Phosphor ink applying device and method of discharging controlled amounts of ink
OwnerShigeo Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kawamura +2inventors
InventorsShigeo Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kawamura, Keisuke Sumida, Nobuyuki Kirihara
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide a phosphor ink applying device that can apply phosphor ink in a plurality of lines to an intricately-shaped surface of a back panel of a PDP while preventing phosphor colors mixing. A valve is provided for the aperture of each nozzle of the phosphor ink applying device and the opening and closing of each valve is controlled according to the shape of the portion of the surface to which ink is to be applied. In this way, mixing of colors can be prevented on an intricately-shaped back panel such as that with auxiliary barrier ribs.
Claims11
A phosphor ink applying device for applying phosphor ink in a plurality of parallel line-shapes to a surface of a work according to movement in relation to the work, comprising:
- a plurality of tanks for storing fed-in phosphor ink,
- a plurality of nozzle members, each nozzle member having one nozzle aperture which is linked to a storage chamber of one of the tanks,
- moving means for moving the nozzle members in relation to the surface,
- pressuring means for applying pressure to the phosphor ink stored in the tanks so as to discharge the phosphor ink through the nozzle apertures, and
- control means for individually controlling a discharge quantity of phosphor ink discharged through each nozzle aperture, according to a shape of a portion of the surface to which the phosphor ink is to be applied.
A phosphor ink applying device for applying phosphor ink in a plurality of parallel line-shapes to a surface of a work, comprising:
- one or more tanks for storing fed-in phosphor ink,
- a plurality of nozzle members, each nozzle member having one nozzle aperture linked to a storage chamber of one of the tanks,
- moving means for moving the nozzle members in relation to the surface,
- pressuring means for applying pressure to the phosphor ink stored in the tanks so as to discharge the phosphor ink through the nozzle apertures,
- discharge quantity varying means being provided for each nozzle aperture and varying a discharge quantity of phosphor ink to which pressure is applied, and
- the control means controlling the discharge quantity of the phosphor ink through each nozzle aperture according to the shape of the portion of the surface to which the phosphor ink is to be applied, by driving each discharge quantity varying means individually.
A method for manufacturing a plasma display panel, the method including an ink application process for applying to a substrate for a plasma display panel which has (a) a plurality of first barrier ribs provided so grooves are formed therebetween, and (b) second barrier ribs which are provided at a predetermined interval in the grooves and which have a height lower than the first barrier ribs, phosphor ink in a line shape parallel to the first barrier ribs in each groove successively, the method comprising:
- in the ink application process, the quantity of phosphor ink applied to walls of the second barrier ribs being less that the quantity of phosphor ink applied to areas between the second barrier ribs.
A plasma display panel formed with a substrate which has (a) a plurality of first barrier ribs provided so grooves are formed therebetween, (b) second barrier ribs which are provided at a predetermined interval in the grooves and which have a height lower than the first barrier ribs, and (c) line-shaped phosphor film parallel to the first barrier ribs formed in each groove successively, comprising:
- the phosphor film being applied more thinly to a top portion of the second barrier ribs than to the areas therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.