Patent ID: 8529722

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a bonding step comprising providing sheet-shaped optical members each comprising a polarizing plate and an adhesive layer or a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and bonding the sheet-shaped optical members to both surfaces of a rectangular liquid crystal cell with the adhesive layer or the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the bonding step comprises continuously pressing the optical member from its end to bond the optical member to the liquid crystal cell, while applying a tension to the optical member and stacking the liquid crystal cell and the optical member, the bonding step comprises: a first bonding step comprising placing the optical member in such a manner that an absorption axis of the polarizing plate is kept parallel to a transverse direction of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the optical member has a width corresponding to the length of a long side of the liquid crystal cell, and bonding the optical member to a backlight-side surface of the liquid crystal cell in a direction along the transverse direction; and a second bonding step comprising placing the optical member in such a manner that an absorption axis of the polarizing plate is kept parallel to a longitudinal direction of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the optical member has a width corresponding to the length of a short side of the liquid crystal cell, and bonding the optical member to a viewer-side surface of the liquid crystal cell in a direction along the longitudinal direction, the tension applied to the optical member in the first bonding step is substantially equal to or higher than the tension applied to the optical member in the second bonding step, and the first bonding step is performed before the second bonding step.