阅读说明：本技术 分片装置 (Slicing device ) 是由 李明钊 鍾东霖 陈建勳 曹明俊 于 2019-03-22 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开一种分片装置,包括本体、第一杆及第二杆。本体包括中心轴。第一杆包括由上往下依序配置的推片部及第一托片部。第二杆包括由上往下配置依序的第一凹槽及第二托片部。其中,第一杆与第二杆相对中心轴定义碟片区域。当第一杆与第二杆处于第一状态时,推片部位于碟片区域外且第一凹槽背向碟片区域。当第一杆与第二杆从第一状态绕第一转动方向转动至第二状态时,推片部位于碟片区域内且第一凹槽面向碟片区域。(The invention discloses a slicing device which comprises a body, a first rod and a second rod. The body includes a central axis. The first rod comprises a push piece part and a first supporting piece part which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The second rod comprises a first groove and a second supporting piece portion which are arranged from top to bottom in sequence. Wherein the first rod and the second rod define a disc area relative to the central axis. When the first rod and the second rod are in the first state, the push plate part is positioned outside the disc area and the first groove faces away from the disc area. When the first lever and the second lever rotate around the first rotation direction from the first state to the second state, the push plate part is positioned in the disc area and the first groove faces the disc area.)

1. A disc separator, comprising:

a body including a central axis;

a first rod including a push piece part and a first support piece part arranged in sequence from top to bottom;

a second rod comprising a first groove and a second supporting piece part which are arranged from top to bottom in sequence;

wherein the first rod and the second rod define a disc area relative to the central axis; when the first rod and the second rod are in a first state, the push piece part is positioned outside the disc area and the first groove faces away from the disc area; when the first lever and the second lever rotate around a first rotation direction from the first state to a second state, the push portion is located in the disc area and the first groove faces the disc area.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first and second tab portions are located within the disc area when the first and second levers are in the first state; when the first lever and the second lever rotate from the first state to the second state, the first supporting piece portion and the second supporting piece portion are located outside the disc area.

3. The slicing device according to claim 1, wherein the first rod further comprises a third supporting piece portion, and the pushing piece portion, the first supporting piece portion and the third supporting piece portion are sequentially arranged from top to bottom; the second rod further comprises a fourth supporting piece part, and the first groove, the second supporting piece part and the fourth supporting piece part are sequentially arranged from top to bottom; when the first lever and the second lever rotate from the first state to the second state, the third supporting piece part and the fourth supporting piece part are positioned in the disc area.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the third and fourth tab portions rotate from the disc area to the disc area when the first and second levers rotate from the second state to a third state about the first rotation direction.

5. The device of claim 3, wherein the pushing portion is located in the disc area and the first groove faces the disc area when the first lever and the second lever are rotated from the second state to a third state.

6. The slicing device as claimed in claim 3, wherein when the first lever and the second lever are rotated from a third state to the first state, the slice pushing portion is located outside the disc area and the first groove faces away from the disc area.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first and second supporting portions are located in the disk area when the first and second levers are rotated from the third position to the first position about a second rotation direction.

8. The slicing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the central shaft has a second groove;

when the first rod and the second rod rotate from the first state to the second state, the second groove faces the sheet pushing part.

9. The sheet apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second bar comprises a dividing portion, the first recess, the dividing portion, the second supporting portion and the fourth supporting portion are sequentially disposed from top to bottom, and the protrusion protrudes from the first recess.

10. The slicing device according to claim 1, comprising two first rods and two second rods, wherein the two first rods are disposed adjacent to each other and the two second rods are disposed adjacent to each other.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a disc separating device, and more particularly, to a disc separating device.

