Patent ID: 8646507

Claim:
A charging apparatus comprising: a plurality of holding members that holds a pair of plate-shaped members in a state the major surfaces of the plate-shaped members face each other; a movement member that causes the holding members to be moved towards and away from each other; an emission nozzle configured to be introduced into a gap between the plate-shaped members, retained by the holding members, to emit the charging liquid into the gap; a nozzle movement unit that causes movement of the emission nozzle in an in-plane direction of the plate-shaped members; a reservoir in which the charging liquid is to be accumulated; and a thrust unit that causes the charging liquid accumulated in the reservoir to be emitted via the emission nozzle; wherein, the charging liquid, emitted via the emission nozzle, is charged as the liquid is contacted with the plate-shaped members carried in a relation of facing each other, and the nozzle movement unit is configured to cause movement of the emission nozzle in at least two non-parallel directions while the emission nozzle emits the charging liquid so as to plot a preset emission pattern.