CN106527779A - Panel structure and panel processing method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of panel display technology, in particular to a panel structure and a panel processing method and device. The panel structure at least comprises a panel and a buffer structure engaged with the panel; the panel at least is provided with a first side face and a first surface; the buffer structure is arranged on the first side face of the panel and completely covers the first side face, and the shapes and sizes of arbitrary graphs captured from the buffer structure by a plane perpendicular to the first side face and the first surface at the same time are consistent. The invention furthermore provides the panel processing method and device applied to the panel structure. The technical problem that a buffer material is not uniform in coating or bubbles exist because of the action of gravity, and consequently external assembling and panel attractiveness are affected is solved.

Description

Panel structure, panel processing method and processing device thereof

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of flat panel display technology, in particular to a panel structure, a panel processing method and a processing device thereof.

Background technique

Currently, touch panels are widely used in various electronic devices. With the demand of technological development, its impact resistance to the touch panel is getting higher and higher. The touch panel is usually made of a glass panel (or plastic, flexible material) and the touch electrodes made on it, therefore, it has higher requirements on the strength of the glass panel.

In order to increase the strength of the glass panel, it is usually achieved through physical or chemical strengthening methods. However, the strength of the edge of the glass panel strengthened by the current physical or chemical strengthening methods still cannot satisfy some application occasions. For example, in the process of assembling a glass panel (such as a cover plate, a touch panel, or a display panel, etc.) Fracture of the glass panel; as another example, the edge of the glass panel is usually damaged due to direct collision with an external object such as a tabletop or the ground. Further, in order to improve the edge strength of the glass panel, the industry proposes the method of disposing a buffer material on the edge of the glass panel, which is usually to coat the buffer material on the edge of the glass panel by spray coating, spin coating, dip coating or other methods.

However, when the buffer material is coated on the edge of the glass panel by spraying, spin coating, dip coating or other means, the buffer material will cause uneven coating on the edge of the glass panel due to gravity, or the Bubbles between the cushioning material and its edges affect the assembly with the exterior structure and the appearance of the glass panel.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present invention provides a panel structure that is beneficial to improving the coating uniformity of the edge of the glass panel and improving the appearance of the glass panel, as well as a panel processing method and a processing device applied to the panel structure.

The panel structure provided by the present invention at least includes a panel and a buffer structure joined to the panel; the panel has at least a first side and a first surface; the buffer structure is arranged on the first side of the panel device, and the buffer structure is simultaneously The shapes and sizes of any figures cut by a plane perpendicular to the first side and the first surface are consistent.

Preferably, in the panel structure provided by the present invention, the panel is a touch panel; the panel further includes a second surface opposite to the first surface; a touch electrode layer is formed on the second surface.

Preferably, in the panel structure provided by the present invention, the panel structure further includes that the first side is a non-smooth plane, the first surface is a smooth plane, and the first side surrounds the first surface.

Preferably, in the panel structure provided by the present invention, the panel structure further includes the buffer structure completely covering the first side, or the buffer structure is engaged with the panel.

The present invention also provides a panel processing method applied to the above-mentioned panel structure, which at least includes the following steps: providing a panel, the panel has at least a first surface and a first side, the first side is provided with a buffer material, and the buffer The material is jelly; a rotating device is provided, and the rotating device at least includes a rotating table; the above-mentioned panel is placed on the rotating device, the first surface is in contact with the rotating table, and the panel and the rotating table are in the same plane rotate.

Preferably, in the panel processing method provided by the present invention, the panel processing method further includes curing the cushioning material while the panel and the rotating table are co-rotating; the cushioning material is a transparent jelly, and the refractive index of the cushioning material is the same as that of the panel have the same or similar refractive index.

Further, in the panel processing method provided by the present invention, the buffer material is solid after curing, and the cured buffer material is rotated to form a buffer structure; the center line of the buffer structure is parallel to the first surface and points to the center of the first side, and The buffer structure is symmetrical about the center line; the shape and size of any figure cut by a plane perpendicular to the first side surface and the first surface of the buffer structure are consistent.

Further, in the panel processing method provided by the present invention, the panel is fixed on the rotating device and rotates with the rotating device at a constant speed; the area of the rotating table is smaller than the area of the first surface, and the projection of the rotating table on the horizontal plane is determined by the projection of the rotating table on the horizontal plane. projection coverage.

