Glass screen film applicator and carrier module thereof

• US 10,507,962 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2018
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chia-Ching Lin
• Original Assignee: Chia-Ching Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Chia-Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): Tucker, Philip C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Jr., Jimmy R
• Application Number:
  US15/939,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20180282038A1
• Time in Patent Office: 628 Days
• Field of Search: 156574, 156579, 156538
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 27/0092 Tools moving along strips, e.g. decorating or sealing strips, to insert them in, or remove them from, grooves or profiles machines therefor B23P19/047
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2063/0008 Registering, centering the lining material on the substrate
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 63/02 using sheet or web-like material B29C63/26 and B29C63/38 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 65/40 Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes B65D1/0215, B65D1/28, B65D3/22, B65D5/0281, B65D5/563, B65D9/30, B65D29/02, B65D31/02, B65D75/26, B65D77/2024, B65D81/1275, B65D81/3811, B65D81/3823, B65D81/3834, B65D81/3846, B65D81/3858, B65D81/3874, B65D81/3886, B65D81/3897 take precedence; laminates per se or laminated packages characterised by the composition or
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/14 Protective coatings, e.g. hard coatings
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3827 Portable transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03

Abstract

A glass screen film applicator includes a carrier, a positioning member integrally formed as a one-piece structure, and a clamping mechanism fastened to the carrier. The carrier includes a mounting slot and an accommodating trough, and the accommodating trough includes a rail hole recessed in a bottom thereof. The positioning member includes an L-shaped structure and a plurality of positioning pillars extending from the L-shaped structure, and the L-shaped structure has a positioning corner arranged on an inner side thereof. The clamping mechanism includes a holder and a moving unit. The holder and the positioning corner respectively clamp two diagonal corners of a mobile device by the moving unit, and the positioning pillars allow the glass screen film structure to be disposed on and aligned with the mobile device.

Claims

1. A carrier module of a glass screen film applicator, comprising:

a carrier including a mounting slot and an accommodating trough, wherein the carrier defines a longitudinal direction and a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the accommodating trough includes a rail hole recessed in a bottom thereof and parallel to the longitudinal direction; and

a positioning member integrally formed as a one-piece structure and mounted in the mounting slot, wherein the positioning member includes an L-shaped structure and a plurality of positioning pillars extending from the L-shaped structure and arranged in a row parallel to the longitudinal direction, the L-shaped structure has a positioning corner arranged on an inner side of the L-shaped structure, each of the positioning pillars is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the width direction, and the positioning corner has two lateral walls parallel to the longitudinal direction and the width direction, respectively,

wherein the positioning corner is configured to abut against a corner of a mobile device, and the positioning pillars are configured to position a glass screen film structure.

2. A glass screen film applicator, comprising:

a carrier including a mounting slot and an accommodating trough, wherein the carrier defines a longitudinal direction and a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the accommodating trough includes a rail hole recessed in a bottom thereof and parallel to the longitudinal direction;

a positioning member integrally formed as a one-piece structure and mounted in the mounting slot, wherein the positioning member includes an L-shaped structure and a plurality of positioning pillars extending from the L-shaped structure and arranged in a row parallel to the longitudinal direction, the L-shaped structure has a positioning corner arranged on an inner side of the L-shaped structure, each of the positioning pillars is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the width direction, and the positioning corner has two lateral walls parallel to the longitudinal direction and the width direction, respectively; and

a clamping mechanism including a holder and a moving unit, wherein a part of the moving unit is arranged in the carrier, and another part of the moving unit passes through the rail hole and is connected to the holder,

wherein the moving unit is configured to move the holder for adjusting a relative position between the holder and the positioning corner, and the positioning pillars are configured for positioning a glass screen film structure; and

wherein when a mobile device is disposed on the carrier, the holder and the positioning corner are configured to respectively clamp two diagonal corners of the mobile device, and the positioning pillars are configured to allow the glass screen film structure to be disposed on and aligned with the mobile device.

3. The glass screen film applicator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the holder includes:

a longitudinal holding member fixed on the moving unit; and

a transverse holding member movably connected to the longitudinal holding member, wherein the longitudinal holding member and the transverse holding member are movable along the longitudinal direction via the moving unit, and the transverse holding member is movable along the width direction relative to the longitudinal holding member.

