IP Library Granted Patent US 8,709,530
Granted Patent B2
US 8,709,530 · App. 12/003,712 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Pattern forming method using printing device and method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,709,530
App. No.
12/003,712
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pattern forming method using printing device and method of manufacturing LCD device using the same is disclosed, which uses a cleaning dry film to remove a pattern material from a printing plate, the printing device comprising a printing roller coated with a pattern material; a printing plate including embossing and depressed patterns for patterning the pattern material of the printing roller; a substrate to which the pattern material on the embossing patterns of the printing roller is transcribed; and a cleaning unit, for removing the pattern material from the printing plate, provided with a film-supplying roller, a cleaning roller and a film-collecting roller combined with one another by one cleaning dry film.

Claims (36)

1. A pattern forming method, comprising:

rolling a printing roller coated with a pattern material on a printing plate including embossing and depressed patterns therein, to make some of the pattern material left on the printing roller;

rolling the printing roller having the pattern material left thereon on a substrate, to transcribe the pattern material to the substrate;

transferring a cleaning unit including a cleaning dry film, a film-supplying roller, a cleaning roller, and a film-collecting roller to be positioned above the printing plate, where the cleaning dry film, the film-supplying roller, the cleaning roller, and a film-collecting roller being closed by lower and upper surfaces and sidewalls of the cleaning unit when transferring the cleaning unit, while the cleaning unit is in between an initial position and the printing plate, both ends of the film-supplying roller and the film-collecting roller being fixed to the sidewall of the cleaning unit; and

cleaning the printing plate by using the cleaning dry film of the cleaning unit when the lower surface of the cleaning unit is opened,

wherein cleaning the printing plate by using the cleaning dry film of the cleaning unit comprises:

supplying the cleaning dry film of the film-supplying roller to the cleaning roller,

rotating the film-supplying roller, the cleaning roller and the film-collecting roller respectively in same direction and simultaneously rolling the cleaning dry film supplied to the cleaning roller on the printing plate from one side to other side thereon, to make the pattern material of the printing plate stick to the cleaning dry film, and

collecting the cleaning dry film, to which pattern material sticks, by using the film-collecting roller,

wherein the cleaning dry film is formed of a film containing adhesive high molecular compound,

wherein the adhesive high molecular compound is formed of mixture of acrylic resin and epoxy resin,

wherein the cleaning roller has a smaller diameter than the printing roller, and

wherein the cleaning roller has wider diameter than a line width of the depressed patterns.

2. The pattern forming method of claim 1 , further comprising coating the pattern material on the printing roller before rolling the printing roller on the printing plate.

3. The pattern forming method of claim 1 , wherein rolling the printing roller coated with the pattern material on the printing plate, to make some of the pattern material left on the printing roller, comprises:

rolling the printing roller coated with the pattern material on the printing plate, to make some of the pattern material transcribed to the depressed patterns of the printing plate, and to make the pattern material corresponding to the embossing patterns left on the printing roller.

4. A method of fabricating a LCD device, the method comprising:

preparing a thin film transistor substrate, comprising:

rolling a printing roller coated with a pattern material on a printing plate including embossing and depressed patterns therein, to make some of the pattern material left on the printing roller;

rolling the printing roller having the pattern material left thereon on a substrate, to transcribe the pattern material to the substrate;

transferring a cleaning unit including a cleaning dry film, a film-supplying roller, a cleaning roller, and a film-collecting roller to be positioned above the printing plate, where the cleaning dry film, the film-supplying roller, the cleaning roller, and a film-collecting roller being closed by lower and upper surfaces and sidewalls of the cleaning unit when transferring the cleaning unit, while the cleaning unit is in between an initial position and the printing plate, both ends of the film-supplying roller and the film-collecting roller being fixed to the sidewall of the cleaning unit; and

cleaning the printing plate by using the cleaning dry film of the cleaning unit when the lower surface of the cleaning unit is opened;

preparing a color filter substrate;

providing a liquid crystal layer between the thin film transistor substrate and color filter substrate; and

bonding the thin film transistor substrate and color filter substrate,

wherein cleaning the printing plate by using the cleaning dry film of the cleaning unit comprises:

supplying the cleaning dry film of the film-supplying roller to the cleaning roller,

rotating the film-supplying roller, the cleaning roller and the film-collecting roller respectively in same direction and simultaneously rolling the cleaning dry film supplied to the cleaning roller on the printing plate from one side to other side thereon, to make the pattern material of the printing plate stick to the cleaning dry film, and

collecting the cleaning dry film, to which pattern material sticks, by using the film-collecting roller,

wherein the cleaning dry film is formed of a film containing adhesive high molecular compound,

wherein the adhesive high molecular compound is formed of mixture of acrylic resin and epoxy resin,

wherein the cleaning roller has a smaller diameter than the printing roller, and

wherein the cleaning roller has wider diameter than a line width of the depressed patterns.

5. The pattern forming method of claim 4 , further comprising coating the pattern material on the printing roller before rolling the printing roller on the printing plate.

6. The pattern forming method of claim 4 , wherein rolling the printing roller coated with the pattern material on the printing plate, to make some of the pattern material left on the printing roller, comprises:

rolling the printing roller coated with the pattern material on the printing plate, to make some of the pattern material transcribed to the depressed patterns of the printing plate, and to make the pattern material corresponding to the embossing patterns left on the printing roller.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 27, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021772/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2007
From: KIM, CHUL HO; OH, TAE YOUNG; PARK, CHOON HO
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020381/0179 →