Patent ID: 6879180
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: G01N,G02F

Abstract:
1. A display panel inspection apparatus comprising: a rotary base having first and second surfaces on which display panels are to be placed and a third surface which is a rotation surface, the rotary base having a substantially triangular cross section including first, second and third sides in a side view, the first and second sides corresponding to sides of the first and second surfaces, the third side corresponding to a side of the third surface, and a rotation shaft being set in a substantially central portion of the third surface and perpendicular to the third surface; a fixture base which has a driving section that rotates the rotation shaft and an opposing surface opposing to the third surface, and which supports the rotary base to be rotatable about the rotation shaft; a Z-axis drive mechanism which supports the fixture base and moves the fixture base frontward and backward in a state where the opposing side of the fixture base faces frontward; and a probe unit which faces in proximity to one surface of the rotary base when the fixture base is moved forward to a predetermined position by the Z-axis drive mechanism.