystal display devices to be stored on it, and it becomes easy to confirm the quantity to be stored. It will be very convenient for management.

On the other hand, in the method of accommodating a liquid crystal display device of the present invention, there is provided a method of accommodating a liquid crystal display device having a heat seal or a tape carrier package, wherein the liquid crystal display device and the tray are accommodated between the accommodated liquid crystal display device and the tray. It is characterized in that an adhesive agent is provided on the entire surface of the liquid crystal display device side, and a hole-shaped adhesive member is installed by previously removing a contact portion of the heat seal or tape carrier package. By doing so, the liquid crystal display device can be fixed to the adhesive member with the adhesive on the liquid crystal display device side of the adhesive member, and it is not necessary to fix the corners of the LCD panel by the storage tray of the prior art, so that a miniaturized LCD panel can be obtained. It is possible to store the liquid crystal display device included therein. Further, since the heat seal or TCP attached to the liquid crystal display device and the adhesive member are not fixed by the hole provided in the adhesive member, external force due to the adhesive is not applied to the heat seal or TCP when taking out the liquid crystal display device.
There is no direct damage or reduction in connection reliability.
Further, the adhesive can be easily applied to the adhesive member.

In the above method, it is preferable that the adhesive member has an adhesive on the entire surface of the tray side. By having the adhesive on the storage tray side of the adhesive member, the adhesive member can be fixed to the storage tray regardless of the gap when the adhesive member is dropped into the storage tray. for that reason,
It is possible to reduce damage to the liquid crystal display device when the storage tray is vibrated, dropped, laid sideways, or tilted.

Furthermore, in each of the above-mentioned methods, the adhesive member is provided with a mark as a mark on each part where the liquid crystal display devices are arranged side by side, and a numerical value according to the quantity to be stored is displayed on the mark part or in the vicinity of the mark. It is characterized by displaying. By doing so, it becomes possible to easily control the quantity of liquid crystal display devices to be stored on one sheet-shaped adhesive member, for example, and to confirm the stored quantity easily. It will be very convenient for management.

