CN102096248A - Method for ejecting liquid crystal and LC distributor using the same - Google Patents

Method for ejecting liquid crystal and LC distributor using the same Download PDF

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CN102096248A
CN102096248A CN2010101108301A CN201010110830A CN102096248A CN 102096248 A CN102096248 A CN 102096248A CN 2010101108301 A CN2010101108301 A CN 2010101108301A CN 201010110830 A CN201010110830 A CN 201010110830A CN 102096248 A CN102096248 A CN 102096248A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a method for ejecting liquid crystal and an LC distributor using the same. The method uses an LC ejector provided with an LC nozzle unit, the LC nozzle unit is provided with a nozzle end part, the liquid crystal is ejected to a unit panel region of a mother substrate via the nozzle end part. The method comprises a step of ejecting the liquid crystal to the unit panel region. The step of ejecting the liquid crystal comprises the following steps of: ejecting 0.1mg to 0.8mg of liquid crystal from the LC nozzle unit; and controlling the LC ejector to make a distance between the nozzle end part and the mother substrate when the liquid crystal is ejected to a central part of the unit panel region greater than a distance between the nozzle end part and the mother substrate when the liquid crystal is ejected to the peripheral part of the unit panel region.

Description

Spray the method for liquid crystal and utilize the LC divider of this method
Technical field
The present invention relates in general to method of spraying liquid crystal and LC (liquid crystal) divider that utilizes this method, liquid crystal injection method that uses when more particularly, relating in the process of making LCD (LCD) step that liquid crystal is ejected on the mother substrate and the LC divider that utilizes this method.
Background technology
Generally speaking, LCD comprises filter substrate, its TFT that is provided with driver element (thin film transistor (TFT)) substrate of wherein having color-filter layer, put between filter substrate and the TFT substrate (for the ease of explaining that these substrates also are known as " mother substrate ") so as with mother substrate adhering to each other together sealant and the liquid crystal layer between mother substrate.
This mother substrate comprises one or more unit panels zone.Each unit panel zone forms a LCD.
The mode that LCD controls the light transmission capacity that passes liquid crystal layer with the light polarization of utilizing the liquid crystal molecule that constitutes liquid crystal layer shows desired images.In order to make this LCD, with mother substrate adhering to each other together before, carry out liquid crystal with constant basis put on the filter substrate or the TFT substrate on step.
For liquid crystal is put on mother substrate, use the LC divider.The LC divider comprises the head unit of liquid crystal drip-injection to the mother substrate.Here, head unit with the liquid crystal drip-injection of constant basis to each unit panel zone of mother substrate.
For the liquid crystal of the constant basis that instils, use pump.In other words, by pump the liquid crystal of scheduled volume is delivered to nozzle from the liquid crystal tank pump.Thereby the liquid crystal of constant basis is instilled on the mother substrate from nozzle.
In conventional art, pump pumps out nozzle with the liquid crystal of 1mg to 3mg and is instilled on the mother substrate.If by the liquid crystal of pump pumping is 1mg or still less, then because nozzle-end may make the liquid crystal of viscosity not separate with nozzle with surface tension between the liquid crystal.
Yet when liquid crystal dripped, weight range dripped with the form of liquid crystal drop at the liquid crystal of 1mg to 3mg, rather than drips under situation about being atomized.When this dropping liquid crystalline substance collides with mother substrate, the instantaneous deformation of the shape of this dropping liquid crystalline substance owing to the impact of collision.
When the shape instantaneous deformation of this dropping liquid crystalline substance, liquid crystal broken (drop pieces) may splash from this dropping liquid crystalline substance, thereby puts on the part of not expecting except that the brilliant part that instils of this dropping liquid.To apply on the part of sealant if broken of liquid crystal puts on, then mother substrate can not be together adhering to each other reliably.And broken of liquid crystal is removed from the unit panel zone, and the liquid crystal total amount that causes putting on the unit panel zone becomes and is less than the scheduled volume of liquid crystal.
