Patent ID: 8864435

Claim:
A turnover device of a liquid crystal panel configured to turn over a rectangle-shaped liquid crystal panel in a horizontal position, comprising: a panel holding portion configured to hold the liquid crystal panel; and a driving portion configured to rotate the panel holding portion about a horizontal shaft, the panel holding portion comprises: a base; a panel face supporting portion attached to the base, the panel face supporting portion having a pair of or plural pairs of panel face touching portions being opposed to each other configured to support both panel faces of the liquid crystal panel; a first supporting arm of a panel long edge attached to the base, the first supporting arm having a long edge touching portion configured to support a long edge of the liquid crystal panel along the long edge; and a second supporting arm of a panel short edge attached to the base, the second supporting arm having a short edge touching portion configured to form a right angle with the long edge touching portion of the first supporting arm of the panel long edge and support a short edge of the liquid crystal panel along the short edge, the driving portion comprises: a rotation shaft attached to the base of the panel holding portion, the rotation shaft being configured to form a right angle with a bisector to divide an angle formed by the long edge touching portion of the first supporting arm of the panel long edge and the short edge touching portion of the second supporting arm of the panel short edge; and an actuator for turnover configured to rotate and drive the rotation shaft.