Patent ID: 7686913

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an LCD, comprising: bonding a pair of substrates for the LCD; and hardening a sealant bonding the pair of substrates wherein ions for removing static electricity are supplied to the bonded substrates while the hardening occurs; wherein hardening the sealant comprises applying heat to the bonded substrates in a chamber; wherein applying heat comprises; a) receiving the bonded substrates into a receiving portion of a chamber part in the chamber; b) generating heat using first and second heat generating parts; c) generating the ions using a plurality of ionizers; d) generating air using a plurality of blowing parts; e) blowing and circulating air, heat and ions inside the chamber using the heat generating parts, the ionizers and the blowing parts, wherein each ionizer is formed integrally with an air outlet of each blowing part so that the ions from the ionizers are provided to the bonded substrates inside the chamber along with the air blown by the blowing parts; wherein the chamber includes first, second and third circulating passages to circulate the air; wherein the first circulating passage transfer the air blown into the receiving portion to the second and third circulating passages; wherein the second circulating passage is adjacent to the first heat generating part, and third circulating passage is adjacent to the second heat generating part; wherein the second circulating passage supplies the air transferred from the first circulating passage to half of the blowing parts which blow air into a first portion of the receiving portion through a filter part filtering the air; wherein the third circulating passage supplies the air transferred from the first circulating passage to the other half of the blowing parts which blow air into a second portion of the receiving portion through a filter part filtering the air.