In addition to the method for accommodating the liquid crystal display device described above, in a method for accommodating a liquid crystal display device having a heat seal or tape carrier package, the heat on the liquid crystal display device side is provided between the liquid crystal display device and the tray. The method may be characterized in that an adhesive member having an adhesive is provided on a portion other than the contact portion of the seal or tape carrier package. By doing so, it becomes unnecessary to fix the corners of the LCD panel by the storage tray of the prior art, and the LC
The D panel can be downsized. Further, since the heat seal or TCP portion attached to the liquid crystal display device is not fixed to the adhesive member, an external force due to the adhesive is not applied to the heat seal or TCP when taking out the liquid crystal display device, and direct damage or connection reliability is obtained. Does not decrease.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, an LCD module will be described as an example of an object to be stored having a flexible member. However, the object to be stored used in the storage device of the present invention may be any as long as it has a flexible member, and for example, TCP using a flexible tape can be applied.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 3 is a partial diffusion exploded view of the essential parts of the first embodiment of the housing device for housing the LCD module. First, the configuration will be described. 11 in the drawings
Is a tray, which is formed in a box shape. Tray 11
Does not require a special shape, and it suffices if there is a place larger than the area where the LCD module is stored. Therefore, as shown in the drawing, the tray may be provided with a frame that is a convex portion only around the periphery thereof, and the inside thereof may be simply formed as a flat surface.
However, it goes without saying that a convex portion or a concave portion may be appropriately provided if necessary. 12 is an LCD panel, 13 is L
A heat seal is attached to the CD panel 12, and a TCP is attached to the heat seal 13. The LCD panel 12, the heat seal 13 and the TCP 14 are connected to each other and assembled to form 31 LCD modules. Reference numeral 32 is an adhesive member of the present invention installed between the tray 11 and the LCD module 31. Although the adhesive member may be directly provided on the tray 11, an adhesive sheet will be exemplified here. The adhesive sheet has a non-adhesive layer as a base and a laminated structure of an adhesive layer 33 made of an adhesive agent thereon. FIG.
As shown in, the adhesive is provided on the LCD module 31 side in the shaded area in the drawing. The adhesive of the adhesive sheet 32 is
When taking out the LCD module 31, the LCD panel 12
It is LC to use the one without adhesive residue on the side.
This is desirable for maintaining the appearance quality of the D module 31. The tray 11 and the adhesive sheet 32 are collectively referred to as a storage device. The adhesive sheet 32 is combined with the inside of the box-shaped tray 11, and the LCD modules 31 are arranged on the adhesive sheet. Reference numeral 34 is a hole provided on the adhesive sheet 32, which is set so that the heat seal 13 and the TCP 14 do not touch the adhesive sheet when the LCD modules 31 are arranged and housed. The part that touches the adhesive sheet is the LCD panel part, and it may be a place having some strength. Since the LCD module 31 is fixed to the adhesive sheet by means of adhesion, it is not necessary to expose the corners of the LCD panel 12 for the purpose of housing. Further, it is possible to accommodate an LCD module having a different shape by appropriately changing the position and size of the hole 34. In this case, by preparing an adhesive sheet corresponding to each stored object, the tray can be easily attached / detached. As a result, the tray 11 itself can be generalized. That is, since the corners of the LCD panel for fixing the LCD module are not required, the LCD module having the miniaturized LCD panel, that is, the LCD having the miniaturized LCD panel regardless of the width of the heat seal. It becomes possible to store and store the module and move the package without directly damaging the product and without deteriorating the reliability of connection to the heat seal or TCP when taking out the LCD module. Further, since the LCD panel can be downsized, the product cost of the LCD module can be reduced. Further, the storage tray, which has been expensive to develop, can be generalized, and the development cost related to the storage of the LCD modules having different shapes can be reduced.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional exploded view of the essential parts of a second embodiment of a housing device for housing an LCD module. First, the configuration will be described. 41 in the drawing
Is an adhesive provided on the tray 11 side of the adhesive sheet 32. Other components are the same as those in FIG. 3 described in the first embodiment. The difference from Example 1 is the presence of the adhesive on the storage tray side of 41, and the adhesive member is an adhesive layer, a non-adhesive layer,
It has a laminated structure of adhesive layers. Then, the adhesive sheet 32 is adhesively fixed to the tray 11. Therefore, even when the tray 11 vibrates, tilts, or falls sideways, the LCD module 31 bonded by the adhesive member.
Does not fall off from the tray 11, and the reliability in storage and storage and packing movement can be improved. That is, since the adhesive sheet can be fixed to the tray regardless of the gap between the combination of the adhesive sheet and the tray, even when the storage device vibrates, tilts, or falls sideways, the adhesive sheet falls off from the tray. L with high reliability
The CD module can be stored.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 5 is a view showing the essential parts of a third embodiment of an accommodating device for accommodating an LCD module. First, the configuration will be described. In the drawing, 51 is the LCD
It is a frame display showing the positions where the modules are arranged. Reference numeral 52 is a number display according to the number of stored LCD modules. By arranging the LCD modules along the frame display 51, it is possible to control so that the accompanying heat seal and TCP are surely arranged in the holes provided in the adhesive sheet. Further, the number of LCD modules to be stored in one adhesive sheet can be controlled, and the stored number can be easily confirmed by the number display 52, so that the efficiency of inventory management can be improved. That is, the number of stored LCD modules that can be arranged on one adhesive sheet can be controlled, and the number of stored LCD modules can be easily confirmed by a number display, improving the efficiency of inventory management. Becomes Further, when the LCD module is housed, it is possible to control so that the associated heat seal or TCP can be surely arranged in the hole provided in the adhesive sheet.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 6 is a partial exploded exploded view of the essential portions of a fourth embodiment of the storage structure of the LCD module according to the present invention of means 4. First, the configuration will be described. In the drawing, 61 is an adhesive sheet, and 62 is a portion without adhesive 33, which is set so that the heat seal 13 and the TCP 14 do not touch the adhesive layer when the LCD module 31 is arranged and stored in the adhesive sheet 61. . The difference from the first embodiment is that an adhesive removing portion 62 to which no adhesive is applied is provided. In contrast to the punching of the first embodiment, in this embodiment, there is no adhesive on the adhesive sheet 61. There is no. Also in this case, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. That is, L having a miniaturized LCD panel
CD modules can be stored, stored and moved,
In addition, it is possible to reduce the cost of the LCD module due to the miniaturized LCD panel and the packaging development cost corresponding to LCD modules of different shapes.

