Inspection device of a tape reel

Abstract

An inspection device of a tape reel comprises a first inspection device 10 consisting of a light projector 11, a mirror 12, and a light receiver 13, a second inspection device 20 consisting of a light projector 21, a mirror 22, and a light receiver 23, and a rotator 30 that rotates a tape reel 40, and parallel lights R1, R2 irradiated from the light projector 11 are reflected by the mirror 12, to be made incident on inner surfaces of flanges 42, 43 of the tape reel 40, whereas parallel lights R3, R4 irradiated from the light projector 21 are reflected by the mirror 22 to be made incident on the inner surfaces of the flanges 42, 43 of the tape reel 40, and parallel lights R1 to R4 that pass the inner surfaces of the flanges 42, 43 are received by the light receiver 13 or the light receiver 23. Thereby, an inspection device capable of inspecting a position of each flange of the tape reel, distance between flanges, and an inclined angle of each flange in a un-contact state accurately at high speed, an inspection method for the same, and a positioning device of a member to be positioned capable of positioning the position of the flange accurately are provided.

Description

[0001] This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10 / 601,677 filed Jun. 24, 2003, the entire disclosure of the prior application, application Ser. No. 10 / 601,677 is hereby incorporated by reference.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Technical Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to an inspection device of a tape reel and an inspection method for the same, especially relates to an inspection device for inspecting a dimension accuracy of a flange in a tape reel in which a pair of disk-shaped flanges are fixed in a mutually facing manner on both ends of a cylindrical hub, and an inspection method for the same. [0004] 2. Background of the Invention [0005] Conventionally, a magnetic tape serving as a magnetic recording medium is widely used as a recording medium used for other record reproducing devices such as an audio device and a video device. Generally various films, such as a magnetic tape, a movie film, and an X ray film, are wound on the tape ...

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Benefits of technology

[0017] Hereupon, an object of the present invention is to provide an inspection device capable of inspecting the position of each flange of a tape reel, distance between flanges, and an inclined angle of inner surface of each flange in an un-contacting state correctly and at high speed. Also, the object of this invention is to provide a positioning device of a member to be positioned capable of positioning of the position of the flanges accurately.

[0029] With the above constitution, the table is lowered by the pressure of the fluid that acts on the whole gap. And the fluid partially purges from the gap between the table and the member to be positioned by lowering of the table, therefore, the pressure of the gap can be stabilized and the member to be positioned can be stabilized in the aligning position.

[0031] With the above constitution, the member to be positioned can be fixed in a state of being positioned. Also, when positioning, by applying a positive pressure so that the member to be positioned may be slightly floated, aligning can also be made easy.

[0032] Furthermore, this invention can also be used for the positioning by knock pins and holes. By the engagement of the knock pins and the holes, a member of the knock pin side and a member of the hole side are mutually engaged, to thereby allow fitting socket-and-spigot parts to be fitted mutually by positioning. However, the processing accuracy of the knock pins and the holes affects the accuracy of the positioning directly. Therefore, the knock pins and the holes must be formed in high accuracy. If this invention is applied, the engagement of the knock pins and the holes can be loosened, and the processing accuracy is also reduced, to thereby achieve a cost cut.

Problems solved by technology

However, in order to improve the accuracy of the positioning by tight engagement of the hub and the disk, a problem is involved therein in such a way that it is easily damaged by an unreasonable handling.

However, in the conventional needle contact type measuring method, error of Am order is generated by slight contact pressure of the probe needle, thereby involving a problem that the size of the μm order of an object to be measured cannot be measured.

Moreover, more problems are involved therein in such a way that an object to be measured is damaged by the probe which is contacted with the object to be measured one by one, or time required for measurement is longer compared with an optical measuring method that measures in an un-contacting state.

In addition, when a miniaturized tape reel is inspected in order to hold a tape with narrow width, distance between flanges becomes short.

Thereby it becomes difficult to insert the probe between flanges.

Here, a method for inserting a reflective sensor or a mirror between the flanges 42 and 43 is conceivable, however involving a problem that the structure of the inspection device is complicated.

However, if the reflective sensor or the mirror is interposed between the flanges 42 and 43, there is posed problems such as, (1) the constitution of the inspection device is complicated, therefore it becomes difficult to arrange the inspection device on the manufacturing process of the tape reel 40; (2) there is a possibility that the flange 42, and the reflective type sensor and mirror which are interposed between the flanges 42 and 43, may collide with the upper flange 42 or the lower flange 43, and may be damaged; (3) when the upper flange 43 is fabricated from a transparent material, the inspection light irradiated onto the inner surface 43a of the upper flange 43 penetrates the upper flange 43 which is transparent material, and cannot receive a reflected light, or it is reflected by the inner surface 43a of the upper flange 43 which is a transparent material, involving an error.

Moreover, the positioning device that performs positioning by grasping the flange by the clamp poses further problems that the number of parts is increased as a mechanism is complicated, raising a failure ratio and price.

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