Patent ID: 6769948
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A method of fabricating a display panel, comprising a first step and a second step, said first step is carried out immediately before said second step,said second step taking a longer time to be carried out per a display panel than that of said first step, the number of display panels to be processed in said second step being greater than the number of display panels to be processed in said first step, wherein said second step includes a relocation step of relocating display panels from a first cassette used in said first step to a second cassette used in said second step in a greater number than the number of display panels having been processed in said first step, and wherein said relocation step includes the steps of: (a) upwardly taking a display panel out of said first cassette in which display panels are stored, with said display panel being supported at upper and lower edges thereof; (b) supporting said display panel taken out of said first cassette, at lower and side edges thereof; (c) laterally transferring said display panel from a position above said first cassette to a position above said second cassette; and (d) supporting said display panel at upper and side edges thereof and lowering said display panel into said second cassette.