US 12,330,978 B2
Window molding apparatus and window molding method using the same
Seung Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Byunghoon Kang, Hwaseong-si (KR); Seungho Kim, Asan-si (KR); Young Ki Park, Daejeon (KR); Oh Joo Park, Suwon-si (KR); Jong Soo Baek, Sejong-si (KR); Gyuin Shim, Yongin-si (KR); and Dae Seong Im, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR); and INNOWORKS CO., LTD, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR); and INNOWORKS Co., Ltd., Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/218,105.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0072550 (KR), filed on Jun. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0387891 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. C03B 23/02 (2006.01); C03B 23/023 (2006.01); C03B 23/03 (2006.01); C03C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 23/0235 (2013.01) [C03C 21/002 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A window molding apparatus for processing a member having first and second opposed, substantially flat sides and a bendable portion disposed therebetween, the apparatus comprising:
a first molding part configured to move in a substantially linear direction;
a jig including a support surface configured to have the member is seated thereon and a recess in the support surface configured to receive the bendable portion of the member and the first molding part;
a first heater configured to provide heat to the jig, the first heater surrounding the recess; and
a second heater having a through-hole shaped to receive the first molding part therein,
wherein the first molding part comprises a bent molding portion corresponding to the bendable portion, and a bottom surface of the bent molding portion is a continuously curved molding surface when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the substantially linear direction, and
wherein the recess comprises a bent surface configured to correspond to the bent molding portion, and the bent surface is a continuously curved surface having a radius of curvature corresponding to the bent molding portion.