Abstract: A seal hardening furnace is presented in which seal lines in a liquid crystal display panel are hardened. The seal hardening furnace includes a cassette having a rack bar structure. The rack bar structure has rack bars for supporting the substrate along one direction and rack bar supports at ends of the rack bars that support the rack bars. The rack bars have air discharge openings therein. An air injecting passage is connected to the rack bar supports. An air supply unit supplies air through the air injecting passage and through the discharge openings to support the substrate thereon.

Abstract: A cassette for receiving substrates includes a frame, and a plurality of support plates protruding from both lateral sides of the frame, wherein the support plates have a width and length large enough to support the substrates without a bending and an access space for a robot arm to transport the substrates, an area of the access space corresponding to an area of the robot arm.

Abstract: A mask holder for irradiating UV-rays is disclosed in the present invention. The mask holder includes a lower part having a frame and a mask supporting member supporting a mask, wherein the mask supporting member is in the frame and has a plurality of first connecting portions, and an upper part having a plurality of second connecting portions to be aligned with the first connecting portions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for fabricating a liquid crystal display using liquid crystal dropping and a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display using the same. The present invention includes a liquid crystal forming line dropping liquid crystals on the first substrate, a sealant forming line forming the sealant on the second substrate, and a bonding and hardening line bonding the two substrates to each other and hardening the sealant, printing a sealant, bonding the substrates each other, and hardening the sealant and an inspection process line of cutting the bonded substrates into panel units and grinding and inspecting the unit panels.

Abstract: An apparatus for hardening a sealant on a substrate is disclosed in the present invention. The apparatus includes a chamber receiving at least a pair of bonded substrates, and at least one supporting unit supporting the bonded substrates, attached to inner side surfaces of the chamber, and having a substantially flat contact surface contacting the bonded substrates.

Abstract: A seal hardening furnace is presented in which seal lines in a liquid crystal display panel are hardened. The seal hardening furnace includes a cassette having a rack bar structure. The rack bar structure has rack bars for supporting the substrate along one direction and rack bar supports at ends of the rack bars that support the rack bars. The rack bars have air discharge openings therein. An air injecting passage is connected to the rack bar supports. An air supply unit supplies air through the air injecting passage and through the discharge openings to support the substrate thereon.

Abstract: A seal hardening furnace is presented in which seal lines in a liquid crystal display panel are hardened. The seal hardening furnace includes a cassette having a rack bar structure. The rack bar structure has rack bars for supporting the substrate along one direction and rack bar supports at ends of the rack bars that support the rack bars. The rack bars have air discharge openings therein. An air injecting passage is connected to the rack bar supports. An air supply unit supplies air through the air injecting passage and through the discharge openings to support the substrate thereon.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel includes forming a UV sealant on either one of first and second substrates, forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, attaching the first and second substrates, irradiating a UV ray on the attached substrates with masking regions where the UV sealant and at least one scribing line are crossed, and cutting the bonded substrates into a plurality of unit cells.

Abstract: A method of forming a liquid crystal layer on a substrate having a sealed pattern, which includes the steps of preparing a liquid crystal material in a projecting portion; applying a vibration and a pressure to the projecting portion so as to emit the liquid crystal material from the projecting portion, and depositing the emitted liquid crystal material on the substrate. Also, an apparatus is provided for forming a liquid crystal layer on a substrate having a sealed pattern which includes a projecting portion having a liquid crystal material; a resonator for generating a vibration, and a resonating plate for transmitting the vibration to the projecting portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for fabricating a liquid crystal display using liquid crystal dropping and a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display using the same. The present invention includes a liquid crystal forming line dropping liquid crystals on the first substrate, a sealant forming line forming the sealant on the second substrate, and a bonding and hardening line bonding the two substrates to each other and hardening the sealant, printing a sealant, bonding the substrates each other, and hardening the sealant and an inspection process line of cutting the bonded substrates into panel units and grinding and inspecting the unit panels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for fabricating a liquid crystal display using liquid crystal dropping and a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display using the same. The present invention includes a liquid crystal forming line dropping liquid crystals on the first substrate, a sealant forming line forming the sealant on the second substrate, and a bonding and hardening line bonding the two substrates to each other and hardening the sealant, printing a sealant, bonding the substrates each other, and hardening the sealant and an inspection process line of cutting the bonded substrates into panel units and grinding and inspecting the unit panels.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an LCD includes the steps of (a) loading a first substrate and a second substrate having seals formed thereon on a bonding chamber, (b) bonding the first and second substrates, (c) fixing the bonded first and second substrates, and (d) unloading the fixed first and second substrates.