Further, in the panel processing method provided by the present invention, the rotating device further includes a control unit; the control unit controls the rotating table and the panel to rotate together in the same plane.

The present invention also provides a panel processing device for producing a panel structure by applying the above panel processing method, which includes at least one rotating device, the rotating device at least includes a rotating table, and the rotating device is used to drive the panels to rotate together in the horizontal plane; the panels at least It has a first surface and a first side. The first side is provided with a buffer material. The buffer material is jelly. The first surface is in contact with the rotating platform.

Preferably, in the panel processing device provided by the present invention, the area of the rotating table is smaller than the area of the first surface.

In the above-mentioned panel structure, panel processing method and processing device thereof provided by the present invention, since the panel coated with the buffer material is placed on the rotating table, and the panel is rotated together with the rotating table, the gel-like buffer material is rotated In the process, it overcomes its gravity and makes it evenly distributed on the first side of the panel; on the other hand, when the buffer material is coated on the first side, more or less air bubbles will be generated, and the centripetal force during the rotation of the buffer material The air bubbles therein are greatly reduced, and the appearance effect of the panel is improved.

Description of drawings

The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment, in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1a is a schematic structural diagram of a panel processing device 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention before rotation;

FIG. 1b is a schematic structural diagram of the panel processing device 100 shown in FIG. 1a after rotation;

Fig. 2a is a schematic structural diagram of another preferred embodiment of the panel processing device 200 before rotation provided by the present invention;

FIG. 2b is a schematic structural diagram of the panel processing device 200 shown in FIG. 2a after rotation;

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of the panel processing method in the panel processing device shown in Fig. 1a;

Figure 4a is a schematic diagram of the panel structure of a preferred embodiment provided by the present invention;

Fig. 4b is a schematic diagram of the panel structure of another preferred embodiment provided by the present invention.

detailed description

In order to illustrate the panel structure, panel processing method and processing device provided by the present invention, the following will be described in detail in conjunction with the drawings and text descriptions of the specification.

Please refer to FIG. 1a, which is a schematic structural diagram of a panel processing device 100 in a preferred embodiment of the present invention before rotation. The panel processing device 100 includes at least a rotating device 103, and the rotating device is used to drive the panels 101 on the same plane. Internal rotation.

The panel 101 may be a touch panel, a display panel or a cover. The panel 101 has at least a first surface 101a and a first side 101b. The first surface 101a is a smooth plane. The first side 101b surrounds the first surface 101a. A buffer material 102 is disposed on the first side 101b. In this embodiment, the panel 101 is a touch panel, and the panel 101 also includes a second surface (not shown in the figure) opposite to the first surface 101a, and a touch panel is formed on the second surface (not shown in the figure). electrode layer.

The buffer material 102 is jelly. Preferably, the buffer material 102 is a transparent jelly, and the refractive index of the buffer material 102 is the same as or close to that of the panel 101, so that the buffer material 102 and the panel 101 are visually integrated, preventing the buffer material 102 from The places in contact with the panel 101 affect the appearance effect due to the difference in refractive index. The buffer material 102 is disposed on the first side 101b by spray coating, spin coating, dip coating or other methods. As shown in FIG. 1a, the cushioning material 102 completely covers the first side 101b, or as shown in FIG. 2a, the cushioning structure is engaged with the panel.

The rotating device 103 at least includes a rotating platform 103a, and the first surface 101a is in contact with the rotating platform 103a. Preferably, the rotating device 103 further includes a control unit (not shown in the figure), and the control unit controls the rotating platform 103a and the panel 101 to rotate together in the horizontal plane. The projection of the rotating table 103a in the horizontal plane is covered by the projection of the first surface 101a in the horizontal plane, that is, the area of the rotating table 103a is smaller than that of the first surface 101a, so as to prevent the cushioning material 102 from sticking to the rotating table 103a.

As shown in Figure 1a, before the rotation, the cushioning material 102 sags toward the first surface 101a of the panel 101 due to gravity, so that the cushioning material 102 at each place of the first side 101b is in a different form, causing the edge of the panel 101 to be coated. uneven.

