Metal plate, patterning apparatus and patterning method using the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDo Soo Sung, Sung Wook Kim, Jin O Kwak, Young Tae Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a metal plate including a plurality of pattern portions, a patterning apparatus configured to form a plurality of patterns on the metal plate, and a patterning method using the same. The metal plate to be used in a household appliance includes a plurality of pattern portions in which a hairline pattern is formed on a surface of the metal plate, wherein the plurality of pattern portions includes a first pattern portion having a first hairline pattern and a second pattern portion having a second hairline pattern different from the first hairline pattern.
Claims8
A patterning apparatus comprising:
- an abrasive device configured to form a pattern on a surface of a metal plate,
- wherein the abrasive device includes an abrasive belt base, an abrasive belt including a plurality of abrasive portions formed on the abrasive belt base, and an abrasive roller configured to rotate the abrasive belt,
- wherein the plurality of abrasive portions includes a first abrasive portion coated with a first abrasive material and a second abrasive portion coated with a second abrasive material different from the first abrasive material, and
- wherein the plurality of abrasive portions have widths different from each other.
A patterning method of forming a pattern on a surface of a metal plate, the method comprising:
- forming an embossing pattern on the surface of the metal plate through rolling;
- moving the metal plate and preparing an abrasive device including an abrasive belt having a first abrasive portion and a second abrasive portion coated with abrasive materials different from each other;
- disposing the metal plate and the abrasive belt so that the first abrasive portion and the second abrasive portion are in contact with the metal plate;
- and
- moving at least one of the metal plate and the abrasive belt and forming hairline patterns different from each other on the surface of the metal plate through grinding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.