Background

The current disc separator will clamp the two opposite edges of the disc above the disc before placing the bottom disc on the disc drive, so as to prevent the discs from falling onto the disc drive at one time. However, the opposite edges of the optical disc are easily damaged by clamping the optical disc, and the lowest optical disc may generate a bonding force with the surfaces of other optical discs and cannot fall down naturally, resulting in a failure of the disc separation. Therefore, it is an objective of the present invention to provide a new disc separation device to avoid the disc from being damaged and to smoothly separate the disc.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems in the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a sheet separation device.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a wafer separating apparatus is provided. The slicing device comprises a body, a first rod and a second rod. The body includes a central axis. The first rod comprises a push piece part and a first supporting piece part which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The second rod comprises a first groove and a second supporting piece part which are arranged from top to bottom in sequence. Wherein the first rod and the second rod define a disc area relative to the central axis. When the first rod and the second rod are in a first state, the push plate part is positioned outside the disc area and the first groove faces away from the disc area. When the first lever and the second lever rotate around a first rotation direction from a first state to a second state, the push plate part is positioned in the disc area and the first groove faces the disc area.

The invention is described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific examples, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Drawings

FIGS. 1A-1C are external views of a singulation apparatus in a first state according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 1D illustrates a side view of the slicing apparatus of FIG. 1B;

FIG. 1E depicts a cross-sectional view of the slicing apparatus of FIG. 1D along direction 1E-1E';

FIG. 1F depicts a cross-sectional view of the slicing apparatus of FIG. 1D along the direction 1F-1F';

FIG. 2A is an external view of the separating device in a second state according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2B depicts a cross-sectional view of the slicing apparatus of FIG. 2A along direction 2B-2B';

FIG. 2C depicts a cross-sectional view of the slicing apparatus of FIG. 2A along direction 2C-2C';

FIG. 3A is an external view of the separating device in a third state according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3B depicts a cross-sectional view of the slicing apparatus of FIG. 3A along direction 3B-3B';

FIG. 3C depicts a cross-sectional view of the slicing apparatus of FIG. 3A along direction 3C-3C';

fig. 4 and 5 are schematic views illustrating the first rod and the second rod of the slicing device according to the embodiment of the invention rotating from the third state to the first state.

Detailed Description

The invention will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings, which are provided for illustration purposes and the like:

referring to fig. 1A to 1F and 2A to 2C, fig. 1A to 1C are external views of a slicing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention in a first state (fig. 1C does not show a disc), fig. 1D is a side view of the slicing apparatus 100 of fig. 1B, fig. 1E is a sectional view of the slicing apparatus 100 of fig. 1D along a direction 1E-1E ', fig. 1F is a sectional view of the slicing apparatus 100 of fig. 1D along a direction 1F-1F', fig. 2A is an external view of the slicing apparatus 100 of an embodiment of the present invention in a second state, fig. 2B is a sectional view of the slicing apparatus 100 of fig. 2A along a direction 2B-2B ', and fig. 2C is a sectional view of the slicing apparatus 100 of fig. 2A along a direction 2C-2C'. The XY plane is shown as being substantially parallel to the disc plane, while the Z axis is substantially parallel to the central axis 111 of the body 110.

As shown in fig. 1A to 1D, the separating device 100 includes a body 110, two first rods 120, two second rods 130, and a driving mechanism 140. The first rods 120 and the second rods 130 are connected to the body 110 and extend downward from the body 110, wherein the two first rods 120 are disposed adjacent to each other, and the two second rods 130 are disposed adjacent to each other.

The body 110 includes a central axis 111, and each of the second bars 130 and each of the first bars 120 are substantially equidistantly disposed with respect to the central axis 111. Each first rod 120 includes a pushing portion 121, a first supporting portion 122 and a third supporting portion 123 sequentially arranged from top to bottom (in the-Z axis direction). Each second rod 130 includes a first recess 130r, a second supporting portion 131 and a fourth supporting portion 132 arranged in sequence from top to bottom. The first lever 120 and the second lever 130 define a disc region DR with respect to the central axis 111. As shown in fig. 1A to 1D, at least one disc, such as discs 11, 12 and 13, may be located in the disc region DR, and the discs are discs 11, 12 and 13 in order from bottom to top. Each of the discs 11, 12 and 13 has a through portion (not shown) to allow the central shaft 111 to pass through. In another embodiment, the number of discs may be less than three, such as one or two, or more than three, such as four or more. In the embodiment, the disc is an optical disc, for example. The shape and size of the disc region DR are the same as or similar to those of the disc.

