Thin glass plate processing apparatus and method
AssigneeHana Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsChang Seock Lee, Kyoung Ho Choi
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Abstract
Proposed is a thin glass plate processing apparatus and method. More particularly, proposed is a thin glass plate processing apparatus and method, in which at least a side of a heating part presses a glass plate on a jig with a substantially uniform pressure along a processing orthogonal direction, thereby constantly controlling the amount of glass removed during a heat chamfering process of the glass plate, and at the same time, the center of the jig is accurately measured when setting a processing path of the heating part, thereby precisely setting the processing path.
Claims12
A thin glass plate processing apparatus comprising:
- a heating part configured to heat-chamfer side wall portions and/or corner portions of a glass plate on a jig as at least a side thereof is heated;
- a uniform pressure control part configured to move the heating part adjacent to the glass plate along a processing orthogonal direction so that the heating part heat-chamfers the side wall portions and/or the corner portions of the glass plate while pressing the side wall portions and/or the corner portions with a substantially uniform pressure, the uniform pressure control part including a voice coil motor (VCM);
- an imaging part configured to photograph a side of a processing member, the imaging part including a vision camera;
- a first correction part configured to align the processing member along a processing direction, the first correction part including a first moving plate member and a first elastic member disposed along the processing direction;
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- a second correction part configured to align the processing member along the processing orthogonal direction, the second correction part including a second moving plate member and a second elastic member disposed along the processing orthogonal direction,
- wherein the heating part comprises:
- a body portion configured to fix the processing member to a lower side thereof, the body portion having a first rod-shaped body;
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- the processing member configured to heat-chamfer the glass plate in contact with the side wall portions and/or the corner portions of the adjacent glass plate by being heated by a high-frequency induction heater, the processing member having a second rod-shaped body, and
- wherein only a single processing point of the processing member is configured to be brought into contact with the side wall portions and/or the corner portions of the glass plate.
A thin glass plate processing apparatus comprising:
- a heating part configured to heat-chamfer side wall portions and/or corner portions of a glass plate on a jig as at least a side thereof is heated;
- a uniform pressure control part configured to move the heating part adjacent to the glass plate along a processing orthogonal direction so that the heating part heat-chamfers the side wall portions and/or the corner portions of the glass plate while pressing the side wall portions and/or the corner portions with a substantially uniform pressure;
- an imaging part configured to photograph a side of a processing member;
- a first correction part configured to align the processing member along a processing direction;
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- a second correction part configured to align the processing member along the processing orthogonal direction,
- wherein the heating part comprises:
- a body portion configured to fix the processing member to a lower side thereof;
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- the processing member configured to heat-chamfer the glass plate in contact with the side wall portions and/or the corner portions of the adjacent glass plate by being heated by a high-frequency induction heater, and
- wherein only a single processing point of the processing member is configured to be brought into contact with the side wall portions and/or the corner portions of the glass plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.