Patent ID: 8006966

Claim:
A carrier plate which operates to deliver a glass substrate for use with a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a plurality of glass support pins, a glass support pin structured to support the glass substrate and including a plurality of branch pins wherein the glass support pin is opened to separate the branch pins and is closed to adjoin the branch pins according to its longitudinal movement, wherein the each branch pin is structured to have a top surface which is: substantially facing away from the rest of the branch pin at an outermost tip of the branch pin in the longitudinal direction, substantially parallel to the glass substrate when the glass support pin is open, and sloped downwards towards the central longitudinal axis of the glass support pin when the glass support pin is closed, and configured to contact and to support the glass substrate at multiple positions as the glass support pin is open, and a chuck comprising a plurality of openings which receives the plurality of glass support pins, wherein as the glass support pin is lifted from the chuck, it is opened and as the glass support pin is inserted into an opening of the chuck, the glass support pin is closed.