Automatic transfer apparatus for liquid crystal display device and method for sensing obstacle using the same
AssigneeLG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorHyeon-Seok Kim
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Abstract
An automatic transfer apparatus for a liquid crystal display device comprising a mounting unit for placing a cassette in which a plurality of substrates are received, a moving unit disposed at a lower surface of the mounting unit and moving within a designated interval or section, and a sensing member mounted in the moving unit for sensing an obstacle, wherein the sensing member for sensing an obstacle at a bottom is disposed at the lower surface of the automatic transfer apparatus so as to enable a previous checking an existence of the obstacle, thereby preventing a structure of the automatic transfer apparatus from being damaged due to the obstacle.
Claims20
An automatic transfer apparatus for a liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a mounting unit;
- a moving unit disposed at the mounting unit;
- a sensing member disposed at the moving unit for sensing an obstacle;
- and
- an alarm signal unit for generating alarm signal.
A method for sensing obstacle using an automatic transfer apparatus for a liquid crystal display device comprising:
- providing a mounting unit;
- providing a moving unit disposed at the mounting unit;
- disposing a sensing member at the moving unit for sensing an obstacle;
- and
- disposing an alarm signal unit to generate alarm signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.