Patent ID: 6186344
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A cassette for loading glasses for a liquid crystal display device, the cassette comprisinga top plate;a bottom plate opposite said top plate;a plurality of side plates each extending between a respective corner of said top plate and said bottom plate, and a pair of additional side plates extending between said top plate and said bottom plate from points intermediate those of said corners and located on opposite sides of the cassette, said additional side plates and at least said side plates located on one side of the additional side plates having a plurality of slots formed by first protrusions to permit loading the glasses from one end of the cassette;a post extending between said top plate and said bottom plate from points intermediate said corners located at an opposite end of the cassette from said one end to prevent the glasses from sliding out of the cassette at said opposite end; anda plurality of supporting bars which extend from at least one of said side plates at said opposite end of the cassette and said post to support undersides of the glasses, said bars extending towards said one end of the cassette;wherein said supporting bars are longer than the first protrusions and are cantilevered to support the undersides of the glasses at free ends of the supporting bars to prevent bending of the glasses and wherein at least one of said supporting bars comprises a conductive body and a conductive contact part which is formed on the body at the free end of the supporting bar to contact the glass and which has a surface resistance greater than the body.