Patent ID: 7780492

Claim:
A method for resizing an electronic display, the display comprising a front plate, a back plate, a perimeter seal spacing the front and back plates apart, and image-generating medium contained in an area between the front and back plates and within the borders of the perimeter seal, the front and back plates being spaced apart by a predetermined cell gap, the method comprising: creating a scribe line along each of the front and back plates to identify a target portion and an excess portion of the display; breaking the display along the scribe lines to separate the target and excess portions of the display, thereby creating an exposed edge along the target portion communicating with the area between the plates of the target portion; mounting the target portion between pressure plates of a fixture with the exposed edge protruding from an edge of the fixture, at least one of the pressure plates comprising a bladder; increasing pressure within the bladder by about one to three psi to press the plates of the target portion towards one another, thereby causing image-generating material to be forced out along the exposed edge; applying adhesive along the exposed edge; and decreasing the pressure within the bladder to return the plates of the target portion to the predetermined cell gap, thereby drawing the adhesive between the plates along the exposed edge.