Patent ID: 7113251

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising: a base body supporting a panel comprising two substrates and a plurality of spacers disposed between the two substrates, the panel being divided into a plurality of sections arranged in a matrix and each section being divided into a liquid crystal receiving area and a liquid crystal fence area surrounding the liquid crystal receiving area, each spacer being formed within the liquid crystal fence area; a light supply unit supplying a light to the panel; and an exposure mask entirely covering the panel and arranged between the panel and the light supply unit, the exposure mask comprising a plurality of openings corresponding to the liquid crystal fence areas to expose the liquid crystal fence areas to the light to change the spacers into liquid crystal fences while preventing the liquid crystal receiving areas from being exposed to the light; and a bending prevention member supporting the exposure mask to prevent the exposure mask from being bent, wherein: the bending prevention member is transparent; a shape of the bending prevention member is adjusted according to an incident angle of the light so that refraction of the light is reduced; and the bending prevention member has a cylindrical shape to reduce refraction of the light when the light is irradiated in an inclined direction with respect to an upper surface of the panel.