Patent ID: 6897840

Claim:
An image display apparatus which comprises an image display portion comprised of a pair of substrates disposed opposite to each other and having a peripheral edge sealed in order to form a sealed gap and an insulating liquid and a plurality of coloring charged particles disposed in the sealed gap, and which controls positions of the coloring charged particles so as to display an image, said apparatus further comprising: an electrode sheet disposed to be movable in the gap between the pair of substrates; a writing unit arranged opposite to an electrode surface of the electrode sheet and outside the image display portion; and a unit for moving the electrode sheet and the writing unit in a first direction substantially parallel to the substrates and in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; wherein the image display portion has flexibility, a pair of first pressing members is disposed so as to hold the image display portion, and the first pressing members are moved along the substrate while pressing the image display portion as the writing unit moves, and successively push the insulating liquid and the coloring charged particles out of the sealed gap.