Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a transfer plate wetting system and an alignment liquid transfer system.
In a related art, as shown in
In the related art, before the transfer plate 4 is loaded to a machine (i.e., the transfer plate 4 is wrapped on the printing roller 5), the transfer plate 4 needs to be soaked in the alignment liquid for a period of time to absorb the alignment liquid and swell, so that hardness of the transfer plate 4 is reduced, and then in the subsequent process of transferring the alignment liquid to the transfer plate 4 wrapped on the printing roller 5 by the transfer roller 3, the transfer plate 4 can be deformed a lot and grooves densely distributed on the transfer plate 4 can accumulate more alignment liquid to form an alignment layer with a proper thickness on the display substrate.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a transfer plate wetting system, including a first plate wetting device, the first plate wetting device including an alignment agent storage tank, an alignment agent solvent storage tank, a nozzle and a pipeline connector for communicating the alignment agent storage tank, the alignment agent solvent storage tank and the nozzle, the nozzle being configured to spray out alignment liquid including an alignment agent and an alignment agent solvent.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an alignment liquid transfer system, including the transfer plate wetting system as described above and an alignment liquid transfer device, wherein the alignment liquid transfer device includes a transfer plate and a printing roller, the transfer plate is configured to be wrapped on the printing roller, and the alignment liquid transfer device is configured to transfer the alignment liquid on the transfer plate onto a display substrate to be subjected to transfer printing.
In order to clearly illustrate the technical solution of the embodiments of the disclosure or the prior art, the drawings of the embodiments or description in the prior art will be briefly described in the following. It is obvious that the described drawings are only related to some embodiments of the disclosure, and those skilled in the art also can obtain other drawings, without any inventive work, according to the drawings.
The inventors find that alignment liquid includes an alignment agent (e.g., polyimide) and an alignment agent solvent (e.g., N-methyl pyrrolidone), wherein the alignment agent is difficult to volatilize and the alignment agent solvent is easy to volatilize, and thus, in the process of soaking a transfer plate 4, concentration of the alignment liquid will be gradually increased, and after the concentration of the alignment liquid is increased to a certain degree, the alignment agent will be separated out and the separated alignment agent will be adsorbed to the transfer plate 4 to form particles, so that in the subsequent process that the transfer plate 4 transfers the alignment liquid onto a display substrate, the particles will be separated from the transfer plate 4 to be attached to the display substrate. In the drying process of the alignment liquid on the display substrate, a thickness of the particles formed by the alignment agent will not be reduced, but the alignment agent solvent at other positions will be volatilized, so that an alignment layer at the position where the particles are attached has a relatively large thickness, which causes an uneven thickness of the alignment layer, thereby causing a poor display effect of a display apparatus.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a transfer plate wetting system and alignment liquid transfer system, capable of producing an alignment layer with a uniform thickness and improving the display effect of a display apparatus.
The technical solution of the embodiments will be described in a clearly and fully understandable way in connection with the drawings related to the embodiments of the disclosure. It is obvious that the described embodiments are just a part but not all of the embodiments of the disclosure. Based on the embodiments of the disclosure, those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiment(s), without any inventive work, which should be within the scope of protection of the disclosure.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a transfer plate wetting system including a front plate wetting device (i.e., a first plate wetting device). As shown in
The combination of the first liquid outlet pipeline 111, the second liquid outlet pipeline 112 and the liquid mixing pipeline 12 forms a pipeline connector for communicating the alignment agent storage tank, the alignment agent solvent storage tank and the nozzle.
The liquid outlet of the alignment agent storage tank 7 and the liquid outlet of the alignment agent solvent storage tank 8 can be connected to one end of the same liquid mixing pipeline 12 respectively by the first liquid outlet pipeline 111 and the second liquid outlet pipeline 112, so that the alignment agent and the alignment agent solvent are more uniformly mixed. In addition, the front plate wetting device can include a plurality of nozzles 10, so that the alignment liquid sprayed onto the transfer plate 4 by the nozzles 10 is more uniform.
The liquid outlet of the alignment agent storage tank 7 and the liquid outlet of the alignment agent solvent storage tank 8 are connected to one end of the liquid mixing pipeline 12 respectively by the first liquid outlet pipeline 111 and the second liquid outlet pipeline 112, and the other end of the liquid mixing pipeline 12 is connected with the nozzle 10 arranged above the transfer plate conveying unit 9, and thus, the alignment agent and the alignment agent solvent can be mixed in the liquid mixing pipeline 12 to form the alignment liquid, so that the alignment liquid can be isolated from the outside by the liquid mixing pipeline 12, and moreover, the alignment liquid can be sprayed in real time onto the transfer plate 4 by the nozzle 10 to carry out plate wetting on the transfer plate 4, and exposure time of the alignment liquid in the air is relatively short, so that volatilization of the alignment agent solvent is avoided and separation-out of the alignment agent is prevented, and thus, particles will not be formed on the transfer plate 4, which avoids the problem that in the transferring process of the alignment liquid, the particles are separated from the transfer plate 4 to be attached to a display substrate, is beneficial for producing an alignment layer with a uniform thickness and improves the display effect of a display apparatus.