As shown in fig. 1A to 1D, each of the first rods 120 further includes a first rod 124, wherein the pushing portion 121, the first supporting portion 122 and the third supporting portion 123 are disposed on the first rod 124 and protrude from a peripheral surface 124s of the first rod 124. Each second rod 130 further includes a second rod 134, wherein the first groove 130r is recessed relative to a peripheral surface 134s of the second rod 134, and the second tab portion 131 and the fourth tab portion 132 are disposed on the second rod 134 and protrude relative to the peripheral surface 134s of the second rod 134. In an embodiment, the pushing plate portion 121, the first supporting plate portion 122, the third supporting plate portion 123 and the first rod 124 are integrally formed, and/or the second supporting plate portion 131, the fourth supporting plate portion 132 and the second rod 134 are integrally formed. The upper surfaces of the first, third, second and fourth supporting portions 122, 123, 131 and 132 contact the lower surface of the disc to receive the disc in the disc region DR, but do not clamp the outer edge of the disc, and thus do not damage the disc. The third supporting portion 122 and the second supporting portion 131 are substantially coplanar with the receiving surface of the disc, such as a horizontal plane or a plane substantially parallel to XY plane.

As shown in fig. 1A to 1D, the driving mechanism 140 can drive the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 to rotate synchronously to push and/or slice the disc 11 located in the disc region DR. Here, "pushing" refers to a step of pushing the disc into the first groove 130r, and "slicing" refers to a step of releasing the disc to drop on a tray of the optical disc drive. Although not shown, the driving mechanism 140 may include a motor and a gear set, wherein the gear set is connected to the first rod 120 and the second rod 130, and the motor is connected to the gear set to drive the gear set to rotate, so as to drive the first rod 120 and the second rod 130 to rotate synchronously, such as to drive the first rod 120 and the second rod 130 to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise synchronously.

As shown in fig. 1E and 1F, when the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 are in the first state, the first supporting portion 122 (drawn by a thick line) and the second supporting portion 131 (drawn by a thick line) are located in the disc area DR to receive discs located in the disc area DR, so that the lowermost disc 11 (drawn by a thick line) of the discs prevents the disc 11 and all discs above the disc 11 from falling from the disc separating apparatus 100.

As shown in fig. 2A to 2C, in the process of rotating the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 from the first state (the state shown in fig. 1A to 1F) to the second state (the state shown in fig. 2A to 2C) around the first rotation direction, the push-piece portion 121 (fig. 2B is drawn in bold lines) rotates from outside the disc region DR to inside the disc region DR, the push-piece portion 121 contacts the outer edge of the disc 12 to push the disc 12 in the direction of the arrow of the first groove 130r (fig. 2B is drawn in bold lines), and the first groove 130r rotates from the back (or not facing) to the disc region DR to face the disc region DR to accommodate the outer edge of the disc 12. Thus, even if the first and second catch portions 122 and 131 release the disc 11 located in the disc region DR, the disc 12 located above the disc 11 does not fall onto the third and fourth catch portions 123 and 132. In addition, since the disc 12 is constrained between the pushing portion 121 and the first groove 130r, the disc 13 above the disc 12 will not fall from the separating apparatus 100. The first rotational direction is, for example, a clockwise direction.

In addition, as shown in fig. 2B and 2C, the pushing portion 121 can block the disc 12 to prevent the disc 12 from separating from the first groove 130r along the XY plane. In addition, as shown in fig. 2B, as long as the pushing piece portion 121 can block the disc 12 from departing from the first groove 130r along the XY plane, the pushing piece portion 121 and the outer edge of the disc 12 may have a gap c (the gap c is shown in fig. 2B), but in another embodiment, the pushing piece portion 121 may abut against the outer edge of the disc 12, i.e., there is no gap c. In addition, there may be a similar gap between the outer edge of the disc 12 and the sidewall of the first groove 130r, which is not described herein.

