Patent ID: 7492437

Claim:
A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising: performing an array process on a first substrate and a color filter process on a second substrate; forming an alignment film on a surface of the first and second substrates; inspecting the alignment film formed on the first and second substrates by using an alignment film inspecting apparatus comprising a first steam generating unit for generating first steam, a second steam generating unit for generating second steam by using the first steam as a heat source and a steam spraying unit for spraying the second steam on the surface of the first and second substrates, wherein the steam spraying unit comprises a steam/moisture separator for separating moisture contained in the second steam and a spray pipe for spraying the second steam from which moisture has been removed through the steam/moisture separator to glass; attaching the first and second substrates on which the inspecting the alignment film has been performed; and cutting the attached substrates into a plurality of unit liquid crystal display panels.