Simultaneously, the gap between the mother substrate that adheres to each other is very little, at micron order.Liquid crystal layer between two mother substrates is also extremely thin, and in other words, its thickness is at micron order.Therefore, under the situation of the typical LC divider of nozzle instillation 1mg to 3mg liquid crystal, between the zone of the zone of direct dispenser method and the liquid crystal backflow of instillation, the thickness difference of liquid crystal layer.The difference of thickness of liquid crystal layer causes in the path difference that has between the zone of different-thickness the light that sees through liquid crystal layer.Therefore, if this is used for product, then on screen, form spot, thereby cause defective product.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, consider the problems referred to above that occur in the prior art and proposed the present invention, and one object of the present invention is to provide a kind of liquid crystal is injected into the method for small particle (rather than instillation), thereby has avoided occurring spot, and a kind of LC divider that utilizes this method also is provided.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of method of spraying liquid crystal, makes liquid crystal accurately put on the unit panel zone, and a kind of LC divider that utilizes this method also is provided.
To achieve these goals, the invention provides the method that a kind of LC of utilization thrower sprays liquid crystal, this LC thrower is provided with the LC nozzle unit with nozzle-end, and liquid crystal is ejected on the unit panel zone of mother substrate by this nozzle-end.This method comprises liquid crystal is ejected into step on the unit panel zone.The step of spraying liquid crystal comprises the steps: to spray the liquid crystal of 0.1mg to 0.8mg from the LC nozzle unit; And control LC thrower, make the nozzle-end of when on the middle body that liquid crystal is ejected into unit panel zone LC nozzle unit and the distance between the mother substrate greater than the nozzle-end of LC nozzle unit and the distance between the mother substrate when on the peripheral part that liquid crystal is ejected into the unit panel zone.
This method may further include step: the spray angle of measuring liquid crystal according to the nozzle-end and the distance between the mother substrate of LC nozzle unit before liquid crystal being ejected on the unit panel zone.In the step that liquid crystal is ejected on the unit panel zone, can control the nozzle-end of LC nozzle unit and the distance between the mother substrate according to measured spray angle.
And the step that liquid crystal is ejected on the unit panel zone may further include following steps: the position of measuring the LC thrower in real time; And when the LC thrower moves horizontally continuously, move up or down the LC thrower in response to the position of LC thrower.
To achieve these goals, the invention provides a kind of LC divider that is used to carry out the liquid crystal injection method, this LC divider comprises: the LC thrower, this LC thrower has the LC nozzle unit that is provided with nozzle-end, this nozzle-end is ejected into liquid crystal on the unit panel zone of mother substrate, this LC thrower also has the gas nozzle unit with the shape setting of the periphery that centers on the LC nozzle unit, and this gas nozzle unit emission gases is so that the liquid crystal that atomizing is sprayed from the LC nozzle unit; Constant LC feeder is used for the liquid crystal to LC nozzle unit supply constant basis; Promote driver element, be used to promote the LC thrower; The location sensing unit is used to survey the position coordinates of LC thrower on the unit panel zone; And the lifting controller, control the lifting driver element according to the position coordinates of the LC thrower of surveying by the location sensing unit.
On the other hand, the invention provides a kind of LC divider that is used to carry out the liquid crystal injection method, this LC divider comprises: the LC thrower, has the LC nozzle unit that is provided with nozzle-end, this LC nozzle unit is provided with liquid crystal, thereby liquid crystal drop is formed on the nozzle-end, this LC thrower also has the gas nozzle unit with the shape setting of the periphery that centers on the LC nozzle unit, and this gas nozzle unit emission gases is so that be instilled into the nozzle-end of liquid crystal drop from the LC nozzle unit on the unit panel zone of mother substrate; Constant LC feeder is used for the liquid crystal to the nozzle-end supply constant basis of LC nozzle unit; Promote driver element, be used to promote the LC thrower; The location sensing unit is used to survey the position coordinates of LC thrower on the unit panel zone; And the lifting controller, control the lifting driver element according to the position coordinates of the LC thrower of surveying by the location sensing unit.
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From the detailed description below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, above-mentioned and other purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage will be more readily understood, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 shows the sectional view according to the LC thrower of the LC divider of the embodiment of the invention and constant LC feeder;
Fig. 2 shows the synoptic diagram according to the method for injection liquid crystal of the present invention;
Fig. 3 A and 3B show the view of the nozzle-end drip liquid crystal drop of employed LC thrower from Fig. 2 method;
Fig. 4 is the block diagram that utilizes the LC divider of method among Fig. 2; And
Fig. 5 is the skeleton view of employed LC divider in Fig. 2 method.
