Seiko Epson Corporation

Katsuya Ide

Kei Hiruma

Kazuo Oike

Yasuhiro Kitagawa

A gel manufacturing apparatus adapted to generate gel by making a first solution and a second solution react with each other includes: a flow mechanism adapted to make the second solution flow; an ejection mechanism having a nozzle plate provided with a nozzle adapted to eject the first solution to the second solution made to flow using a droplet ejection method; and a gap plate provided with a through hole communicated with the nozzle, wherein the gap plate is disposed between the flow mechanism and the ejection mechanism.

Gel manufacturing apparatus

A liquid jet head that pressurizes liquid and ejects the liquid through nozzles includes: a nozzle opening surface having two nozzle rows each having openings of the nozzles linearly aligned in plurality; a pair of wall surfaces intersecting the nozzle opening surface at end sections of the nozzle opening surface, the wall surfaces being aligned with the nozzle rows, respectively; and pressure chambers that are in communication with the nozzles for reserving the liquid to be pressurized, formed in each of the pair of wall surfaces, wherein the liquid pressurized in the pressure chambers flows in a direction along each of the pair of wall surfaces, respectively.

Liquid jet head and liquid jet apparatus

A method of manufacturing an electro-optical device having a curved display surface with high reliability is provided. A liquid crystal panelcomprising a TFT array substrateand a counter substrate, each composed of a glass substrate or a quartz substrate, is thinned down to, for example, a thickness of 25 &#x3bc;m by a polishing process or an etching process. Subsequently, a first polarizing plate, first spacers, the liquid crystal panel, second spacers, and a second polarizing plateare superposed on a basehaving a curved surfacein this order, and then the outer circumference of the second polarizing plateis pressed against the basewhile curving the second polarizing platealong the curved surfaceof the base. Then, in order to maintain such a curved state, the second polarizing plateis fixed to the baseby a double-faced tape

Electro-optical device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus

To provide an electro-optical device displaying high-contrast images in all directions due to the orthogonality of the polarization axes of the polarizers by improving the structure of the polarizers, and an electronic apparatus including the same. In an electro-optical device, a polarizing sheetsurrounds a virtual axis line L extending vertically substantially in the center of the liquid-crystal panel. A portion of the cylindrical polarizing sheet centered on the virtual axis line L adjacent to the back face of the liquid-crystal panelis defined as a first polarizerand a portion of the cylindrical polarizing sheet centered on the virtual axis line L adjacent to the front face of the liquid-crystal panelis defined as a second polarizer. As a result, the first polarizerand the second polarizerare disposed in cross-Nicol arrangement.

Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus including the same

A new drying method and apparatus is provided for drying a semiconductor device substrate, a liquid crystal panel substrate, or the like, which can reduce the possibility of contamination during drying, reduce facility costs and the area required for setting the facilities, and can perform drying in batches. Of the four sides of the upper end of the pull-up bath,two of the sides that oppose each other have a smaller height than the remaining two sides, and form overflow portions,where water in the pull-up bath overflows into a drainage bath,A rod-shaped heater,is mounted to the inside of the pull-up bath,and a heater cover,is disposed above the heater,with a pair of exhaust tubes,being led out to a location above the pull-up bath,so as to allow discharge of gas to the outside therefrom. A water supply tube,is connected to the bottom surface of the pull-up bath,to allow ultra-pure water to be supplied from a water supply system to be described later. A drainage tube,is connected to the lower portion of the drainage bath,as well as to a water supply control device,composed of a circulating pump, a change-over valve, or the like.

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Suwa, Japan

Katsuya Ide