Abstract: A system for fabricating a liquid crystal display using liquid crystal dropping and a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display using the same includes a liquid crystal forming line dropping liquid crystals on the first substrate, a sealant forming line forming the sealant on the second substrate, and a bonding and hardening line bonding the two substrates to each other and hardening the sealant, printing a sealant, bonding the substrates each other, and hardening the sealant and an inspection process line of cutting the bonded substrates into panel units and grinding and inspecting the unit panels. The present invention includes the processes of dropping LC on a first substrate using a dispenser, forming a main UV hardening sealant on a second substrate, bonding the first and second substrates to each other in a vacuum state, UV hardening the main UV hardening sealant, cutting the bonded substrates into cell units, grinding the cut substrates, and finally inspecting the grinded substrates.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device including forming a UV-hardening sealant on at least one of the first and second substrates, dropping a liquid crystal on one of the first and second substrates, attaching the first and second substrates to each other, aligning at least one mask with the attached substrates so as to expose only an area having the sealant formed thereon, and hardening the UV-hardening sealant by applying UV-rays through the mask to the attached substrates.

Abstract: A UV irradiating device and a method of manufacturing an LCD device using the same are disclosed. The UV irradiating device includes a UV light source part having a UV lamp and a reflecting plate, a support supporting the UV light source part, and a stage on which a substrate is placed, the UV light source being irradiated at a tilt angle upon the substrate. The UV is irradiated upon the substrate on which the UV sealant is formed, so that a sealant can be hardened even if a light-shielding layer or a metal line layer are formed between a UV irradiating surface and the UV sealant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) using liquid crystal dropping (LC) and a method of fabricating an LCD using the same. The invention includes an LC forming line dropping LC on a first substrate, a sealant forming line forming sealant on a second substrate, a bonding and hardening line printing a sealant, bonding the substrates each other, and hardening the sealant, and an inspection process line cutting the bonded substrates into panel units and grinding and inspecting the unit panels. The present invention drops LC on a first substrate using a dispenser, forms a main UV hardening sealant on a second substrate, bonds the first and second substrates to each other in a vacuum state, UV-hardens the main UV hardening sealant, cuts the bonded substrates into cell units, grinds the cut substrates, and inspects the grinded substrates.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display panel and a method for fabricating the same including a main UV sealant on a substrate, a first dummy UV sealant outside the main UV sealant, and a second dummy UV sealant outside the first dummy UV sealant.

Abstract: An LCD device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed, in which a sealant concentrated upon the end of a dispensing device is formed in a dummy region on a substrate, so that a liquid crystal layer is not contaminated when both substrates are attached to each other and a cell cutting process can easily be performed. The method of manufacturing an LCD device includes preparing a lower substrate and an upper substrate, forming an auxiliary UV sealant in a dummy region on one of the lower and upper substrate and forming a main UV sealant, applying a liquid crystal on one of the lower and upper substrates, attaching the lower and upper substrates, and irradiating UV light onto the attached substrates.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display panel and a method for fabricating the same including a main UV sealant on a substrate, a first dummy UV sealant outside the main UV sealant, and a second dummy UV sealant outside the first dummy UV sealant.

Abstract: An LCD device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed, in which a sealant concentrated upon the end of a dispensing device is formed in a dummy region on a substrate, so that a liquid crystal layer is not contaminated when both substrates are attached to each other and a cell cutting process can easily be performed. The method of manufacturing an LCD device includes preparing a lower substrate and an upper substrate, forming an auxiliary UV sealant in a dummy region on one of the lower and upper substrate and forming a main UV sealant, applying a liquid crystal on one of the lower and upper substrates, attaching the lower and upper substrates, and irradiating UV light onto the attached substrates.