CN107608140B - Pre-curing device - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a pre-curing device, which is used for curing a film layer on a substrate and comprises a first heating substrate, a second heating substrate and a supporting member, wherein the first heating substrate is provided with a first heating surface; the second heating substrate is opposite to the first heating substrate and is arranged at intervals, the second heating substrate is provided with a second heating surface, and the second heating surface faces the first heating surface; the supporting member is used for supporting the substrate, is arranged between the first heating substrate and the second heating substrate and is movably close to the first heating substrate or the second heating substrate; the support member includes a guide and a plurality of supports disposed on the guide, the supports being slidably disposed on the guide. The precuring device provided by the invention comprises the support piece which can slide in the preset plane, so that the support piece can be adjusted to avoid the basic display area and prevent black spots from forming, thereby improving the product yield.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of liquid crystal display, in particular to a pre-curing device.
Background
In the manufacturing process of the liquid crystal display panel, a layer of alignment film with uniform thickness is required to be coated on the color film substrate and the array substrate which are formed with patterns respectively. Generally, an alignment film is formed by applying a layer of Polyimide (PI) melt on a substrate by a transfer printing technique, and then performing a pre-curing and main curing process to cause a reaction in the solution while volatilizing a solvent, thereby finally forming the alignment film.
The presence of the alignment film on the liquid crystal display panel enables the liquid crystal molecules coated thereon to be aligned in a certain direction, thereby achieving uniform brightness, high contrast, and rapid response time.
The alignment film pre-curing process is generally implemented by an alignment film pre-curing device, and the existing alignment film pre-curing device generally includes a support platform, which is fixedly provided with support legs for supporting the glass substrate. Because glass substrates of different models may have different sizes, the contact part of the supporting leg and the glass substrate may be located at the position of the display area, and further black spots appear on the contact part, which affects the yield of products.
The above information disclosed in this background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the invention.
Disclosure of Invention
It is a primary objective of the present invention to overcome at least one of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a pre-curing apparatus to reduce or eliminate black spots on a display area of a substrate, thereby improving the yield of products.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pre-curing apparatus for curing a film layer on a substrate, the pre-curing apparatus including a first heated substrate having a first heating surface, a second heated substrate, and a support member; the second heating substrate is opposite to the first heating substrate and is arranged at intervals, the second heating substrate is provided with a second heating surface, and the second heating surface faces the first heating surface; the supporting member is used for supporting a substrate, the supporting member is arranged between the first heating substrate and the second heating substrate, and the supporting member is movably close to the first heating substrate or the second heating substrate; the support member includes a guide and a plurality of supports disposed on the guide, the supports being slidably disposed on the guide.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the guide is disposed on a predetermined plane, and the first heating surface, the second heating surface and the predetermined plane are parallel to each other.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the guide member includes a first direction guide and a second direction guide intersecting each other, an extending direction of the first direction guide and an extending direction of the second direction guide are respectively located on the predetermined planes, the second direction guide is slidably disposed on the first direction guide, a sliding direction of the second direction guide is parallel to the extending direction of the first direction guide, the support member is slidably disposed on the second direction guide, and the sliding direction of the support member is parallel to the extending direction of the second direction guide.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the extending direction of the first direction guide is perpendicular to the extending direction of the second direction guide.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the pre-curing device further includes a guide formed by the second heating surface protruding outward, and the support member is slidably disposed on the guide.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the guide extends in a direction perpendicular to the first heating surface.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the guide member is provided in plurality, the plurality of guide members are arranged in parallel with each other, the first direction guide member is slidably arranged on the guide member, and a sliding direction of the first direction guide member is parallel to an extending direction of the guide member.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the support comprises a pin part arranged at a free end of the support, a first end of the pin part having a first cross-sectional dimension and a second end of the pin part having a second cross-sectional dimension, the first cross-sectional dimension being smaller than the second cross-sectional dimension, the first end being adapted to contact the substrate.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the pre-curing device further includes a displacement sensor, a controller, and a driving device, the driving device is used for driving the supporting member to move, and the controller is electrically connected to the displacement sensor and the driving device respectively.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the pre-curing device further comprises a transfer device for transferring the substrate coated with the film layer onto the support member.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the pre-curing device further comprises a cleaning device for cleaning the support.
According to the technical scheme, the pre-curing device has the advantages and positive effects that:
the precuring device provided by the invention comprises the support piece which can slide in the preset plane, so that the support piece can be adjusted to avoid the basic display area and prevent black spots from forming, thereby improving the product yield.
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Various objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention, when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The drawings are merely exemplary of the invention and are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the drawings, like reference characters designate the same or similar parts throughout the different views. Wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a pre-curing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
Fig. 2 is a combination view of the supporting member and the second heating substrate in fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the cooperation among the support member, the first direction guide member and the second direction guide member.
