Patent ID: 7038756

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel in which liquid crystal is sealed between a pair of substrates disposed opposite each other, comprising: a supporting device for supporting one of the substrates; a setting stage for setting the other substrate; a vacuum chamber for executing, in vacuum, an operation of attaching the one of the substrates to the other substrate onto which the liquid crystal is dropped; wherein the setting stage includes: an axis provided at a position on the setting stage along a periphery of the other substrate upon setting the other substrate; a claw provided around the axis as freely rotatable, the claw abutting the periphery of the other substrate from a side thereof; an arm for operating the claw by means of a lever taking the axis as a fulcrum; an airbag provided so as to abut the arm in an expansion, the airbag having air sealed therein; wherein when the vacuum chamber is evacuated, the airbag is expanded, the claw is rotated by the arm, and thus the other substrate is fixed by the claw.