Abstract: A coating film forming apparatus that holds a substrate upon a spin chuck and forms a coating film by supplying a chemical liquid upon a top surface of said substrate comprises: an outer cup provided detachably to surround the spin chuck; an inner cup provided detachably to surround a region underneath the substrate held upon the chuck; a cleaning nozzle configured to supply a cleaning liquid for cleaning a peripheral edge part of the substrate, such that the cleaning liquid is supplied to a peripheral part of a bottom surface of the substrate; a cutout part for nozzle mounting, the cutout part being provided to the inner cup to engage with the cleaning nozzle; and a cleaning liquid supply tube connected to the cleaning nozzle, the cleaning nozzle being detachable to the cutout part in a state in which the cleaning liquid supply tube is connected.

Abstract: A mechanical key is to be prevented from coming apart, a head portion of the mechanical key is to be attached to a main body for use and the main body is to be prevented from being disassembled unintentionally when using the mechanical key. In a key lock structure of a mechanical key of a portable device in which a mechanical key is storable in a main body, the main body is configured in a two-piece structure including a first case and a second case, the first case includes a first storage section for storing the mechanical key and a second storage section for storing a key lock mechanism of the mechanical key, the lock mechanism locks the mechanical key stored in the first storage section to prevent the mechanical key from coming off and unlocks in response to a predetermined operation to allow the mechanical key to be pulled out.

Abstract: A disclosed substrate cleaning apparatus for cleaning a back surface of a substrate includes a first substrate supporting portion configured to support the substrate at a first area of a back surface of the substrate, the back surface facing down; a second substrate supporting portion configured to support the substrate at a second area of the back surface of the substrate, the second area being separated from the first area; a cleaning liquid supplying portion configured to supply cleaning liquid to the back surface of the substrate; a drying portion configured to dry the second area of the back surface of the substrate; and a cleaning portion configured to clean a third area of the back surface of the substrate when the substrate is supported by the first substrate supporting portion, the third area including the second area, and a fourth area of the back surface of the substrate when the substrate is supported by the second substrate supporting portion, the fourth area excluding the second area of the back

Abstract: A cutting tool is constituted by plural faces and a tip portion structured with edges of the plural faces, wherein groove is formed on at least one of the plural faces. The groove is grid pattern and a dent portion is formed at some intersections of the grid pattern. Furthermore, a space is secured between one of ends of the groove and an edge constituted by a cutting face and a flank face. There is thus provided a cutting tool and a cutting machine capable of supplying cutting fluid to a tip of the tool or to a working point at the tip of it surely with simple structure.

Abstract: A coating film forming apparatus includes a process section including one or more coating units and one or more thermally processing units; a pre-coating cleaning unit configured to perform cleaning on a back surface and an edge portion of a substrate; and a pre-coating check unit configured to check a state of a back surface and an edge portion of the substrate. A control section is configured to realize a sequence of cleaning the substrate by the pre-coating cleaning unit, checking the substrate by the pre-coating check unit, making a judgment based on a check result thus obtained of whether or not a state of particles on a back surface and an edge portion of the substrate is within an acceptable range, and permitting transfer of the substrate into the process section where the state of particles is within the acceptable range.

Abstract: An attitude-changeable surface pressing member is attached to a front end of a clip such that substrates can evenly be pressed even if a distance clipped at the front end by the clip is changed during a heating process in a sealing process. A display panel sealing clip includes a pressing member which has a pair of clipping portions for clipping both the substrates and the tubulation tubing to apply pressure in a direction in which the pair of clipping portions is brought close to each other and a surface pressing member which presses the tubulation tubing by a surface thereof.

