Patent ID: 8464652
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: B41J,G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. A film-forming apparatus comprising: a stage for mounting a substrate; a discharge head having a nozzle surface provided with a plurality of nozzles and configured and arranged to discharge droplets of a functional liquid from nozzles of the nozzle surface; a maintenance device configured and arranged to perform maintenance of the discharge head; and a chamber accommodating the stage, the discharge head, and the maintenance device, with the chamber including a drawing area, in which the stage is arranged, a maintenance area, in which the maintenance device is arranged, and a transport device configured and arranged to move the discharge head between the drawing area and the maintenance area inside the chamber, and a temperature adjustment unit provided to the chamber and configured and arranged to adjust the temperature of the maintenance area at least while the transport device has the discharge head positioned in the maintenance area to be equal to or greater than the temperature of the drawing area while the transport device has the discharge head positioned in the drawing area.