Airtight test apparatus and airtight test method using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9835517-B2
Application number	US-201414277043-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2014
Priority date	Jun 10, 2013
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

The present invention discloses an airtight test apparatus and an airtight test method using the same for testing an airtight property of a case assembled with a plurality of additional members thereon in which the case has through holes corresponding to the additional members. The airtight test apparatus comprises a base, a top plate and a plurality of sealing members selectively and detachably disposed on the top plate. The top plate is capable of moving towards the base to allow the sealing members to correspondingly seal the through holes. During test, the case is placed on the base to form a gas chamber, an air-extracting is performed for the gas chamber and an air pressure is detected. When the detected air pressure is larger than a predetermined value, the sealing members can be selectively utilized to seal the corresponding through holes for determining which through holes have poor airtight property.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An airtight test method using an airtight test apparatus for testing an airtight property of a case assembled with a first additional member and a second additional member thereon, wherein the case has a first through hole connected to the first additional member and a second through hole connected to the second additional member, wherein the airtight test apparatus comprises a base having an air-extracting hole, a top plate disposed on the base and capable of moving with respect to the base and a first sealing member and a second sealing member selectively and detachably disposed on the top plate, comprising the following steps:
(a) placing the case on the base to allow the case and the base to form a gas chamber connected to the air-extracting hole;
(b) detachably disposing the second sealing member on the top plate;
(c) allowing the top plate to move towards the base until the second sealing member already disposed on the top plate is against the case onto the base for sealing the second through hole;
(d) extracting air from the gas chamber through the air-extracting hole; and
(e) detecting an air pressure of the gas chamber for determining the airtight property of the case, the step (e) further comprising:
(e11) allowing the top plate to move away from the base, taking the second sealing member away from the top plate and detachably disposing the first sealing member on the top plate;
(e12) allowing the top plate to move towards the base until the first sealing member is against the case onto the base for sealing the first through hole;
(e13) extracting air from the gas chamber through the air-extracting hole; and
(e14) detecting the air pressure of the gas chamber for determining the airtight property of the case.

2. The airtight test method according to claim 1 , wherein the step (e) further comprises the following steps:
(e21) allowing the top plate to move away from the base and taking the first sealing member or the second sealing member already disposed on the top plate away from the top plate;
(e22) allowing the top plate to move towards the base until the top plate is against the case onto the base;
(e23) extracting air from the gas chamber through the air-extracting hole; and
(e24) detecting the air pressure of the gas chamber for determining the airtight property of the case.

3. The airtight test method according to claim 1 , wherein the case has a side through hole, a side additional member connected to the side through hole and the airtight test apparatus further comprises a side sealing member and a push mechanism disposed on the base in which the side sealing member is connected to the push mechanism and the step (c) further comprises a step of selectively allowing the push mechanism to push the side sealing member to be against the case for sealing the side through hole.

4. The airtight test method according to claim 3 , wherein the first sealing member and the second sealing member are both disposed on the top plate in the step (b), the top plate moves towards the base until the first sealing member and the second sealing member already disposed on the top plate are against the case onto the base for sealing the first through hole and the second through hole, and the side sealing member is not against the case for sealing the side through hole in the step (c) and the step (e) further comprises the following steps:
(e31) allowing the push mechanism to move the side sealing member to a sealing position as the air pressure is higher than a predetermined pressure to allow the side sealing member to be against the case for sealing the side through hole;
(e32) extracting air from the gas chamber through the air-extracting hole; and
(e33) detecting the air pressure of the gas chamber for determining the airtight property of the case.

5. The airtight test method according to claim 3 , wherein the side sealing member is against the case for sealing the side through hole in the step (c) and the step (e) further comprises the following steps:
(e41) allowing the push mechanism to move the side sealing member to a disengaging position to allow the side sealing member not to contact the case;
(e42) allowing the top plate to move away from the base and taking the first sealing member or the second sealing member already disposed on the top plate away from the top plate
(e43) allowing the top plate to move towards the base until the top plate is against the case onto the base;
(e44) extracting air from the gas chamber through the air-extracting hole; and
(e45) detecting the air pressure of the gas chamber for determining the airtight property of the case.

6. The airtight test method according to claim 3 , wherein the second sealing member seals the second through hole and the side sealing member is against the case for sealing side through hole in the step (c) and the step (e) further comprises the following steps:
(e51) allowing the top plate to move away from the base, taking the second sealing member away from the top plate and detachably disposing the first sealing member on the top plate;
(e52) allowing the top plate to move towards the base until the first sealing member is against the case onto the base for sealing the first through hole;
(e53) extracting air from the gas chamber through the air-extracting hole; and
(e54) detecting the air pressure of the gas chamber for determining the airtight property of the case.

7. An airtight test apparatus for testing an airtight property of a case assembled with a first additional member and a second additional member thereon, wherein the case has a first through hole connected to the first additional member and a second through hole connected to the second additional member, comprising:
a base provided for carrying the case and having an air-extracting hole, wherein the case and the base form a gas chamber connected to the air-extracting hole as the case is placed on the base and the gas chamber is capable of exhausting through the air-extracting hole;
a top plate disposed on the base and capable of moving with respect to the base;
a first sealing member selectively and detachably disposed on the top plate, wherein the first sealing member comprises a fixing member detachably disposed on the top plate and a sealer fixed on the fixing member, the top plate is capable of moving towards the base as the case is placed on the base and the fixing member is disposed on the top plate to allow the sealer to be against the case for sealing the first through hole; and
a second sealing member selectively and detachably disposed on the top plate, wherein the top plate is capable of moving towards the base as the case is placed on the base to allow the second sealing member to be against the case for sealing the second through hole.

8. The airtight test apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the base has a ring-shaped groove and a sealing ring in which the ring-shaped groove matches a periphery of the case, the sealing ring is disposed in the ring-shaped groove and the case and the base form the gas chamber when the case is placed on the base to allow the periphery of the case to be placed inside the ring-shaped groove and tightly combined with the sealing ring.

9. The airtight test apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the fixing member comprises a first magnetic attraction portion, the top plate comprises a second magnetic attraction portion and the fixing member is detachably disposed on the top plate by a magnetic effect between the first magnetic attraction portion and the second magnetic attraction portion.

10. The airtight test apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the top plate comprises a first receiving gro

Assignees

• Pegatron Corp

Inventors

• Lee Yen-Pang

Classifications

• G01M3/3209

  Details, e.g. container closure devices · CPC title

• G01M3/329 Primary

  for verifying the internal pressure of closed containers · CPC title