Embodiment
Hereinafter, describe in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and be used to the LC divider that sprays the method for liquid crystal and utilize this method according to the preferred embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 1 shows the sectional view according to the LC thrower 110 of the LC divider of the embodiment of the invention and constant LC feeder 120.Fig. 2 shows the synoptic diagram according to the method for injection liquid crystal of the present invention.
As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, LC thrower 110 comprises LC nozzle unit 111 and gas nozzle unit 116.
LC thrower 110 is arranged on mother substrate 1 top, so that can move up and down.Like this, can control LC thrower 110 and by the distance between the mother substrate 1 of LC divider supporting.Mother substrate 1 can comprise filter substrate that comprises color-filter layer or the TFT substrate that drive unit is installed on it.
Liquid crystal L is ejected on the unit panel zone P of mother substrate 1 by the nozzle-end 111a of LC nozzle unit 111.
Here, in instructions of the present invention, term " injection " not only represents by putting on the higher relatively pressure discharging liquid crystal of liquid crystal, and expression is from nozzle-end 111a dispenser method at a predetermined angle.And, term " instillation of liquid crystal " means all situations of dispenser method in predetermined angular range, the pressure that not only is included in scheduled volume is down by the situation of liquid crystal self from nozzle-end 111a dispenser method, and comprises that liquid crystal drop is formed on the nozzle-end 111a then by it being used independently mode (such as gas) and make the situation of liquid crystal drop from nozzle-end 111a drippage.
Gas nozzle unit 116 emission gases are so that will be atomized into small particle or make liquid crystal drop L drip from nozzle-end 111a from the liquid crystal L that LC nozzle unit 111 sprays.Preferably, gas nozzle unit 116 is constructed such that it centers on LC nozzle unit 111.
Gas nozzle unit 116 can comprise the gas passage with eddy flow groove, makes gas can rotate when gas passage moves downward.Therefore, the peripheral part of the liquid crystal L jet that sprays from the nozzle-end 111a of LC nozzle unit 111 is by being atomized into small particle with gas collisions.
The nozzle-end 116a of gas nozzle unit 116 can be towards the nozzle-end 111a orientation of LC nozzle unit 111.
In this case, the liquid crystal drop that has been formed on the nozzle-end 111a of LC nozzle unit 111 can be instilled on the P of unit panel zone, even this dropping liquid crystalline phase is to lighter by the gas from 116 dischargings of gas nozzle unit.
The gas of 116 dischargings prevents to be applied on the presumptive area part in addition from the liquid crystal that LC nozzle unit 111 sprays as air curtain (air curtain) from the gas nozzle unit.
Gas nozzle unit 116 can be provided with gas from gas-holder 105.In this case, gas nozzle unit 116 is connected in gas-holder 105 by gas supply pipeline 106.And gas supply pipeline 106 is provided with supply gas operation valve 107, so that the opening of pilot-gas supply line 106.
Constant LC feeder 120 is arranged on the position near LC nozzle unit 111 inlets.Constant LC feeder 120 can comprise pump.In this embodiment, this pump comprises the inlet end 121, the endpiece 123 that is connected in LC nozzle unit 111 that are connected in liquid crystal storage tank 102, is arranged on the cylinder 125 between inlet end 121 and the endpiece 123 and is arranged in the cylinder 125 so that can move up and down and rotatable piston 127.When piston 127 move down predetermined apart from the time, liquid crystal L is pulled to LC nozzle unit 111 via endpiece 123.
Simultaneously, the LC divider may further include control module 130, the supply that the operation of this control module control constant LC feeder 120 and control enter the gas in the gas nozzle unit 116.This will explain in the back in detail.
Fig. 2 shows the rendering that utilization changes with respect to mother substrate 1 according to the height of LC thrower 110 in the liquid crystal injection method of the embodiment of the invention step on liquid crystal L being ejected into unit panel zone P.
As shown in Figure 2, generally speaking, according to the size of LCD (LCD), the mother substrate 1 that offers the LC divider comprises one or more unit panels zone P.Each unit panel zone P forms single LCD.In addition, sealant S puts on the periphery of unit panel zone P, and mother substrate 1 is together adhering to each other by sealant S.
