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US 8,506,711 B2Granted
Apparatus for manufacturing flat-panel display
AssigneeAdvanced Display Process Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung Jong Lee, Jun Young Choi, Saeng Hyun Jo, Byung-Oh Yoon, Gyeong-Hoon Kim, Hong-Gi Jeong
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Abstract
An flat-panel display (FPD) manufacturing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is flexibly configured so that it is capable of easily processing large-size substrates while also simplifying manufacturing, transporting, operating, and repair processes.
Claims11
A flat-panel display manufacturing apparatus having a feeding chamber configured to feed substrates to one or more processing chambers, the feeding chamber comprising:
- a chamber housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, and an outer wall extending therebetween to define a receiving space in which a feeding robot is received, and a gateway formed in the top wall so as to allow the feeding robot arranged in the chamber housing to move outward from of the receiving space formed in the chamber housing;
- a top cover coupled to the top wall of the chamber housing so as to selectively open and close the gateway, wherein the top cover includes one or more openings formed therein;
- one or more auxiliary covers respectively coupled to the one or more openings in the top cover so as to selectively open and close the one or more openings;
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- one or more first seal members corresponding to the one or more openings and the one or more auxiliary covers, wherein each of the one or more first seal members is interposed between the top cover and a respective auxiliary cover so as to provide a seal between the top cover and the one or more auxiliary covers.
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