Spraying device and coating method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10114240-B2
Application number	US-201414527515-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2014
Priority date	May 19, 2014
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a spraying device and a coating method. The spraying device comprises a first spray unit and a second spray unit. The first spray unit is configured to spray a first solution for wetting a surface of a substrate, and the second spray unit is configured to spray a second solution for coating the surface of the substrate. During spraying, the second spray unit and the first spray unit advance in the same direction and the second spray unit is arranged behind the first spray unit in the advancing direction. In the present disclosure, the coated liquid diffuses across the surface of the substrate more quickly and uniformly, the alignment film formed on the surface of the substrate has a uniform thickness, thus avoiding mura due to an alignment film with a non-uniform thickness and improving quality of the display panel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coating method, in which a first spray unit and a second spray unit are adopted, comprising:
during coating, advancing the first spray unit and the second spray unit in the same direction, wherein the second spray unit is arranged directly behind the first spray unit in the advancing direction;
spraying a first solution on a surface of a substrate with the first spray unit, wherein the first solution is used for wetting the surface of the substrate, and wherein the first spray unit comprises a plurality of first nozzles, the first nozzles are flat and are arranged in a horizontal direction, and the first spray unit is configured to spray by repeating a fan pattern linearly in the horizontal direction; and
spraying a second solution with the second spray unit in a region of the surface of the substrate on which the first solution has been sprayed, wherein the second solution is used for coating the surface of the substrate, and wherein the second spray unit comprises a plurality of second nozzles, the second nozzles are arranged into two rows in the horizontal direction, the second nozzles in one of the rows are offset with respect to the second nozzles in the other row, and the second spray unit is configured to spray linearly in a longitudinal direction.

2. The coating method of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of alignment material in the first solution is lower than the concentration of alignment material in the second solution.

3. The coating method of claim 2 , wherein the first solution is a solvent for the alignment material or a diluted alignment liquid and the second solution is an alignment liquid.

4. The coating method of claim 1 , wherein advancing the first spray unit and the second spray unit in the same direction comprises: connecting the first spray unit and the second spray unit and making the first spray unit and the second spray unit to advance with the same speed.

5. The coating method of claim 1 , further comprising: during spraying, applying a pressure to a liquid reservoir of the first spray unit and/or the second spray unit with nitrogen.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Display Tech Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Display Tech Co

Inventors

• Liang Kui
• Feng Bin
• Yuan Jianfeng

Classifications

• B05B1/04

  in flat form, e.g. fan-like, sheet-like · CPC title

• G02F1/1303 Primary

  Apparatus specially adapted to the manufacture of LCDs · CPC title

• G02F1/1337

  Surface-induced orientation of the liquid crystal molecules, e.g. by alignment layers · CPC title

• B05B3/18

  with elements moving in a straight line, e.g. along a track; Mobile sprinklers {(watering arrangements making use of movable installations A01G25/09)} · CPC title

• B05D3/10

  by other chemical means · CPC title