Apparatus for electrifying particle apparatus for scattering particle
View Patent ↗Disclosed is an apparatus for electrifying spacers and an apparatus for scattering spacers using the same. For the purpose of maintaining a cell gap of a LCD, the spacer is electrified to have a first electrified voltage by a first electrifying pipe having a first curvature, and the spacer is electrified by a second electrifying pipe having a second curvature to have a second electrified voltage level high enough to prevent the spacers from being lumped. Thus, the spacer is not lumped by increasing an electrified voltage thereof, thereby preventing a quality of an image from being deteriorated, the spacer from being lost.
1. An apparatus for scattering a spacer employed by a liquid crystal apparatus, comprising:
a spacer feeder for supplying a spacer to be carried on a fluid;
a first pipe for electrifying the spacer to have a first electrified voltage and outputting the spacer;
a second pipe for electrifying the spacer outputted from the first pipe to have a second electrified voltage, the second pipe being connected with the first pipe and having a coil shape;
a spacer accelerator disposed between the first and second pipes, wherein the spacer accelerator accelerates a velocity of the spacer outputted to the second pipe; and
a supporter for supporting a substrate onto which the spacer outputted from the second pipe is scattered, wherein the spacer feeder comprises:
a container for receiving the spacer;
a first roller for stirring the spacer in the container, the first roller having a first shape and being disposed in the container; and
a second roller for picking up the spacer and feeding the spacer to the first pipe, the second roller having a second shape different from the first shape and being disposed in the container.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second pipe has an inner diameter of about 6 mm, and wherein the second pipe is wound by about 13 to about 24 times and the second pipe is wound to have a winding diameter of about 20 to about 24 mm.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the spacer outputted from the second pipe has an electrified voltage of about 0.5 to about 5 volts.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the spacer accelerator includes a gas supplying pipe being connected with the first pipe, for supplying a nonvolatile gas to the first pipe.