Abstract: A test apparatus including an optical coupler for optically coupling a main frame and a test head is provided. The optical coupler has a plurality of optical fiber cables, a cable storage chain for bundling a stored portion except for a non-stored portion in a part of the test head side and a non-stored portion in a part of the main frame side of the plurality of optical fiber cables and storing the same, a test head side cable storage unit provided at the boundary between the non-stored portion and the stored portion of the plurality of optical fiber cables on the test head side and being capable of adjusting a length for storing therein the non-stored portion on the test head side and a main frame side cable storage unit provided at the boundary between the non-stored portion and the stored portion of the plurality of optical fiber cables on the main frame side and being capable of adjusting a length for storing therein the non-stored portion on the main frame side.

Abstract: Disclosed are a nozzle cleaning apparatus and a nozzle cleaning method, which are capable of effectively cleaning a nozzle for discharging a process liquid to a substrate, with a simple structure and a low cost. A nozzle 30 is accommodated in a cleaning container 2 having a funnel-shaped portion 2b. A solvent T as a cleaning liquid is supplied along an inner surface of the funnel-shaped portion 2b. The solvent T forms a vortex flow whirling around the nozzle 30. By exposing the nozzle 30 to the vortex flow, the nozzle 30 can be effectively, thoroughly cleaned.

Abstract: A high quality and highly reliable plasma display panel having a simple structure where it is possible to stably secure a uniform removal of impurities through the discharge of air from the inside of the panel is provided. An airtight space between a front surface substrate 11 and a rear surface substrate 21 is a space surrounded by a sealing portion 45 in rectangular frame form. This airtight space is divided into two small airtight spaces, space A and space B, which are isolated from each other by one dividing wall 35 formed in the airtight space. The dividing wall 35 is formed so as to pass through the point of L/2 of each long side in a partition formed region 32 when the length of the long sides of the partition formed region 32 is denoted as L. Furthermore, the rear surface substrate 21 is provided with two air holes 38 and 39 so that the space A and the space B in the panel 10 are connected to the outside of the panel 10.

Abstract: The present invention provides a test apparatus which comprises: a test head which applies a test pattern to the electronic device; a main frame which includes multiple frame-side connectors and which supplies control signals to the test head via the frame-side connectors; and a cable unit which provides optical connection between the frame-side connectors and the test head, and which transmits the control signals to the test head. With such an arrangement, the cable unit comprises: multiple optical fiber cables which transmit the control signals; multiple unit-side connectors which are provided at the ends of the optical fiber cables, and which are provided corresponding to the multiple frame-side connectors; a unit fixing portion which fixes the cable unit to the main frame; and a connector holder which holds the unit-side connectors in a manner which enables each unit-side connector to be inserted/extracted into/from the frame-side connector independent of each other.

Abstract: A flat panel display having an improved impact resistance performance is provided. The flat panel display includes a front panel made up of a transparent substrate and a laminate that is fixed to the back side of the transparent substrate, and a back panel that is adhered to the front panel. The transparent substrate of the front panel has a remaining tensile stress while the laminate of the same has a remaining compressive stress.

Abstract: Particles attached to the back surface of a substrate are removed easily, reliably and quickly. An adhesive sheet is placed with an adhesive portion thereof up on a support base, and a substrate is placed thereon. Thereafter, the air pressure on the back surface side of the substrate is reduced lower than the air pressure on the front surface side to allow the adhesive sheet and the substrate to firmly adhere to each other. Then, the pressure difference is removed, and an elevating pin lifts the substrate from below the support base through a hole formed in each of the support base and the adhesive sheet to strip off the substrate from the adhesive sheet. Accordingly, the particles on the back surface of the substrate can be removed quickly, reliably and easily.

Abstract: Tubulation tubing of a display panel includes a flange at one end and a ring-shape adhesive member placed on a display panel to align a vent hole of the display with an opening of the tubulation tubing and the flange of the tubulation tubing is bonded to the display panel via the adhesive member.