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It should be noted that a specific structure of the transfer plate conveying unit 9 is not limited to the above, those skilled in the art can select according to actual demands, and the specific structure of the transfer plate conveying unit 9 is not repeated in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
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Exemplarily, the controller 15 includes a programmable logic control unit and a touch display panel, wherein an input end of the programmable logic control unit is connected with the touch display panel, an output end of the programmable logic control unit is respectively connected with the alignment agent flow regulator 13 and the alignment agent solvent flow regulator 14, and the programmable logic control unit is configured for sending instructions to the alignment agent flow regulator 13 and the alignment agent solvent flow regulator 14; and the touch display panel can be configured for displaying information of the alignment agent flow regulator 13 and information of the alignment agent solvent flow regulator 14, so that the production staff can visually know working conditions of the alignment agent flow regulator 13 and the alignment agent solvent flow regulator 14. For example, the information of the alignment agent flow regulator 13 and the information of the alignment agent solvent flow regulator 14 are both displayed on the touch display panel in a chart form, wherein the information of the alignment agent flow regulator 13 includes the flow of the alignment agent, and the information of the alignment agent solvent flow regulator 14 includes the flow of the alignment agent solvent. Therefore, when the flow of the alignment agent or the flow of the alignment agent solvent is abnormal (for example, due to blockage of one liquid outlet pipeline, the flow of corresponding liquid is lower than a preset value), the production staff can timely find the abnormity so as to effectively avoid change of the concentration of the alignment liquid in the liquid mixing pipeline 12.
Herein, the “carrying out a corresponding operation on the controller 15” means that: a related instruction is input by the touch display panel, the related instruction is transmitted to the programmable logic control unit, and then the programmable logic control unit respectively sends control instructions to the alignment agent flow regulator 13 and the alignment agent solvent flow regulator 14 according to the related instruction so as to control the alignment agent flow regulator 13 and the alignment agent solvent flow regulator 14.
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In addition, the inventors find that, in the related art, after an alignment liquid transfer device completes transfer printing on one display substrate, a transfer plate 4 wrapped on a printing roller 5 is exposed in the air, and then alignment liquid on the transfer plate 4 is exposed in the air, and thus, in this process, separation-out of the alignment agent, which is caused by volatilization of the alignment agent solvent, also can occur, the alignment agent separated out will be adsorbed to the transfer plate 4 to form particles, and then in the subsequent process that the transfer plate 4 transfers the alignment liquid onto the display substrate, the particles will be separated from the transfer plate 4 to be attached to the display substrate to cause an uneven thickness of a finally formed alignment layer, so that the display effect of the display apparatus is poor.
In order to avoid the above problem, in addition to the above-mentioned front plate wetting device, the transfer plate wetting system provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure further can include a rear plate wetting device, and the rear plate wetting device can be matched with an alignment liquid transfer device for use. As shown in
Optionally, the infiltration liquid includes the alignment agent solvent. It should be noted that the infiltration liquid can only include the alignment agent solvent, or also can include the alignment agent and the alignment agent solvent. Due to relatively high cost of the alignment agent and relatively low cost of the alignment agent solvent, in order to save production cost, the infiltration liquid in the embodiment of the present disclosure can only include the alignment agent solvent.
In addition, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an alignment liquid transfer system. The alignment liquid transfer system includes the above described transfer plate wetting system, and an alignment liquid transfer device configured for transferring alignment liquid to the display substrate 24 to be subjected to transfer printing. As shown in
In another embodiment, the alignment liquid transfer system further includes an infiltration liquid storage tank for accommodating infiltration liquid. After the alignment liquid transfer device completes transfer printing on one display substrate 24 to be subjected to transfer printing, the printing roller 5 soaks the transfer plate 4 in the infiltration liquid in the infiltration liquid storage tank to carry out infiltration.
In order to further improve an infiltration effect of the transfer plate and improve the display effect of the display apparatus, when the transfer plate 4 is soaked in the infiltration liquid, the printing roller 5 also can rotate, so that all positions of the transfer plate 4 can be infiltrated by the infiltration liquid.
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Further, the inventors of the present application find that when a press-in amount of the uniforming roller 22 on the transfer plate 4 is relatively small, deformation of the transfer plate 4 is relatively small, the infiltration liquid may not enter grooves densely distributed on the transfer plate 4, and the particles cannot be dissolved by the infiltration liquid; and when the press-in amount of the uniforming roller 22 on the transfer plate 4 is relatively large, deformation of the transfer plate 4 is relatively large, which can cause damage to the transfer plate. Therefore, as shown in
Although the disclosure has been described above in great detail with general descriptions and specific embodiments, on the basis of the disclosure, some modifications or improvements may be made, which is apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, all such modifications or improvements without departing from the spirit of the disclosure are within the scope of the claims of the disclosure.
The present application claims priority of the Chinese Patent Application No. 201510734300.7 filed on Nov. 2, 2015, the disclosure of which are incorporated herein by its reference in its entirety as part of the present application.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201510734300.7 | Nov 2015 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2016/097598 | 8/31/2016 | WO | 00 |