Patent ID: 7014522

Claim:
A display panel manufacturing method, comprising an application process for applying a bonding agent to a plurality of barrier ribs formed on at least one of a pair of substrates, and a connection process for arranging the pair of substrates in opposition and connecting the pair of substrates together via the bonding agent that has been applied to the barrier ribs, wherein the application process includes: a bonding agent layer forming step for forming a layer of a paste-like bonding agent having an even surface over a substrate having an even surface; and a connecting step for simultaneously bringing a top of each barrier rib down into contact with the bonding agent layer, while regulating a distance between the upper surface of the bonding agent layer and the barrier ribs, in such a manner that relative positions of the bonding agent and the barrier ribs are altered horizontally along a length of the barrier ribs, with the barrier rib tops in contact with the bonding agent.