IP Library Granted Patent US 12,240,686
Granted Patent B2
US 12,240,686 · App. 17/735,372 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Cassette for accommodating glass, method for loading glass into cassette, and method for manufacturing cover window

Inventor: Sunkyun Park (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
B65D90/0086B65D85/48B65D90/0073B65D2585/30B65D2590/547B65D2590/664
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Patent No.
US 12,240,686
App. No.
17/735,372
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cassette for accommodating glass includes: a cassette main body for accommodating a plurality of glasses; a housing arranged on at least one side of the cassette main body and including a plurality of openings arranged side by side in one direction; and a plurality of doors configured to open and close the plurality of openings.

Claims (18)

1. A cassette for accommodating glass, comprising:

a cassette main body for accommodating a plurality of glasses;

a housing arranged on at least one side of the cassette main body and including a plurality of openings juxtaposed in one direction; and

a plurality of doors configured to open and close the plurality of openings,

a driver arranged on at least one side of the housing and configured to control opening of each of the plurality of doors,

wherein the plurality of doors each include a groove portion in one side thereof,

wherein the driver includes a rotation pin coupled to the groove portion and rotating a door connected to the rotation pin to open and close the door,

wherein each end of the plurality of doors has a first sloped surface having a first sloped angle in a cross-sectional view,

wherein the housing have second sloped surfaces each facing and overlapped with corresponding first sloped surface when the plurality of doors are closed, and

wherein each of the second sloped surface has the same angle of slope as the first sloped surface.

2. The cassette for accommodating glass of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of doors is configured to selectively expose each of the plurality of openings to the outside such that each of the plurality of glasses is loaded into the cassette.

3. The cassette for accommodating glass of claim 1 , wherein the door is opened or closed by rotating around a rotational axis.

4. The cassette for accommodating glass of claim 3 , wherein a contact surface between the door and the housing has a slope.

5. The cassette for accommodating glass of claim 3 , wherein a surface of the door facing the outside of the cassette main body is greater than a surface of the door facing an inside of the cassette main body.

6. The cassette for accommodating glass of claim 3 , wherein the door rotates within an angle of a preset range.

7. The cassette for accommodating glass of claim 1 , wherein the door is opened by rotating the door in a direction facing the outside of the cassette main body.

8. The cassette for accommodating glass of claim 1 , wherein the door includes a curved surface, and

wherein the housing includes a concave curved surface corresponding to a portion of the curved surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2022
From: PARK, SUNKYUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059808/0120 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0113396 · Aug 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230062692A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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