Display apparatus and process for producing the same

1. A process for producing a display apparatus having a display device protected by a transparent plate, comprising first and second plates, of which either one is the display device and the other one is the transparent plate, a resin layer interposed between the first and second plates, and a seal part enclosing the periphery of the resin layer, which process comprises the following steps (a) to (d):

(a) a step of forming a seal part on the edge of a surface of the first plate (provided that in a case where the first plate is the display device, the seal part is formed on the edge of the surface on the side where an image is displayed),

(b) a step of supplying a liquid curable resin composition to the region enclosed by the seal part on the first plate,

(c) a step of laminating, in a reduced-pressure atmosphere of not more than 100 Pa, a second plate on the curable resin composition formed on the first plate thereby to obtain a laminated precursor having the curable resin composition hermetically sealed by the first and second plates and the seal part (provided that in a case where the second plate is a display device, the second plate is laminated so that the surface on the side where an image is displayed, is located on the curable resin composition side), and

(d) a step of curing the curable resin composition in such a state that the laminated precursor is placed in a pressure atmosphere of not less than 50 kPa to form a resin layer.

2. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display device.

3. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a light-shielding printing part is provided on the periphery of the transparent plate.

4. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent plate is a glass plate.

5. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an antireflection layer is formed on one side of the transparent plate.

6. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure atmosphere of not less than 50 kPa is an atmospheric pressure atmosphere.

7. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the curable resin composition is a photocurable resin composition.

8. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the photocurable resin composition comprises at least one compound having, per molecule, from 1 to 3 groups selected from the group consisting of acryloyloxy groups and methacryloyloxy groups, and a photo-polymerization initiator.

9. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the photocurable resin composition comprises an oligomer having a molecular weight of at least 1,000 and having, on average per molecule, from 1.8 to 4 curable functional groups which are acryloyloxy groups and/or methacryloyloxy groups, a hydroxyalkylmethacrylate having a C 3-8 hydroxyalkyl group wherein the number of hydroxy groups is 1 or 2, and a photo-polymerization initiator.

10. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the photocurable resin composition further contains an alkylmethacrylate having a C 8-22 alkyl group.

11. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the photocurable resin composition contains an alkylmethacrylate having a C 8-22 alkyl group in an amount of larger than the content of a hydroxyalkylmethacrylate having a C 3-8 hydroxyalkyl group wherein the number of hydroxy groups is 1 or 2.

12. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 1 , which has a step of applying light on a laminated precursor obtained by using the photocurable resin composition as defined in any one of claims 7 to 11 in such a state that the laminated precursor is placed in a pressure atmosphere of not less than 50 kPa to cure the photocurable resin composition.

13. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the seal part formed on the edge of the first plate is made of a sealing material comprised of a photocurable resin composition having a viscosity at 25° C. of from 200 to 3,000 Pa·s.

14. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the seal part is cured before curing the photocurable resin composition by applying light via the transparent plate.

15. The process for producing a display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the seal part is cured by applying light from the side of the transparent plate.

16. A display apparatus obtained by the production process as defined claim 1 , comprising:

first and second plates, of which either one is a display device and the other one is a transparent plate;

a resin layer interposed between the first and second plates; and

a seal part interposed between the first and second plates, while seamlessly enclosing the periphery of the resin layer.