4. The glass screen film applicator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the longitudinal holding member includes a longitudinal holding portion parallel to the width direction, the transverse holding member includes a transverse holding portion parallel to the longitudinal direction, and the longitudinal holding portion and the transverse holding portion jointly define a corner obliquely facing the positioning corner.

5. The glass screen film applicator as claimed in claim 4, wherein the transverse holding member is spaced apart from the carrier, the transverse holding portion is spaced apart from the carrier by a distance, the clamping mechanism further includes a supporting member detachably fastened to the transverse holding member, and a part of the supporting member is arranged between the transverse holding portion and the bottom of the accommodating trough.

6. The glass screen film applicator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the carrier has a carrying surface, the carrying surface has a chamfer arranged adjacent to the positioning corner, the accommodating trough is recessed in the carrying surface, the positioning member includes a reinforcing sheet integrally connected to the two lateral walls of the positioning corner, the reinforcing sheet is in complementation with the chamfer, and an outer surface of the reinforcing sheet is coplanar with the carrying surface of the carrier.

7. The glass screen film applicator as claimed in claim 6, wherein the carrier has an elongated hole recessing in the carrying surface and parallel to the width direction, the elongated hole faces a substantial middle portion of the chamfer in the width direction, the glass screen film applicator further comprises a retainer movably connected to the carrier and arranged apart from the accommodating trough, and the retainer includes:

a moving portion movably arranged in the carrier;

an elastic member arranged in the carrier, wherein the elastic member connects the moving portion and an inner portion of the carrier; and

a retaining portion fastened to the moving portion by passing through the elongated hole and not in contact with the carrying surface, wherein the elastic member is configured to pull the moving portion and the retaining portion toward the lateral wall of the positioning corner parallel to the longitudinal direction.

8. The glass screen film applicator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the L-shaped structure includes a receiving groove parallel to the longitudinal direction, the receiving groove is recessed in a lateral surface of the L-shaped structure facing the clamping mechanism, and when the mobile device is disposed on the carrier, the receiving groove is configured to accommodate at least one button arranged on a lateral side of the mobile device.

9. The glass screen film applicator as claimed in claim 8, wherein the carrier includes a stepped portion parallel to the longitudinal direction and arranged in the mounting slot, the stepped portion is arranged adjacent to the receiving groove, the glass screen film applicator further comprises an abutting block movably disposed on the receiving groove and the stepped portion, the abutting block is movable along the receiving groove and the stepped portion, and when the mobile device is disposed on the carrier, the abutting block is configured to abut against the lateral side of the mobile device.

10. The glass screen film applicator as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a first pivotal structure fastened to the carrier and arranged adjacent to the positioning pillars, wherein the first pivotal structure includes:

a first fastening portion fastened to and rotatable relative to the carrier; and

a first sheet connected to the first fastening portion and having a plurality of first thru-holes, wherein when the first fastening portion is rotated to place the first sheet on the L-shaped structure, the positioning pillars formed on the L-shaped structure respectively pass through the first thru-holes for positioning the glass screen film structure.

11. The glass screen film applicator as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a second pivotal structure fastened to the carrier and arranged adjacent to the first pivotal structure, wherein the second pivotal structure includes:

a second fastening portion fastened to and rotatable relative to the carrier; and

a second sheet connected to the second fastening portion and having a plurality of second thru-holes, wherein when the first sheet is placed on the L-shaped structure and the second fastening portion is rotated to place the second sheet on the first sheet, the positioning pillars formed on the L-shaped structure respectively pass through the second thru-holes.

12. The glass screen film applicator as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a retainer movably connected to the carrier and arranged apart from the accommodating trough, wherein the retainer includes:

a moving portion movably arranged in the carrier;

an elastic member arranged in the carrier, wherein the elastic member connects the moving portion and an inner portion of the carrier; and

a retaining portion fastened to the moving portion and arranged out of the carrier,

wherein the elastic member is configured to pull the moving portion and the retaining portion toward the lateral wall of the positioning corner parallel to the longitudinal direction.