Therefore, if mother substrate 1 has a plurality of unit panels zone P (with reference to Fig. 5), then after assigning process, carry out along the additional process of unit panel zone P cutting mother substrate 1.
In the present invention, in the time of on liquid crystal being ejected into unit panel zone P, control LC divider, make between LC thrower 110 and the mother substrate 1 in the distance H on the middle body c of unit panel zone P greater than the distance on the peripheral part e that is positioned at the regional P of unit panel between LC thrower 110 and the mother substrate 1.Here, term " the peripheral part e of unit panel zone P " expression is defined on the unit panel zone and the part contiguous with the part that applies sealant S.
At length, the liquid crystal L that sprays from LC thrower 110 advances by the gas atomizations of 116 discharges from the gas nozzle unit and with predetermined spray angle a.Like this, the cross-sectional width of liquid crystal L jet increases with the distance that nozzle-end 111a away from LC nozzle unit 111 moves with being directly proportional.Therefore, liquid crystal L jet is directly proportional with the nozzle-end 111a of LC nozzle unit 111 and the distance H between the mother substrate 1 with the area that unit panel zone P contacts.
For example, only suppose that LC thrower 110 moves up or down and mother substrate 1 does not move, then when on the peripheral part e that liquid crystal is ejected into unit panel zone P, preferably, LC thrower 110 sprays liquid crystal after it highly descends, put on the part that applies sealant S to prevent liquid crystal.In addition, when the middle body c that liquid crystal is ejected into unit panel zone P went up, preferably, control LC thrower 110 made the degree of contrast ground of its height when liquid crystal being ejected into peripheral part e and going up increase.Therefore, can increase the fogging degree of liquid crystal, thereby prevent spot.In addition, can increase the area of the part that is covered by liquid crystal L jet of mother substrate 1.
Simultaneously, can control the LC divider, make and spray liquid crystal 0.1mg to 0.8mg and atomizing from LC nozzle unit 111.Injected and be instilled under the situation on the mother substrate 1 at liquid crystal with above-mentioned scope weight, can prevent from LCD, to occur spot.
To achieve these goals, for example, from the liquid crystal of constant LC feeder 120 to LC nozzle unit 111 supply 1mg to 3mg.In addition, from gas nozzle unit 116 towards the nozzle-end 111a of LC nozzle unit 111 continuously or with the rule time interval (that is, off and on) emission gases.Therefore, when the nozzle-end 111a that is formed on LC nozzle unit 111 when the liquid crystal with predetermined went up, they can be by 116 gases of discharging and injected from the gas nozzle unit.
Replacedly, as shown in Figure 3A, can control the LC divider, make the liquid crystal L that is mapped on the P of unit panel zone to be painted be provided to LC nozzle unit 111 nozzle-end 111a and and then be endowed the shape of liquid crystal drop, afterwards, shown in Fig. 3 B, from gas nozzle unit 116 towards LC nozzle unit 111 emission gases to spray the brilliant L of this dropping liquid.
In this case, the liquid crystal of constant LC feeder 120 pumping 0.1mg to 0.8mg alternately carries out to the step of the nozzle-end 111a of LC nozzle unit 111 and from the step of gas nozzle unit 116 emission gases.Therefore, can not be different with the liquid crystal of 0.1mg to 0.8mg from the conventional art of nozzle-end free-falling, the present invention can be with the liquid crystal drip-injection of 0.1mg to 0.8mg to the P of unit panel zone.
Even in this case, the liquid crystal with weight of 0.1mg to 0.8mg scope has the small volume corresponding to weight, and to be instiled by the predetermined spray angle that limits with gas collisions.In addition, as mentioned above, the gas of 116 dischargings is as air curtain from the gas nozzle unit.
Simultaneously, before the step that liquid crystal is ejected on the P of unit panel zone, can carry out the step of measuring the spray angle of liquid crystal according to the height of LC thrower 110.Therefore, can preestablish the height of LC thrower 110, it is based on the position on the peripheral part of unit panel zone P.In the step on liquid crystal being ejected into unit panel zone P, can control the height of LC thrower 110 based on measured spray angle.
