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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1997
Kentaro Murata, Yao, JP;
Noriho Matsuzoe, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takao Emoto, Yokosuka, JP;
Hisayoshi Kunii, Sagamihara, JP;
Gold Industries Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A parts transporting tray (1) has a rectangular body, a plurality of parts receiving pits (6) formed in the upper face of the body, rows of detention means (2) each formed along one of perimeters of the body such that the adjacent trays can engage one with another, and a locking means (5) for keeping engaged the detention means of the adjacent trays. Each row consists of an upper and lower series of recesses (3) and protrusions (4) alternating one another at a constant pitch and being of a half thickness of the body. The protrusions on one perimeter are staggered with respect to those on the other perimeter, and each protrusion having a hooking portion (4a) facing transverse sides of the tray's body. The protrusions on one tray can loosely fit in the recesses on the other tray, and the trays are caused to slide relatively so that the protrusions on the neighboring trays engage with the recesses when a desired number of the trays are disintegratively connected one to another.