Patent ID: 8334963

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a pair of substrates connected to each other; a display medium layer provided between the pair of substrates; an approximately frame-shaped seal member arranged to seal the display medium layer between the pair of substrates; and a display region arranged to be surrounded by the seal member; wherein in the display region on one of the pair of substrates, spacers having a dot pattern are dispersedly arranged at predetermined intervals; a plurality of spacer rows are located outside of the display region on one of the pair of substrates, and each spacer row includes a plurality of spacers arranged in line at predetermined intervals along an outer edge of the display region; each spacer in each spacer row is made of the same material as that of the spacers in the display region, is made of a material having a lower moisture permeability than a moisture permeability of the seal member which is cured, and has a substantially elongated shape extending along the outer edge of the display region; a gap between adjacent spacers in each spacer row is defined by a slit portion having a shorter length than a longitudinal length of the spacer; the slit portion is filled with the seal member; the plurality of spacer rows are entirely circumferentially covered by the seal member between the pair of substrates; wherein the slit portion in one of the plurality of spacer rows is arranged so as to not overlap with the slit portion in an adjacent spacer row in a direction substantially perpendicular to an arranging direction of the spacer row; wherein two of the spacer rows are located outside the display region; and in one of the two of the spacer rows which is located on a display region side, first protruding portions protruding toward an opposite side to the display region are located at both ends of the spacer, and in the other of the two of the spacer rows which is located on the opposite side to the display region, second protruding portions protruding toward the display region side are located at both ends of the spacer.