Patent ID: 8253919

Claim:
An apparatus for fabricating a liquid crystal display device in which a plurality of liquid crystal cells are formed by encapsulating liquid crystal material within a plurality of first sealing members, respectively, between a pair of flexible substrate base materials and then separated from one another, said apparatus comprising: a vacuum container; and a pressure reducer arranged to reduce the pressure in the vacuum container; wherein the vacuum container is arranged to contain only a portion of a first one of the pair of flexible substrate base materials and a portion of a second one of the pair of flexible substrate base materials, the portion of the first one of the pair of flexible substrate base materials being directly opposed to the portion of the second one of the pair of flexible substrate base materials, such that the vacuum container does not contain other portions of the pair of flexible substrate base materials, the vacuum container including a pair of holder plates arranged to sandwich and hold only the portion of the first one of the pair of flexible substrate base materials and the portion of the second one of the pair of flexible substrate base materials because of the pressure reducer that reduces the pressure in the vacuum container; and the plurality of liquid crystal cells are formed inside the vacuum container while being reduced in pressure by the pressure reducer.