During the rotation, in order to make the panel 101 and the rotating platform 103a rotate at the same speed, the panel 101 is chosen to be fixed on the rotating device 103 . Furthermore, in order to prevent the cushioning material 102 from flying away from the first side 101b due to an instantaneous change in the centripetal force of the rotational movement, the rotation is chosen to be set to rotate at a constant speed. Further, in order to prevent the cushioning material 102 from sagging again due to the action of gravity after the rotating table 103a stops rotating, in this embodiment, the panel 101 and the rotating table 103a are selected to rotate together in the same horizontal plane until the shape of the colloidal buffering material 102 is as attached. In Fig. 1b, the panel 101 and the rotating table 103a continue to rotate at a constant speed and at the same time start the curing process. The curing method can be UV curing or thermal curing. When the gel buffer 102 material reaches a solid shape, the rotation and curing stop. The predetermined time is set from the time interval between the panel 101 and the rotating table 103a starting to rotate until the gel buffer material solidifies. The predetermined time is related to factors such as the rotation speed and the quality of the buffer material 102 , that is, different rotation speeds and the quality of the applied buffer material will affect the setting of the predetermined time. As shown in FIG. 1 b , it is a schematic structural diagram of the panel processing device 100 shown in FIG. 1 a after rotation. The rotated and solidified panel 101 has a buffer structure, and the buffer structure is arranged at two opposite ends of the panel 101 in a center-symmetric manner. The center line of the buffer structure is parallel to the first surface 101a and points to the center of the first side 101b, and the buffer structure is symmetrical about the center line. The buffer structure includes a body and a joint surface combined with the first side 101b. The figure of the main body cut by a plane parallel to the first surface 101a is a series of rectangular rings, and the area of these rectangular rings increases gradually along the direction from the first surface 101a to the second surface, and then gradually decreases. small.

As shown in Figures 2a and 2b, it is a schematic structural diagram of a panel processing device 200 according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention before and after rotation, which is different from the panel processing device 100 in Figures 1a and 1b That is, the cushioning material 203 is engaged with the panel 201 . Of course, in other embodiments, the cushioning material may also have other arrangements.

As shown in FIG. 2a, FIG. 2a is a schematic structural diagram of a panel processing device 200 according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention before rotation. Before the rotation, the cushioning material 202 coated on the panel 201 not only covers the first side, but also covers the edge portions of the first surface and the second surface, and the cushioning material 202 sags toward the first surface of the panel 201 due to gravity. When rotating, the panel 201 rotates at a constant speed with the rotating device, as in the above embodiment. When the panel is rotated to the shape of the gel-like buffer material 202 as shown in Figure 3b, the curing link is started while the panel 201 and the rotating device continue to rotate at a constant speed. The curing method can be UV curing or thermal curing. Both rotation and curing were stopped.

As shown in FIG. 2b, FIG. 2b is a schematic structural diagram of the panel processing device 200 shown in FIG. 2a after rotation. The panel 201 of the buffer material 202 after rotation and solidification has a buffer structure, and the buffer structure is arranged at two opposite ends of the panel 201 in a center-symmetric manner. The center line of the buffer structure is parallel to the first surface and points to the center of the first side, and the buffer structure is symmetrical about the center line. Specifically, in this embodiment, the buffer structure includes a main body and a slot engaged with the panel 201 . The inner surface of the card slot is respectively combined with the first surface, the second surface and the first side of the panel 201, and the body is cut off by a plane perpendicular to the first surface and the first side to any figure of the longitudinal section of the buffer structure body The shape and size are the same. In the panel processing device of the present embodiment, since the panel 201 coated with the cushioning material 202 is placed on the rotating table, and the panel 201 is rotated together with the rotating table, therefore, the gel-like buffering material 202 overcomes the force during the rotation. The force of gravity makes it evenly distributed on the first side of the panel 201 ; on the other hand, the centripetal force during the rotation of the buffer material 202 greatly reduces the air bubbles therein, improving the appearance of the panel 201 .

As shown in FIG. 3 , it is a schematic flowchart of the panel processing method in the panel processing device shown in FIG. 1 . The panel processing method at least includes the following steps:

Step S01: Provide a panel, the panel has at least a first surface and a first side, the first side is provided with a cushioning material, the cushioning material is jelly;

The panel can be a touch panel, a display panel or a cover. The panel has at least a first surface and a first side, the first surface is a smooth plane, the first side surrounds the first surface, and buffer material is arranged on the first side. In this embodiment, the panel is a touch panel, and the panel further includes a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a touch electrode layer is formed on the second surface.

