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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2002
Takehiko Yamashita, Takarazuka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for removing a film from a display panel are provided that can remove even a film with relatively high strength that is stuck on a display panel without relying on manual work and also can reduce the operating cost. The apparatus that removes a film stuck on a display panel by injecting a liquid includes a liquid injector and a carrier. The liquid injector injects the liquid in the direction that tilts with respect to a normal to the surface of the display panel on which the film is stuck. The carrier transports the display panel. The liquid injector starts the injection of the liquid at the boundary between one end of the film and the display panel on the side of the transport direction. The liquid is injected while transporting the display panel so that the film is removed successively from one end to the other end in the opposite direction to the transport direction.