[0024]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the effects described below.

The storage device according to the present invention has a tray having a place for storing an object to be stored and an adhesive member for fixing the object to be stored in the storage place. Since there is an adhesive member for fixing the stored object in the storage place of the stored object, the stored object is fixed by being adhered to the adhesive member when the stored object is stored in the storage device. Therefore, the stored object can be protected from an external load such as vibration, drop, sideways fall, and tilt, and the stored object can be protected. The tray itself may have a special shape, but it does not need to be particular and can be used as a general purpose.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a storage configuration of an LCD module according to a conventional technique.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an enlarged cross-section of a portion AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partial exploded exploded view of the essential parts of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional exploded view of a main part of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a main part of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partial diffusion exploded view of the essential parts of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11: Storage tray 12: LCD panel 13: Heat seal 14: TCP 15: Fixing protrusion 31: LCD module 32: Adhesive sheet 33: LCD module side adhesive surface 34: Hole 41: Storage tray side adhesive surface 51: Frame display 52: Number display 61: Adhesive sheet 62: Adhesive removal part

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A storage device, comprising: a tray having a place for storing an object to be stored; and an adhesive member for fixing the object to be stored in the storage place. 2. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive member is a sheet-like member having a laminated structure of a non-adhesive layer and an adhesive layer. 3. The adhesive member is a sheet-like member having a laminated structure of an adhesive layer, a non-adhesive layer, and an adhesive layer, and the sheet-like member and the tray are adhered to each other. Storage device according to 1. 4. A tray having a place for accommodating a liquid crystal display device having a flexible member, and an adhesive member for fixing the liquid crystal display device to the accommodating place. Storage device for liquid crystal display devices. 5. The storage device for a liquid crystal display device according to claim 4, wherein the adhesive member is a sheet-like member having a laminated structure of a non-adhesive layer and an adhesive layer. 6. The adhesive member is a sheet-like member having a laminated structure of an adhesive layer, a non-adhesive layer, and an adhesive layer, and the sheet-like member and the tray are adhered to each other. Storage device for liquid crystal display device according to 4. 7. The flexible member is a heat seal or tape carrier package, and the adhesive member has a hole shape by removing a portion where the heat seal or tape carrier package is arranged. The storage device for a liquid crystal display device according to claim 4. 8. The adhesive member is displayed as a mark at each position where the liquid crystal display device is housed, and displays a numerical value according to the number of the housed parts at the mark part or the vicinity of the mark. A storage device for a liquid crystal display device according to claim 4. 9. A method of housing a liquid crystal display device having a heat seal or tape carrier package, wherein an adhesive is provided on the entire surface of the liquid crystal display device between the housed liquid crystal display device and the tray. Then, a method for accommodating the liquid crystal display device is characterized in that the heat-sealing or tape carrier package is preliminarily removed from a contacting portion and a hole-shaped adhesive member is installed. 10. The method of accommodating a liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein the adhesive member has an adhesive on the entire surface on the tray side. 11. The adhesive member is provided with a mark as a display on each part where the liquid crystal display devices are stored side by side, and a numerical value according to the storage quantity is displayed on the mark part or a part near the mark. Claim 9 or 1
The method of storing the liquid crystal display device according to 0. 12. A method of accommodating a liquid crystal display device having a heat seal or tape carrier package, wherein the heat seal or tape carrier package on the liquid crystal display device side is brought into contact between the liquid crystal display device and a tray. A method for accommodating a liquid crystal display device, characterized in that a pressure-sensitive adhesive member having an adhesive is provided on a portion other than the portion.