US 7,882,957 B2Granted

Storing tray and storing device

AssigneePanasonic Corporation

InventorTakao Ochi

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Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a storing tray and a storing device whereby an object such as an electronic component to be stored can be picked up in a preferred manner and a plurality of stored objects can be flipped and transferred at once. Another object is to form the storing tray as a soft tray. The storing tray includes a storing part on its main surface, the storing part including a storing base for placing therein an object such as an electronic component, a plurality of convex portions formed along the outer periphery of the storing base to protrude upward more than the storing base, and concave portions formed along the outer periphery of the storing base between the plurality of convex portions to be recessed downward more than the storing base. The storing tray has an uneven back surface opposite in shape to the main surface.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A storing tray comprising a storing part on a main surface for storing an object, the storing tray having a rear surface opposite the main surface, the storing part comprising:

a storing base having four corners on an outer periphery, a first pair of corners being diagonally opposite each other and a second pair of corners being diagonally opposite each other;
convex portions each located along an outer periphery of each of the corners in the first pair of corners, a top surface of each of the convex portions being higher than a top surface of the storing base;
and
first concave portions each located along an outer periphery of each of the corners in the second pair of corners, a bottom surface of each of the first concave portions being lower than a bottom surface of the storing base,
a second concave portion in the storing base,
each of the convex portions having two parts extending in different directions from each other, said two parts forming a corner along an outer periphery of a respective corner of the first pair of corners on the storing base,
the second concave portion in the storing base having a bottom surface lower than the bottom surface of each of the first concave portions on the outer periphery of the storing base,
wherein a shape of the rear surface of the storing tray is congruent with a shape of the main surface of the storing tray.

5 more elements

A storing device comprising a plurality of stacked storing trays including a first storing tray and a second storing tray vertically stacked one on the other, each of the storing trays comprising a storing part on a main surface thereof for storing an object, the storing part comprising:

a storing base having four corners on an outer periphery, a first pair of corners being diagonally opposite each other and a second pair of corners being diagonally opposite each other;
convex portions each located along an outer periphery of each of the corners in the first pair of corners, a top surface of each of the convex portions being higher than a top surface of the storing base;
first concave portions each located along an outer periphery of each of the corners in the second pair of corners, a bottom surface of each of the first concave portions being lower than a bottom surface of the storing base;
and
a second concave portion in the storing base.,
each of the convex portions on the storing base of each of the storing trays having two parts extending in different directions from each other, said two parts forming a corner along an outer periphery of a respective corner of the first pair of corners on the storing base of each of the storing trays,
the second concave portion in the storing base of each of the storing trays having a bottom surface lower than the bottom surface of each of the first concave portions on the outer periphery of the storing base of each of the storing trays,
wherein a shape of a rear surface of each of the storing trays is congruent with a shape of the main surface of each of the storage trays,
the main surface of the first storing tray and the main surface of the second storing tray have a substantially similar shape,
each of the convex portions on the main surface of the first storing tray is engaged with a respective concave portion on the rear surface of the second storing tray when the first storing tray and the second storing tray are stacked with the main surfaces thereof facing a same direction, and each of the first concave portions on the main surface of the first storing tray is engaged with a respective convex portion on the rear surface of the second storing tray when the first storing tray and the second storing tray are stacked with the main surfaces thereof facing a same direction, and
an object may be held between the storing base of the first storing tray and a rear surface of the storing base of the second storing tray.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/210,866Filed 25 Aug 2005
Priority: JP 2004-26313610 Sep 2004
Published: US 2006/0054532 A116 Mar 2006
Granted: 8 Feb 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H10P 72/16
Using carriers specially adapted therefor, e.g. front opening unified pods [FOUP]: trays for chips
B65D 1/36
Trays or like shallow containers: with moulded compartments or partitions
B65D 21/0233
Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together: nestable containers
B65D 2585/86
For machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form: for electrical components