Wherein the reference numerals are as follows:
101. a first heating substrate; 102. A second heating substrate;
103. a support member; 104. A support member;
105. a guide; 106. A first direction guide;
107. a second direction guide; 108. A needle-shaped part;
109. a connecting portion.
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Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar structures, and thus their detailed description will be omitted.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pre-curing apparatus for curing a film layer on a substrate. The pre-curing device can be used for curing various film layers, such as but not limited to an alignment film, and the pre-curing device will be described below by taking the alignment film as an example, but is not intended to limit the invention.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the pre-curing apparatus may include a first heated substrate 101, a second heated substrate 102, and a support member 103. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second heating substrate 102 may be opposite to and spaced apart from the first heating substrate 101, the supporting member 103 may be disposed between the first heating substrate 101 and the second heating substrate 102, and the supporting member 103 may be used for supporting a substrate, for example, but not limited to, the substrate may be a glass substrate. To better illustrate the present invention, the following description will be made by taking a glass substrate as an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
The first heating substrate 101 or the second heating substrate 102 may be an electrically conductive and thermally conductive structure, and at least one of the first heating substrate 101 and the second heating substrate 102 may be electrically conductive and thermally conductive. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first heating substrate 101 and the second heating substrate 102 can be simultaneously powered on and conducted heat, so as to heat the glass substrate located therebetween, so that the glass substrate is heated more uniformly.
With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the first heated substrate 101 may have a first heated surface. The second heated substrate 102 may have a second heated face opposite the first heated face. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first heating surface of the first heating substrate 101 and the second heating surface of the second heating substrate 102 may be rectangular, circular, triangular or other shapes commonly used by those skilled in the art, and may be selected according to actual needs, and are within the protection scope of the present invention. Specifically, the glass substrate may be disposed between the first heating surface and the second heating surface to heat the glass substrate through the first heating surface and the second heating surface.
With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the pre-curing device further comprises a guide 105, the guide 105 may be formed by the second heating surface protruding outward, and the support member 103 is slidably disposed on the guide 105. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the guide 105 may be disposed perpendicular to the predetermined plane (the plane on which the support 104 is disposed), but not limited thereto, and is within the protection scope of the present invention. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first heating surface, the second heating surface and the predetermined plane may be parallel to each other, but not limited thereto. According to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the extending direction of the guide 105 may be perpendicular to the second heating surface.
With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the guide 105 may be plural, a plurality of guides 105 may be disposed in parallel with each other. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second heating substrate 102 may be configured as a rectangular structure, and the number of the guides 105 may be 4, which are respectively disposed at four corners of the second heating substrate 102, but not limited thereto, and the number and the arrangement positions of the guides 105 may be selected according to actual requirements, and are within the protection scope of the present invention. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the supporting member 103 may have a plurality of coupling portions to be matched with the guide 105, so that the supporting member 103 smoothly slides on the guide 105 to prevent rotation or swing. The guide 105 may have various configurations according to actual needs, which will be described in detail below.
With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the supporting member 103 may be disposed between the first heating substrate 101 and the second heating substrate 102 for supporting the glass substrate, the supporting member 103 may be movably close to the first heating substrate 101 or the second heating substrate 102 to adjust the heating temperature of the glass substrate, thereby affecting the PI solution diffusion, and improving the black spot defect, and the incidence rate is reduced from 5% to 0. According to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the guide 105 may be a member connected between the first heating substrate 101 and the second heating substrate 102, such as but not limited to a rigid member or a flexible member, in order to heat the glass substrate more uniformly, the position of the supporting member 103 may be adjusted to make the supporting member 103 close to the first heating substrate 101 or the second heating substrate 102. According to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the guiding element 105 may be formed by protruding outward from the first heating surface of the first heating substrate 101, the guiding element 105 may be a rigid member, the free end of the guiding element 105 may not contact with the second heating surface of the second heating substrate 102, the supporting element 105 on the guiding element 105 may be attached to the first heating surface, the supporting element 103 may be adjusted to move toward the direction close to the second heating surface during the heating process, and in case the supporting element 105 is not attached to the first heating surface, the supporting element 105 may also move toward the direction close to the first heating substrate 101, which is within the protection scope of the present invention. The case where the guide 105 is formed by protruding the second heating surface of the second heating substrate 102 outward is similar to the case where the guide 105 is formed by protruding the first heating surface of the first heating substrate 101 outward, and this is not repeated, except that in this case, the free end of the guide 105 may not contact the first heating substrate 101, the supporting member 103 on the guide 105 may be attached to the second heating surface, and in the attached state, the supporting member 103 may only move toward the direction close to the first heating substrate 101, and once the supporting member 103 is in the unattached state with the second heating surface, the supporting member 103 may also move toward the direction close to the second heating substrate 102, which is within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1 to 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the supporting member 103 may include a plurality of supporting pieces 104, and the supporting pieces 104 may be slidably disposed on a predetermined plane. The predetermined plane may be parallel to the first heating surface or the second heating surface, but not limited thereto, and may be adjusted according to actual needs, and all are within the protection scope of the present invention. According to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the support member 103 may further include a first direction guide 106 and a second direction guide 107 intersecting each other, an extending direction of the first direction guide 106 and an extending direction of the second direction guide 107 are respectively parallel to a predetermined plane, the first direction guide 106 may be slidably disposed on the guide 105, a sliding direction of the first direction guide 106 may be parallel to the extending direction of the guide 105, the second direction guide 107 may be slidably disposed on the first direction guide 106, a sliding direction of the second direction guide 107 may be parallel to the extending direction of the first direction guide 106, the support 104 may be slidably disposed on the second direction guide 107, and a sliding direction of the support 104 may be parallel to the extending direction of the second direction guide 107. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the extending direction of the first direction guide 106 may be perpendicular to the extending direction of the second direction guide 107.