In this embodiment, LC thrower 110 is coupled to dispensing head 103, so that can move up and down.Dispensing head 103 is coupled to across the support bar 104 on the substrate, so that can move horizontally.In this case, liquid crystal is ejected into the position that step on the P of unit panel zone comprises the steps: to measure in real time LC thrower 110, and the height of LC thrower 110 is controlled in the position of the LC thrower 110 that moves in response to continuous horizontal.
Therefore, LC thrower 110 can be applied to liquid crystal on the mother substrate 1 continuously.
Here, before the step that liquid crystal is ejected on the P of unit panel zone, can preestablish the information of relevant LC thrower 110 height, it is in response to LC thrower 110 positions.
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of utilization according to the LC divider 100 of the liquid crystal injection method of the embodiment of the invention.
As shown in Figure 4, LC divider 100 comprises LC thrower 110, constant LC feeder 120, promotes driver element 140, location sensing unit 150 and control module 130.
Constant LC feeder 120 both had been connected in the liquid crystal storage tank 102 of wherein storing liquid crystal, was connected in LC nozzle unit 111 again.Constant LC feeder 120 is used for to the liquid crystal of LC nozzle unit 111 supply constant basis.
Constant LC feeder 120 can comprise pump, and this pump is determined pumping intensity under the control of control module 130.Control module 130 can comprise fluid control 131.The operation of fluid control 131 control constant LC feeders 120.In addition, collaborative with the operation of constant LC feeder 120, fluid control 131 is pilot-gas supply control valve 107 also, to open or close the gas passage that is connected in gas nozzle unit 116.Like this, from time of gas nozzle unit 116 emission gases and to time of LC nozzle unit 111 supply liquid crystal by fluid control 131 and 120 controls of constant LC feeder, thereby can spray the liquid crystal of 0.1mg to 0.8mg.
Promote driver element 140 and be used for promoting LC thrower 110.
The position coordinates of LC thrower 110 on the P of unit panel zone surveyed in location sensing unit 150.Image acquiring device such as the CCD camera can be used as location sensing unit 150.
Control module 130 controls promote driver element 140, make and operate the lifting driver element in response to the position coordinates of the LC thrower of being surveyed by location sensing unit 150 110.In this case, control module 130 can comprise the lifting controller 135 that is used to control the operation that promotes driver element 140.
Here, can come operation control unit 130 by aforesaid single process.Replacedly, control module 130 can be used as and promotes controller 135 and fluid control 131 comes dual operation.Under the situation of dual operation control module 130, promote controller 135 and fluid control 131 co-operating each other.For example, control the LC divider by control module 130, make when on the middle body in the unit panel zone that liquid crystal is ejected into mother substrate between the LC thrower 110 and mother substrate 1 in the distance on the unit panel zone greater than the distance between them when on the peripheral part that liquid crystal is ejected into the unit panel zone.
Fig. 5 shows the skeleton view according to an example of LC divider 100 of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 5, at first, substrate 1 is placed on the worktable 102 that is arranged on the framework 101, so that liquid crystal is assigned on the substrate 1.At this state, in the dispensing head 103 of worktable 102 tops, and the LC thrower 110 that is coupled to dispensing head 103 is ejected into liquid crystal on the substrate 1 along predetermined pattern operation setting.Dispensing head 103 moves along a support bar 104 that is installed on the framework 101.Support bar 104 bending on its two ends, these two ends are coupled to framework 101, so that can be along the longitudinal movement on framework 101.In addition, a support bar 104 is across on the worktable 102.Worktable 102 is supported on the supporting table 105 that is arranged on the framework 101, and can be along the longitudinal movement with respect to supporting table 105.Here, the direction that moves of worktable 102 perpendicular to a support bar 104 vertically.LC divider 100 may further include the check weighing unit 106 that is used to measure liquid crystal weight.
As mentioned above, in the present invention, control LC divider makes distance on the middle body that is positioned at the unit panel zone between LC thrower and the mother substrate greater than the distance that is positioned on its peripheral part.Like this, the liquid crystal to mother substrate to be allocated is injected on the unit panel zone in its inboard in unit panel zone is applied with the part of sealant.Thereby, guarantee the enough adhesions between the substrate.Can accurately control the liquid crystal total amount.