Abstract: A cutting tool is constituted by plural faces and a tip portion structured with edges of the plural faces, wherein groove is formed on at least one of the plural faces. The groove is grid pattern and a dent portion is formed at some intersections of the grid pattern. Furthermore, a space is secured between one of ends of the groove and an edge constituted by a cutting face and a flank face. There is thus provided a cutting tool and a cutting machine capable of supplying cutting fluid to a tip of the tool or to a working point at the tip of it surely with simple structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a test apparatus which comprises: a test head which applies a test pattern to the electronic device; a main frame which includes multiple frame-side connectors and which supplies control signals to the test head via the frame-side connectors; and a cable unit which provides optical connection between the frame-side connectors and the test head, and which transmits the control signals to the test head. With such an arrangement, the cable unit comprises: multiple optical fiber cables which transmit the control signals; multiple unit-side connectors which are provided at the ends of the optical fiber cables, and which are provided corresponding to the multiple frame-side connectors; a unit fixing portion which fixes the cable unit to the main frame; and a connector holder which holds the unit-side connectors in a manner which enables each unit-side connector to be inserted/extracted into/from the frame-side connector independent of each other.

Abstract: The bonding method for a vent pipe of a display panel includes the step of preparing the bonding member on the periphery of the flange portion of the vent pipe, the step of interposing a buffer member made of a low-melting point glass flit having a softening temperature higher than that of the bonding member between a contact face to the display panel of the flange portion of the vent pipe and the display panel, and, in a state in which the flange portion of the vent pipe is pressed onto the display panel face by a pressing member so that the vent pipe is fixed, the step of heating the bonding member and the buffer member to a temperature to be softened so that the flange portion of the vent pipe is bonded to the display panel through the fused bonding member.

Abstract: To provide an image forming apparatus having a plurality of optical systems each simultaneously scanning two stations by one polygon mirror to minimize conveyance-directional color misregistration of an intermediate transferring belt. An electrophotographic color laser printer connected with a host computer is provided with a scanner unit common to first and second stations, a scanner unit common to third and fourth stations, and a registration-position detector for reading an image pattern formed on an intermediate transferring belt and detecting a registration position of an image of a laser beam. The plane phase of the polygon mirror in the first and second stations is controlled and central positions of image patterns by two laser beams are detected to correct the misregistration between these central positions.

Abstract: A test apparatus including an optical coupler for optically coupling a main frame and a test head is provided. The optical coupler has a plurality of optical fiber cables, a cable storage chain for bundling a stored portion except for a non-stored portion in a part of the test head side and a non-stored portion in a part of the main frame side of the plurality of optical fiber cables and storing the same, a test head side cable storage unit provided at the boundary between the non-stored portion and the stored portion of the plurality of optical fiber cables on the test head side and being capable of adjusting a length for storing therein the non-stored portion on the test head side and a main frame side cable storage unit provided at the boundary between the non-stored portion and the stored portion of the plurality of optical fiber cables on the main frame side and being capable of adjusting a length for storing therein the non-stored portion on the main frame side.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, an image forming unit, an intermediate transfer belt, a circuit of a drive motor which outputs information on a moving distance, a registration roller, a CPU which calculates the predetermined timing on the basis of the information on the moving distance output by the circuit of the drive motor at the time when a rotation speed of the intermediate transfer belt is switched from a first process speed to a second process speed, and a memory storing the information on the predetermined timing calculated by the CPU, wherein the CPU controls the registration roller so as to start the conveyance of the recording material at the predetermined timing stored in the memory. Consequently, a positional relation between a leading end of the recording material and a leading end of the image formed on the recording material can be set as a desired positional relation.

Abstract: A plasma display panel has a good productivity of partition formation and air exhaustion process and realizes a bright and stable display. A discharge gas is filled in a gap between two substrates. A mesh-patterned partition is arranged on the inner surface of one of the substrates for dividing the gap into plural squares corresponding to a cell arrangement. The partition has low portions forming a mesh-like air path that travels through all of the gas-filled space enclosed by the partition, in a plan view. A plasma display panel includes two spaced substrates defining a gap therebetween. The gap is divided by intersecting walls into columns and rows of discharge cells. Portions of a wall that are lower in height than remaining portions of the wall define a flow path. The plasma display panel realizes a bright and stable display.