Patent Application
20130087312
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure generally relates to cooling devices, and particularly to a device for cooling a plurality of light guide plates.
2. Description of the Related Art
A light guide plate may be at a high temperature after being formed by injection molding, and thus needs to be cooled. Current cooling method of the light guide plate is to allow the light guide plate(s) to cool naturally in the air. However, when a large number of light guide plates are cooled at the same time, the light guide plates may need to be arranged on a platform and separated from each other. During the cooling processes, the light guide plates may occupy a large space, and heat dissipation may be slow. As a result, a cooling time of the light guide plates may be long.
Therefore, there is room for improvement within the art.
The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
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The side frame 12 includes a top surface 12a substantially parallel to the bottom plate 11, and a bottom surface 12b opposite to the top surface 12a. Two restricting protrusions 121 opposite to each other are formed on the top surface. The bottom surface 12b defines two restricting grooves 122 opposite to each other. The two restricting protrusions 121 of one of the plurality of positioning members 10 can engage the two restricting grooves 122 of another one of the plurality of positioning members 10. In an alternative embodiment, the plurality of positioning members 10 may be other shapes, such as circular. The plurality of positioning members 10 may have more than the two restricting protrusions 121 and more than the two restricting grooves 122.
In the illustrated embodiment, each of the plurality of positioning members 10 forms four support portions 15 parallel to each other, and each pair of support portions 15 supports one of the plurality of light guide plates 200. That is, each of the plurality of positioning members 10 can receive two of the plurality of light guide plates 200. An area of the bottom plate 11 is larger than an area of the two light guide plates 200 together, such that air flow can pass through each of the plurality of positioning members 10. In an alternative embodiment, each of the plurality of positioning members 10 may have one or more support portions 15.
The support frame 20 includes two support arms 21, and each of the two support arms 21 has a top surface 210. The top surface 210 defines a positioning groove 211. Each of the plurality of positioning members 10 is received in the positioning groove 211 of the two support arms 21.
In assembly of the cooling device 100, the cooling fan 30 is positioned between the two support arms 21, and the plurality of positioning members 10 are stacked on the support frame 20, with the two restricting protrusions 121 engaged into the adjacent restricting grooves 122. In use, the cooling fan 30 is turned on, the air flow passes through the plurality of penetrating holes 14 of each of the plurality of positioning members 10 to cool the plurality of light guide plates 200 received in the plurality of positioning members 10. Therefore, the cooling device 100 can cool all the individual light guide plates of the plurality of light guide plates 200 at the same time, and occupy a far smaller space.
While the present disclosure has been described with reference to particular embodiments, the description is illustrative of the disclosure and is not to be construed as limiting the disclosure. Therefore, various modifications can be made to the embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the disclosure, as defined by the appended claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100136184 | Oct 2011 | TW | national |