As shown in fig. 2A, each second rod 130 further includes a segment 135 connected to the second rod 134, and the segment 135 has a wedge shape with a tip. The first recess 130r, the slicing portion 135, the second supporting portion 131 and the fourth supporting portion 132 are sequentially disposed from top to bottom. The segment 135 protrudes relative to the first recess 130 r. For example, the segment portion 135 protrudes relative to the peripheral surface 134s of the second lever 134. In the process of rotating the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 from the first state to the second state, the slicing portion 135 rotates from being located outside the disc region DR to being located inside the disc region DR, and the tip of the slicing portion 135 is inserted into the gap h between the disc 11 and the disc 12, further separating the disc 11 from the disc 12. The piece 135 and the push-out piece 121 are not coplanar, and the piece 135, the push-out piece 121 and the first groove 130r separate the disc 11 from the disc 12 when rotating from the first state to the second state.

As shown in fig. 2A to 2C, in the process of rotating the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 from the first state to the second state around the first rotation direction, the first supporting piece 122 and the second supporting piece 131 rotate from being located in the disc region DR to being located outside the disc region DR to release the disc 11 in the disc region DR, so that the disc 11 falls down to the third supporting piece 123 and the fourth supporting piece 132 along the arrow direction. When the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 are in the second state, the third supporting portion 123 (fig. 2C is drawn with a thick line) and the fourth supporting portion 132 (fig. 2C is drawn with a thick line) are located in the disc region DR to receive the disc 11 released from the first supporting portion 122 and the second supporting portion 131, so as to prevent the disc 11 from falling from the disc separating apparatus 100.

The third receiving portion 123 and the fourth receiving portion 132 have a first receiving surface 123u and a second receiving surface 132u, respectively. The first receiving surface 123u and the second receiving surface 132u are substantially coplanar, such as horizontal or substantially parallel to the XY plane. Since the first receiving surface 123u of the third receiving portion 123 and the second receiving surface 132u of the fourth receiving portion 132 are adjusted to be horizontal before the disc 11 falls into the tray 21 of the optical disc drive 20 (step shown in fig. 3A), the disc 11 can stably fall into the tray 21.

In summary, compared to the conventional clamping type of disc separation method, the disc separation device 100 of the embodiment of the invention pushes the outer edge of the disc 12 into the first groove 130r as a disc pushing method, so that the problem of the conventional clamping of the outer edge of the disc 12 is avoided.

As shown in fig. 1C, 1E, 1F, 2B and 2C, the central shaft 111 has a second groove 111 r. When the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 are in the second state, as shown in fig. 2C, the second groove 111r faces the push portion 121 to receive the inner edge of the penetrating portion 12r of the disc 12. In detail, the second groove 111r provides a space for accommodating the disc 12, so that when the disc 12 is pushed by the pushing portion 121 toward the second groove 111r and the first groove 130r, the second groove 111r can accommodate an inner edge of the through portion 12r of the disc 12, and the first groove 130r can accommodate an outer edge of the disc 12.

As can be seen from comparing fig. 1D and fig. 2A, in the process of rotating the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 from the first state to the second state, the pushing piece portion 121 moves the disc 12 toward the first groove 130r and the tip of the slicing portion is inserted into the gap h between the disc 11 and the disc 12, so that the disc 12 is displaced along the XY plane with respect to the lower disc 11. Thus, the bonding force (e.g., electrostatic force) between the disc 12 and the disc 11 can be reduced, so that the disc 11 can easily fall onto the second supporting portion 131 and the fourth supporting portion 132. In detail, as shown in fig. 1D, the gap h between the adjacent disks 11 and 12 is very small, so that a certain bonding force is generated between the plane of the disk surface of the disk 11 and the plane of the disk surface of the disk 12, and the bonding force makes the disks 11 and 12 not easily separated. However, as mentioned above, since the disc 11 and the disc 12 can be shifted from each other, the binding force between the disc 11 and the disc 12 can be reduced, so that the disc 11 can easily fall onto the third supporting portion 123 and the fourth supporting portion 132.

