Method for sealing peripheral frame of display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10108051-B1
Application number	US-201715539693-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 19, 2017
Priority date	Mar 30, 2017
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen includes providing a display screen that comprises a first substrate and a second substrate and the first substrate comprises a panel zone covered by the second substrate and a peripheral frame located outside the panel zone and making the display screen suction-attached to a substrate suction-holding platform to have one side of the second substrate that is distant from the first substrate attached to a separation and protection film provided on the substrate suction-holding platform with an edge of the first substrate set at predetermined spacing from a positioning plate provided on the substrate suction-holding platform so that a sealant injection device is operable to inject sealant along and into a gap between the edge of the first substrate and the positioning plate to achieve coating uniformity of sealant on the peripheral frame and precise control of thickness of sealant, and only a low level of accuracy of the sealant injection device is required to thereby greatly reduce manufacturing costs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen, comprising the following steps:
Step S1: providing a display screen, wherein the display screen comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged on the first substrate, and the first substrate comprises a panel zone covered by the second substrate and a peripheral frame located outside the panel zone;
Step S2: providing a substrate suction-holding platform, wherein the substrate suction-holding platform has an upper surface on which a positioning plate is provided; and a separation and protection film is attached to the upper surface of the substrate suction-holding platform;
Step S3: suction-attaching the display screen to the substrate suction-holding platform such that one side of the second substrate that is distant from the first substrate is attached to the separation and protection film and an edge of the first substrate is spaced from the positioning plate by a predetermined gap;
Step S4: using a sealant injection device to inject sealant along and into the gap between the edge of the first substrate and the positioning plate;
Step S5: subjecting the sealant to curing;
Step S6: terminating suction-attachment of the display screen to the substrate suction-holding platform and removing the display screen from the substrate suction-holding platform to remove the separation and protection film from the surface of the second substrate; and
Step S7: cutting the sealant in a straight linear manner alongside the edge of the first substrate.

2. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 1 , wherein Step S1 further comprises a sub-step of cleaning a surface of the peripheral frame.

3. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning plate is arranged on an edge of the upper surface of the substrate suction-holding platform.

4. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first substrate comprises a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate and the second substrate comprises a color filter substrate.

5. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in Step S2, the separation and protection film is attached such that no gap is present between the separation and protection film and the positioning plate.

6. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined gap is between 0.5 mm-10 mm.

7. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealant has a color of black or brown.

8. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealant comprises a heat curable sealant, and curing of the sealant is conducted through heating in Step S5.

9. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealant comprises a light curable sealant, and curing of the sealant in conducted through irradiating light in Step S5.

10. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 1 , wherein Step S4 further comprises a sub-step of keeping the display screen still for a predetermined period of time after the injection of the sealant.

11. A method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen, comprising the following steps:
Step S1: providing a display screen, wherein the display screen comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged on the first substrate, and the first substrate comprises a panel zone covered by the second substrate and a peripheral frame located outside the panel zone;
Step S2: providing a substrate suction-holding platform, wherein the substrate suction-holding platform has an upper surface on which a positioning plate is provided; and a separation and protection film is attached to the upper surface of the substrate suction-holding platform;
Step S3: suction-attaching the display screen to the substrate suction-holding platform such that one side of the second substrate that is distant from the first substrate is attached to the separation and protection film and an edge of the first substrate is spaced from the positioning plate by a predetermined gap;
Step S4: using a sealant injection device to inject sealant along and into the gap between the edge of the first substrate and the positioning plate;
Step S5: subjecting the sealant to curing;
Step S6: terminating suction-attachment of the display screen to the substrate suction-holding platform and removing the display screen from the substrate suction-holding platform to remove the separation and protection film from the surface of the second substrate; and
Step S7: cutting the sealant in a straight linear manner alongside the edge of the first substrate;
wherein Step S1 further comprises a sub-step of cleaning a surface of the peripheral frame; and
wherein the positioning plate is arranged on an edge of the upper surface of the substrate suction-holding platform.

12. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first substrate comprises a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate and the second substrate comprises a color filter substrate.

13. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 11 , wherein in Step S2, the separation and protection film is attached such that no gap is present between the separation and protection film and the positioning plate.

14. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the predetermined gap is between 0.5 mm-10 mm.

15. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the sealant has a color of black or brown.

16. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the sealant comprises a heat curable sealant, and curing of the sealant is conducted through heating in Step S5.

17. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the sealant comprises a light curable sealant, and curing of the sealant in conducted through irradiating light in Step S5.

18. The method for sealing a peripheral frame of a display screen as claimed in claim 11 , wherein Step S4 further comprises a sub-step of keeping the display screen still for a predetermined period of time after the injection of the sealant.

Assignees

• Shenzhen China Star Optoelect

Inventors

• Lu Xiang

Classifications

• G02F1/1339 Primary

  Gaskets; Spacers; Sealing of cells · CPC title

• G02F2001/1316

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F1/1316

  Methods for cleaning the liquid crystal cells, or components thereof, during manufacture: Materials therefor · CPC title