IP Library Granted Patent US 7,708,515
Granted Patent B2
US 7,708,515 · App. 11/477,630 · Granted May 4, 2010

Apparatus for loading substrate of liquid crystal display

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Patent No.
US 7,708,515
App. No.
11/477,630
Granted
May 4, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for transferring a plurality of substrates in manufacturing a liquid crystal display, includes a storage unit to store the plurality of substrates, an unloading member disposed in the storage unit to unload the substrates from the storage unit, a cassette disposed in the storage unit to lift and lower the plurality of substrates between respective storage substrate positions and the unloading member, a processing equipment to receive the substrates unloaded from the cassette, and a substrate feeder to receive the substrates from the storage unit unloaded by the unloading member and to load the substrates into the processing equipment.

Claims (17)

1. An apparatus for transferring a plurality of substrates in manufacturing a liquid crystal display, comprising:

a storage unit to store the plurality of substrates;

a first conveyer to transport the substrate in a first direction;

an unloading member disposed in the storage unit to transfer the substrates from the storage unit to the first conveyer;

a cassette disposed in the storage unit to lift and lower the plurality of substrates between respective storage substrate positions and the unloading member;

a substrate feeder to receive the substrates from the storage unit unloaded by the unloading member;

a second conveyer formed in the substrate feeder to transport the substrate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;

a third conveyer formed in the substrate feeder to transport the substrate in the first direction

a processing equipment to receive the substrates unloaded from the cassette by the substrate feeder;

a fourth conveyer installed in the processing equipment to convey the substrates of the substrate feeder into the processing equipment; and

a shaft installed in the unloading member to lift and lower the unloading member, the shaft lifting the unloading member to unload the substrate from the cassette and then lowering the unloading member to loading the substrate to the first conveyer when the lower portion of the cassette reaches the bottom.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a base installed at a lower portion of the substrate feeder.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a shaft installed in the storage unit to lift and lower the unloading member.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate feeder and the unloading member are positioned at the same height.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate feeder and the conveyers are positioned at the same height.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate feeder and the unloading member are formed of a plurality of rollers.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate feeder, the unloading member, and the fourth conveyer are formed of a plurality of rollers.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021147/0009 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2006
From: YOON, SUNG-HWAN
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018069/0985 →