US 7,525,619 B2
Apparatus for rubbing an alignment layer of a liquid crystal display device comprising a roller provided with a plurality of holes
Heung Lyul Cho, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); Soon Sung Yoo, Gunpo-si (Korea, Republic of); Oh Nam Kwon, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of); and Seung Hee Nam, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/410,852.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0046724 (KR), filed on Jun. 01, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0274245 A1, Dec. 07, 2006
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1337 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 349—126  [349/187; 15/230] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for rubbing an alignment layer of an LCD device comprising:
a rubbing means to rub the alignment layer while the rubbing means is rotated along one direction to contact a surface of the alignment layer formed on a substrate, wherein the rubbing means includes a cylindrical rubbing roller provided with a plurality of holes, a rubbing cloth adhered to an outer circumference of the rubbing roller, a rotary shaft connected with the rubbing roller to rotate the rubbing roller, and a rotary motor, wherein the rubbing roller includes an inner cylinder of carbon fiber reinforcing plastic and an outer cylinder of plated stainless steel; and
a liquid jet to jet liquid onto the rubbing roller when the alignment layer is rubbed by the rubbing means, wherein the liquid jetted from the liquid jet was supplied to the alignment layer through the holes of the rubbing roller.