In addition, owing to can control the size of liquid crystal to be allocated, put on the part outside the desired distribution part so prevented broken of liquid crystal, and prevented that spot is formed on the substrate so that it is enough little.
Although disclose the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that under the prerequisite that does not deviate from the disclosed scope and spirit of the present invention of claims various modifications, interpolation and replacement also are feasible for purpose is shown.

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1. method of utilizing the LC thrower to spray liquid crystal, described LC thrower is provided with the LC nozzle unit, and described LC nozzle unit has nozzle-end, and liquid crystal is ejected on the unit panel zone of mother substrate by described nozzle-end, and described method comprises:
Liquid crystal is ejected on the described unit panel zone, and the step of wherein spraying liquid crystal comprises:
Spray the liquid crystal of 0.1mg to 0.8mg from described LC nozzle unit; And control described LC thrower, make the nozzle-end of when on the middle body that liquid crystal is ejected into described unit panel zone described LC nozzle unit and the distance between the described mother substrate greater than the nozzle-end of described LC nozzle unit when on the peripheral part that liquid crystal is ejected into described unit panel zone and the distance between the described mother substrate.
2. method according to claim 1 further comprises:
Before liquid crystal being ejected on the described unit panel zone, the spray angle of measuring liquid crystal according to the nozzle-end and the distance between the described mother substrate of described LC nozzle unit,
Wherein, in the process on liquid crystal being ejected into described unit panel zone, control the nozzle-end of described LC nozzle unit and the distance between the described mother substrate based on measured spray angle.
3. method according to claim 1, wherein, the step that liquid crystal is ejected on the described unit panel zone also comprises:
Measure the position of described LC thrower in real time; And
When described LC thrower moves horizontally continuously, move up or down described LC thrower in response to the position of described LC thrower.
4. method according to claim 1, wherein, by carry out the liquid crystal that sprays 0.1mg to 0.8mg from described LC nozzle unit towards the nozzle-end emission gases of described LC nozzle unit.
5. LC divider that is used for carrying out according to each described method of claim 1 to 4 comprises:
The LC thrower has: be provided with the LC nozzle unit of nozzle-end, described nozzle-end is ejected into liquid crystal on the unit panel zone of mother substrate; And the gas nozzle unit, with shape setting around the periphery of described LC nozzle unit, the liquid crystal that described gas nozzle unit emission gases is sprayed from described LC nozzle unit with atomizing;
Constant LC feeder is used for the liquid crystal to described LC nozzle unit supply constant basis;
Promote driver element, be used to promote described LC thrower;
The location sensing unit is used to survey the position coordinates of described LC thrower on described unit panel zone; And
Promote controller, control described lifting driver element according to the position coordinates of the described LC thrower of surveying by described location sensing unit.
6. LC divider according to claim 5, wherein, described gas nozzle unit has the gas passage that tilts towards described LC nozzle unit, and described gas passage has the eddy flow groove, and described eddy flow groove is constructed such that the gas rotation when described gas passage moves down of proper gas.
7. LC divider that is used for carrying out according to each described method of claim 1 to 4 comprises:
The LC thrower has: be provided with the LC nozzle unit of nozzle-end, described LC nozzle unit is provided with liquid crystal, makes liquid crystal drop be formed on the described nozzle-end; And the gas nozzle unit, with the shape setting around the periphery of described LC nozzle unit, described gas nozzle unit emission gases is so that be instilled into the nozzle-end of described liquid crystal drop from described LC nozzle unit on the unit panel zone of mother substrate;
Constant LC feeder is used for the liquid crystal to the nozzle-end supply constant basis of described LC nozzle unit;
Promote driver element, be used to promote described LC thrower;
The location sensing unit is used to survey the position coordinates of described LC thrower on described unit panel zone; And
Promote controller, control described lifting driver element according to the position coordinates of the described LC thrower of surveying by described location sensing unit.
8. LC divider according to claim 7, wherein, described gas nozzle unit has the gas passage that tilts towards described LC nozzle unit, and described gas passage has the eddy flow groove, and described eddy flow groove is constructed such that the gas rotation when described gas passage moves down of proper gas.
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