Patent ID: 7698833

Claim:
An apparatus for hardening a sealant located between a pair of bonded substrates of a liquid crystal display device comprising: a chamber receiving at least the pair of bonded substrates of the liquid crystal display device; an introduction hole introducing heated air into the chamber, wherein an inside of the chamber is heated by the introducing heated air; a plurality of supporting bars inside the chamber, each supporting bar having a substantially flat first surface contacting the bonded substrates and having long sides and at least one short side, and a connecting member at the at least one short side of the supporting bars, the long sides of the supporting bar being separated from an inner side surface of the chamber; and an attaching unit having one end attached to the chamber and another end attached the connecting member of the supporting bars, wherein the connecting member is a hole, wherein the hole has a quadrilateral cross-section and the attaching unit has a round cross-section; and wherein the hole is larger than the attaching unit inserted therein in order that the supporting bars are tilted in accordance with the round cross-section of the attaching unit.