US 12,351,507 B2
Glass plate loading cassette and chemical strengthening system including the same
Hui Yeon Shon, Seongnam-si (KR); Hyun Ji Lee, Gimhae-si (KR); and Hoi Kwan Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/560,045.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0062592 (KR), filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363592 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. C03C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC C03C 21/002 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chemical strengthening system, comprising:
a strengthening part in which chemical strengthening of a glass plate is performed;
a heating part in which a post-heat treatment of the glass plate is performed;
a cassette in which the glass plate is loaded and which is movable between the strengthening part and the heating part;
a discharging part overlapping the heating part; and
a mesh member positioned between the heating part and the discharging part,
wherein the cassette includes a lower support which supports a lower end portion of the glass plate,
wherein the lower support is rotatable with respect to an axis of rotation,
wherein the axis of rotation does not move relatively within the cassette, and
wherein, during the post-heat treatment, the cassette is positioned on the mesh member.