Patent ID: 8142610

Claim:
A film peeling method for peeling off a film on a surface of a display panel of a display comprising a bulb and a display panel on which a film has been stuck, the method making use of a film peeling device that comprises: a transport pallet on which the display panel on which a film has been stuck is to be mounted; a supporting member on the transport pallet for supporting the display panel in a state with an outer surface of the display panel facing upward; a transport system for transporting the transport pallet; a cylindrical roller that has a self-rotating function disposed above the transport system; and a contact plate that is provided openably and closably on the outer surface of the roller, having a convexity formed in its inner surface in a lengthwise direction, and wherein the contact plate is pressed against the outer surface of the roller so as to that the end of the film is able to be inserted between the roller and the inner surface of the contact plate and be grasped between the outer surface of the roller and the inner surface of the contact plate; where effective lengths of the roller and the contact plate are made longer than the length of the short side of the display panel, and the method comprising: separating the display panel from a bulb of the display, placing the display panel on the supporting member, peeling off an end of the film that has been stuck on the display panel, inserting the end of the peeled film between the outer surface of the roller and the contact plate and pressing the contact plate against the outer surface of the roller, and subsequently rotating the roller and at the same time moving the transport pallet on which the display panel is mounted by use of the transport system so as to peel off the film on the surface of the display panel.