Referring to fig. 3A to 3C, fig. 3A is an external view illustrating the slicing apparatus 100 in the third state according to the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 3B is a cross-sectional view of the slicing apparatus 100 in fig. 3A along a direction 3B-3B ', and fig. 3C is a cross-sectional view of the slicing apparatus 100 in fig. 3A along a direction 3C-3C'.

As shown in fig. 3A to 3C, when the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 rotate from the second state to a third state (the state shown in fig. 3A to 3C) around the first rotation direction, the third supporting piece 123 and the fourth supporting piece 132 rotate from the disc area DR to the outside of the disc area DR to release the disc 11 thereon, as shown in fig. 3A. The released disc 11 falls onto the tray 21 of the optical disk drive 20 shown in fig. 3A. In addition, when the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 are in the third state, the pushing portion 121 is located in the disc region DR and the first recess 130r faces the disc region DR, so as to continuously restrain the disc 12 between the first recess 130r and the pushing portion 121, and prevent the disc 12 from falling down.

After the disc 11 is placed on the tray 21, the tray 21 is retracted into the optical disk drive 20 to make room for the slicing apparatus 100 to move along the Z-axis to a corresponding position of another optical disk drive 20 for distributing the disc 12 to the tray 21 of another optical disk drive 20. Of course, the slicing apparatus 100 can also move to the corresponding position of another optical disc drive 20 along the X-axis or the Y-axis, depending on the actual design requirement.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, schematic diagrams of the first rod 120 and the second rod 130 of the separating device 100 according to the embodiment of the invention rotating from the third state to the first state are shown.

As shown in fig. 4, in the process of rotating the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 from the third state to the first state around the second rotation direction, the first groove 130r rotates from facing the disc region DR to being away from (or not facing) the disc region DR, so that the disc 12 in the disc region DR can be separated from the first groove 130r, and the peripheral surface 134s of the second lever 130 can push the disc 12 in the direction of the arrow of the first lever 120 to push the disc 12 back to the position of fig. 1D. The second rotation direction is opposite to the first rotation direction, and the second rotation direction is, for example, counterclockwise. In addition, in the process of rotating the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 from the third state to the first state, the pushing part 121 rotates from being located in the disc region DR to being located outside the disc region DR to release the stop of the disc 12. When the disk 12 is released from the constraint state, the disk 12 and the disk 13 thereon fall down from the arrow direction to the first and second receiving portions 122 and 131, as shown in fig. 5.

As shown in fig. 5, in the process of rotating the first lever 120 and the second lever 130 from the third state to the first state, the first supporting portion 122 and the second supporting portion 131 rotate from the outside to the inside of the disc region DR to receive the disc 12 and the disc 13 dropped from the top to the bottom. As shown in fig. 5, in the first state, all the discs in the slicing apparatus 100 are supported by the first supporting plate portion 122 and the second supporting plate portion 131, and no disc is located in the first groove 130 r.

In summary, in a slicing process, the slicing apparatus 100 can separate the disc 11 from the disc 12 by the steps of the first state to the third state, distribute a disc to the optical disc drive by the slicing portion 135, the pushing portion 121 and the first groove 130r, and then return to the first state from the third state to receive the remaining discs. In this way, the disc separating apparatus 100 can sequentially distribute a plurality of discs to a plurality of optical disc drives through a plurality of disc separating processes, wherein one optical disc drive is distributed to one disc. In the slicing process, the slicing apparatus 100 utilizes the first supporting piece 122, the second supporting piece 131, the third supporting piece 123 and the fourth supporting piece 132 to support the surface of the disc instead of clamping the outer edge of the disc, and the outer edge of the disc is not damaged after long-term operation.

The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and it should be understood that various changes and modifications can be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.