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US 2003/0196930 A1Published application
Carrier tape for containing good therein, and container using the carrier tape
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorHironobu Agari
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AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorHironobu Agari
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A carrier tape including a main body; plural pockets arranged on the main body and configured to contain goods therein, wherein the pockets have depths greater than the thickness of the main body, and wherein the pockets are arranged at equal intervals in a longitudinal direction of the main body; and plural dummy pockets arranged on the main body, wherein the dummy pockets extend away from the main body no less than the pockets. The dummy pockets can be replaced with ribs having a plate shape. A container including the carrier tape and a resin cover tape which covers the pockets and the dummy pockets. The container can be reeled.
A carrier tape comprising:
A carrier tape comprising:
A carrier tape comprising:
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Using carriers specially adapted therefor, e.g. front opening unified pods [FOUP]: trays for chips
Using temporarily an auxiliary support: the auxiliary support including a cavity for storing a finished or partly finished device during…
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a carrier tape for containing a small good such as chip size packages (hereinafter sometimes referred to as CSPs) for use in semiconductor devices and microphones for use in cellular phones, and a container using the carrier tape.
2. discussion of the Related Art
FIG. 1A is a schematic plan view illustrating a first embodiment (Example 1) of the carrier tape of the present invention;
FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram illustrating a sectional view of the carrier tape illustrated in FIG. 1A when the carrier tape is cut at a line B-B;
FIG. 1C is a schematic diagram illustrating a sectional view of the carrier tape illustrated in FIG. 1A when the carrier tape is cut at a line A-A;
In the first aspect of the carrier tape of the present invention, dummy pockets are formed on the carrier tape such that at least a portion of the outer surface of the bottom of the dummy pockets extends off the opening (i.e., the upper portion) of the pockets in which a good is contained. When the carrier tape has such a constitution and is reeled, a dummy pocket located right on a pocket does not invade into the pocket, i.e., the nesting problem is not caused.
An example of the carrier tape having such a constitution as mentioned above is that the length of one of the outer surface of the bottom portion of the dummy pockets and the opening of the pockets is longer than the other in the longitudinal direction of the carrier tape and is shorter than the other in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
Another example of the carrier tape having such a constitution as mentioned above is that the outer surface of the dummy pocket has a shape different from that of the opening of the pocket.