Abstract: In the first substrate of a liquid crystal display device, a plurality of gate lines that extend along the row direction, a plurality of data lines that extend along the column direction, a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of thin film transistors that are placed respectively in association with a plurality of pixels that are formed in the row direction and the column direction, and an alignment film, are formed, and the thickness of the alignment film in an edge-part area, which is an area of a predetermined width from an edge part of an image display area that is formed with the plurality of pixels, is thinner than the thickness of the alignment film in the center part of the image display area.

Abstract: In the first substrate of a liquid crystal display device, a plurality of gate lines that extend along the row direction, a plurality of data lines that extend along the column direction, a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of thin film transistors that are placed respectively in association with a plurality of pixels that are formed in the row direction and the column direction, and an alignment film, are formed, and the thickness of the alignment film in an edge-part area, which is an area of a predetermined width from an edge part of an image display area that is formed with the plurality of pixels, is thinner than the thickness of the alignment film in the center part of the image display area.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubbing cloth for use in manufacturing liquid crystal display panels which consists of a velvet fabric having a ground sheet texture comprising warps and wefts, and pile yarns woven to the ground sheet texture in the warp direction, wherein synthetic fibers as the warps were woven with combination of different tensions of the synthetic fibers, or the ground sheet texture comprises warps with combination of different feed lengths, so that the pile yarns are stably inclined.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubbing cloth for use in manufacturing liquid crystal display panels which consists of a velvet fabric having a ground sheet texture comprising warps and wefts, and pile yarns woven to the ground sheet texture in the warp direction, wherein synthetic fibers as the warps were woven with combination of different tensions of the synthetic fibers, or the ground sheet texture comprises warps with combination of different feed lengths, so that the pile yarns are stably inclined.

Abstract: The present invention materializes a liquid-crystal display element and a liquid-crystal display device which promise superior display performance, in which the surface of an alignment film formed on a substrate member has been subjected to rubbing in the state the surface potential of a rubbing roller has been controlled by bringing a charge control member made to have the same potential as the potential of the substrate member into contact with the rubbing roller, to keep any foreign matter from adhering to the alignment film surface.

Abstract: A rubbing cloth used for rubbing to control the alignment of liquid crystal molecules. The rubbing cloth comprises; the pile portion containing fibers comprising a cellulose acetate. The fibers comprising a cellulose acetate may be textured filament yarns provided with crimps. The cellulose acetate may have an acetylation degree of 45% or more. The rubbing cloth can have properties of great alignment force, low frictional electrification, and high wear resistance together.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising the step of rubbing with a rubbing cloth a substrate provided thereon with an alignment layer. The rubbing cloth comprises a pile portion with raised fibers, and the fibers comprising a cellulose acetate. The fibers comprising a cellulose acetate may be filament yarns provided with crimps. The cellulose acetate may have an acetylation degree of 45% or more. This method has a rubbing step making use of a rubbing cloth having properties of high wear resistance, low frictional electrification and great alignment force together, and enables manufacture of a liquid crystal display apparatus having high reliability.

Abstract: The present invention materializes a liquid-crystal display element and a liquid-crystal display device which promise superior display performance, in which the surface of an alignment film formed on a substrate member has been subjected to rubbing in the state the surface potential of a rubbing roller has been controlled by bringing a charge control member made to have the same potential as the potential of the substrate member into contact with the rubbing roller, to keep any foreign matter from adhering to the alignment film surface.