With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the support member 104 may comprise a connecting portion 109 and a pin portion 108, the pin portion 108 being arranged at the free end of the support member 104, the connecting portion 109 being adapted to arrange the pin portion 108 on the second direction guide 107. According to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first end of the pin portion 108 has a first cross-sectional dimension and the second end of the pin portion 108 has a second cross-sectional dimension, wherein the first cross-sectional dimension may be smaller than the second cross-sectional dimension, the first end of the pin portion 108 may be adapted to contact the glass substrate, but not limited thereto, the pin portion 108 may also have a shape, such as, but not limited to, a pillar shape, a frustum shape, and the like, within the scope of the present invention.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the pre-curing device further includes a displacement sensor, a controller, and a driving device, the driving device may be used for driving the supporting member 103 to move, and the controller may be electrically connected to the displacement sensor and the driving device, respectively. The displacement sensor may be configured to measure a distance between the glass substrate and the first heating surface or the second heating surface, and transmit a measured distance signal to the controller, and the controller controls the driving device according to the distance signal, so as to drive the supporting member 103 to move close to the first heating surface or the second heating surface.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the pre-curing device may further include a transfer device, the transfer device may be used to transfer the glass substrate coated with the alignment film solution onto the support member 103.
According to an embodiment of the invention, wherein the pre-curing means further comprises a cleaning means, the cleaning means may be used to clean the support 104.
The described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the above description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the invention may be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures, materials, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the invention.
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1. A pre-curing apparatus for curing a film on a substrate, the pre-curing apparatus comprising:
a first heating substrate having a first heating surface;
the second heating substrate is opposite to the first heating substrate and is arranged at intervals, and the second heating substrate is provided with a second heating surface facing the first heating surface;
a support member for supporting the substrate and disposed between the first heating substrate and the second heating substrate, the support member being movably adjacent to the first heating substrate or the second heating substrate; the support member includes a guide and a plurality of supports disposed on the guide, the supports being slidably disposed on the guide;
the pre-curing device further includes a guide formed by the second heating surface protruding outward, the support member being slidably disposed on the guide.
2. The pre-curing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said guide is disposed in a predetermined plane, and wherein said first heating surface, said second heating surface, and said predetermined plane are parallel to each other.
3. The pre-curing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the guide member includes a first direction guide member and a second direction guide member intersecting each other, an extending direction of the first direction guide member and an extending direction of the second direction guide member are respectively located at the predetermined planes, the second direction guide member is slidably disposed on the first direction guide member, a sliding direction of the second direction guide member is parallel to the extending direction of the first direction guide member, the support member is slidably disposed on the second direction guide member, and the sliding direction of the support member is parallel to the extending direction of the second direction guide member.
4. The pre-curing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first direction guide extends in a direction perpendicular to the second direction guide.
5. The pre-curing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the guide extends in a direction perpendicular to the first heating surface.
6. The pre-curing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the guide member is plural, the plural guide members are arranged in parallel with each other, the first direction guide member is slidably arranged on the guide member, and a sliding direction of the first direction guide member is parallel to an extending direction of the guide member.
7. The pre-curing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the support includes a pin portion disposed at a free end of the support, a first end of the pin portion having a first cross-sectional dimension and a second end of the pin portion having a second cross-sectional dimension, the first cross-sectional dimension being less than the second cross-sectional dimension, the first end for contacting the substrate.
8. The pre-curing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a displacement sensor, a controller and a driving device for driving the support member to move, wherein the controller is electrically connected to the displacement sensor and the driving device, respectively.
9. The pre-curing apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a transfer apparatus for transferring the substrate coated with the film layer onto the support member.
10. The pre-curing apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a cleaning device for cleaning the support.
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