IP Library Granted Patent US 7,179,155
Granted Patent B2
US 7,179,155 · App. 10/851,176 · Granted Feb 20, 2007

Device for grinding liquid crystal display panel

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Patent No.
US 7,179,155
App. No.
10/851,176
Granted
Feb 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a device for grinding a liquid crystal display panel improving the efficiency of using equipment by independently operating first and second grinding units for grinding the unit liquid crystal display panel. The present invention includes a first grinding unit grinding edges of short or long sides of the unit liquid crystal display panel in a normal mode and a second grinding unit grinding the edges of the short or long sides of the unit liquid crystal display panel that are not ground by the first grinding unit in the normal mode or grinding the edges of the long and short sides of the unit liquid crystal display panel in an emergency mode.

Claims (41)

1. A method of grinding a liquid crystal display panel comprising:

grinding a long side of the liquid crystal display panel with a first grinding unit; and

grinding a short side of the liquid crystal display panel with a second grinding unit

wherein the first grinding unit and the second grinding unit are configured to grind both the long side and the short side, wherein the first grinding unit includes a first pair of grinding wheels and a second pair of grinding wheels.

2. A method of grinding a liquid crystal display panel comprising:

grinding a long side of the liquid crystal display panel with a first grinding unit; and

grinding a short side of the liquid crystal display panel with a second grinding unit wherein the first grinding unit and the second grinding unit are configured to grind both the long side and the short side, wherein the first grinding unit includes a first pair of grinding wheels and a second pair of grinding wheels, the first pair of grinding wheels grinding the long side of the liquid crystal display panel in a first mode and a second mode, the second pair of grinding wheels grinding the short side of the liquid crystal display panel in the second mode.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

transferring the liquid crystal display panel to the first grinding unit and the second grinding unit in the first mode with a loading unit; and

transferring the liquid crystal display panel to only the first grinding unit in the second mode with the loading unit.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

turning the liquid crystal display panel by about 90° with a turning unit wherein edges of the long or short sides are ground by the first grinding unit in the second mode.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

unloading the liquid crystal display panel from one of the first grinding unit and the second grinding unit with an unloading unit.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second grinding unit is non-functional in the second mode.

7. A method of grinding a liquid crystal display with a device having a first grinding unit and a second grinding unit, the first grinding unit having a first grinding wheel and a second grinding wheel, the method comprising:

grinding a long side of the liquid crystal display with the first grinding wheel; and

grinding a short side of the liquid crystal display with the second grinding wheel in a first mode, wherein the first grinding unit includes a first pair of grinding wheels and a second pair of grinding wheels.

8. A method of grinding a liquid crystal display with a device having a first grinding unit having a first grinding wheel and a second grinding wheel, the method comprising:

grinding a long side of the liquid crystal display with the first grinding wheel; and

grinding a short side of the liquid crystal display with the second grinding wheel in a first mode, wherein the first grinding unit includes a first pair of grinding wheels and a second pair of grinding wheels,

wherein the device further includes a second grinding unit having a third grinding wheel and a fourth grinding wheel where the third grinding wheel grinds the short side of the liquid crystal display and the fourth grinding wheel grinds the long side of the liquid crystal display.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first grinding unit grinds the long side of the liquid crystal display in a second mode and the second grinding unit grinds the short side of the liquid crystal display in the second mode.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

transferring the liquid crystal display to the first grinding unit in the first mode with a loading unit; and

transferring the liquid crystal display to one of the first and second grinding units in the second mode with the loading unit.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

turning a liquid crystal display by about 90° with a turning unit wherein edges of the long or short sides are ground by the first grinding unit in the first mode.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

unloading the liquid crystal display from one of the first grinding unit and the second grinding unit with an unloading unit.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second grinding unit is not functional in the first mode.

14. A method of grinding a liquid crystal display with a device having a first grinding unit and a second grinding unit, the method comprising:

grinding a long side of the liquid crystal display with the first grinding unit;

grinding a short side of the liquid crystal display with the second grinding unit, the first grinding unit and the second grinding unit being configured to grind both the long side and the short side of the liquid crystal display, wherein the first grinding unit includes a first pair of grinding wheels and a second pair of grinding wheels.

15. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising:

preparing a first substrate and a second substrate;

applying liquid crystal to one of the first and second substrate;

attaching the first and second substrates to form a liquid crystal display panel;

grinding first opposing edges of the liquid crystal display panel in a first grinding unit, wherein the first grinding unit includes a first pair of grinding wheels and a second pair of grinding wheels;

grinding second opposing edges of the liquid crystal display panel in a second grinding unit, wherein the second grinding unit includes dual grinding wheels; and

grinding first and second edges of the liquid crystal display panel in the first grinding unit if the second grinding unit is not functional.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 27, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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