Wrapping member for a glass substrate for FPD and a method of transferring a glass substrate for FPD

Abstract

A wrapping member for wrapping a glass substrate to be used in production of a FPD such as a liquid crystal display and a plasma display and a method of transferring a glass substrate for FPD, in which the wrapping member for wrapping either one or both of the surfaces of the glass substrate for FPD before transfer is made of a water-soluble film material dissolved in water, so that preprocessing of each of the glass substrates in the production line of the FPD may be simplified and so that the outer shape of a package formed by packing the glass substrates in a transfer box and a lid for closing the transfer box is reduced to an extent enabling a plurality of the glass substrates to be transferred at a high efficiency.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a wrapping member for a glass substrate used for the production of a FPD (a Flat Panel Display) such as a liquid crystal display and a plasma display, and relates to a transferring method of a glass substrate for FPD. More, particularly, the present invention relates to a wrapping member for a glass substrate for FPD in which by wrapping the glass substrate or substrates with a water-soluble film, processing of the glass substrates and the wrapping member in the production line of FPDs can be simplified as well as reducing of the outer appearance dimension of the transferred packages can be accomplished thereby making it possible to transfer the glass substrates at a high efficiency, and to a method of transferring the glass substrates for FPD. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Hitherto, in transfer of glass substrates used for the production of FPDs such as a liquid cr...

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[0017] When the above-mentioned method is carried out, either one or both of the surfaces of each glass substrate for FPD is laminated with the water-soluble film, and a plurality of the glass substrates, each being laminated with the water-soluble film, is stored in the transfer box in a condition such that they are superposed one another. Then, the transfer box is closed by covering the open end of the transfer box with the lid so as to form a packed transfer box with the glass substrates stored therein, and the packed transfer box is subjected to the transferring process. Owing to this method, the outer size of the packed transfer box can be small enough for being transferred at a high transferring efficiency.

[0018] Further, the above-mentioned transfer box and the lid are preferably made of material having hydroscopic property. Owing to this hydroscopic property of the material of the transfer box and the lid, the transfer box together with the lid may absorb the humidity in the atmosphere, so that solving of the wate

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Nevertheless, the larger is the size of the glass substrate, the greater must be the bending of the glass substrate.

Namely, the volume of the transfer box 1 must be increased depending on an increase in the size of the glass substrate 5 and accordingly, the outer size of the transfer box 1 must be larger resulting in making it diff

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