US 12,434,904 B2
Plate loading device and plate loading method using the same
Ji Young Wang, Yongin-si (KR); and Yong-Kyun Sim, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/350,131.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0122642 (KR), filed on Sep. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0101338 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 85/38 (2006.01); B65D 81/05 (2006.01); B65D 85/48 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/38 (2013.01) [B65D 81/05 (2013.01); B65D 85/48 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plate loading device, comprising:
an upper frame facing and spaced-apart from a lower frame in a first direction;
a plurality of side members disposed between the upper frame and the lower frame and extending in the first direction, wherein
the plurality of side members include a first side member and a second side member facing each other, and
the first side member and the second side member each comprise a plurality of holes; and
a plurality of supporting parts that pass through the plurality of holes, respectively, the plate loading device to load a plurality of plates sequentially in the first direction, wherein
each of the plurality of supporting parts comprises:
a body penetrating one hole of the plurality of holes and movable through the hole; a head connected to an end of the body and having a width greater than both a largest width of the hole and a width of the body; and
an end part connected to another end of the body and having a width greater than both a largest width of the hole and a width of the body,
the head is heavier than the end part, and
ones of the plurality of supporting parts that support one of the plurality of plates protrude inward more than others of the plurality of supporting parts disposed above the ones of the plurality of supporting parts that support the one of the plurality of plates.