The buffer material is jelly. Preferably, the cushioning material is a transparent jelly, and the refractive index of the cushioning material is the same or close to that of the panel, so that the cushioning material and the panel are visually integrated, preventing the place where the cushioning material contacts the panel from being The difference in refractive index affects the appearance effect. The buffer material is disposed on the first side by spray coating, spin coating, dip coating or other methods.

Step S02: providing a rotating device, the rotating device at least includes a rotating table;

The first surface is in contact with the rotating table. Preferably, the rotating device further includes a control unit, and the control unit controls the rotating platform and the panel to rotate together in the same plane.

The projection of the rotating table in the horizontal plane is covered by the projection of the first surface in the horizontal plane, that is, the area of the rotating table is smaller than that of the first surface, so as to prevent the cushioning material from sticking to the rotating table.

Step S03: placing the panel on the rotating device, the first surface is in contact with the rotating table, and the panel and the rotating table are rotated in the same plane.

Preferably, the panel is fixed on the rotating device and rotates with the rotating device at a constant speed.

Step S04: Curing the cushioning material while rotating.

In this embodiment, after the panel and the rotating platform rotate together in the horizontal plane for a predetermined time, the buffer material is cured while rotating, and the cured buffer material is in a solid state. The predetermined time is related to factors such as the rotation speed and the quality of the buffer material, that is, different rotation speeds and the quality of the coated buffer material will affect the setting of the predetermined time. The rotationally cured cushioning material forms a cushioning structure. The center line of the buffer structure is parallel to the first surface and points to the center of the first side, and the buffer structure is symmetrical about the center line. In the buffer structure formed, any figure cut by a plane perpendicular to the first side and the first surface has the same shape and size.

As shown in conjunction with FIG. 4a and FIG. 4b, FIG. 4a is a schematic diagram of a panel structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The panel structure at least includes a panel 401 and a buffer structure 402 joined to the panel 401 . The panel 401 has at least a first surface 401a and a first side 401b. The buffer structure 402 is disposed on the first side 401 of the panel device, and the size of any figure cut by the buffer structure 402 by a plane perpendicular to the first side 401b and the first surface 401a is the same. The panel 401 may be a touch panel, a display panel or a cover. The panel 401 has at least a first surface 401a and a first side 401b. The first surface 401a is a smooth plane. The first side 401b surrounds the first surface 401a. A buffer structure 402 is disposed on the first side 401b. In this embodiment, the panel 401 is a touch panel, and the panel 401 also includes a second surface (not shown in the figure) opposite to the first surface 401a, and a touch panel is formed on the second surface (not shown in the figure). electrode layer.

The buffer structure 402 is a solidified jelly. The buffer structure 402 is a transparent colloid, and the refractive index of the buffer structure 402 is the same as or close to that of the panel 401, so that the buffer structure 402 and the panel 401 are visually integrated, preventing the buffer structure 402 from being integrated with the panel 401. The place of contact affects the appearance effect due to the difference in refractive index. The buffer structure 402 is disposed on the first side 401b by spray coating, spin coating, dip coating or other methods. As shown in FIG. 4a, the buffer structure 102 completely covers the first side 101b, or as shown in FIG. 4b, the buffer structure is engaged with the panel.

The above preferred embodiments of the panel structure, panel processing method and processing device provided by the present invention should not be understood as limiting the protection scope of the present invention. Those skilled in the art should know that without departing from the concept of the present invention Various improvements or substitutions can also be made under the present invention, and all such improvements or substitutions should be within the protection scope of the present invention, that is, the scope of protection of the present invention should be based on the claims.

Claims (11)

1. A panel structure, characterized in that, the panel structure at least comprises a panel and a buffer structure joined to the panel; The panel has at least a first side and a first surface; The buffer structure is arranged on the first side of the panel device, and the buffer structure has the shape and size of any figure cut by a plane perpendicular to the first side and the first surface unanimous. 2. The panel structure according to claim 1, characterized in that, The panel is a touch panel; The panel also includes a second surface opposite the first surface; A touch electrode layer is formed on the second surface. 3. The panel structure according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first side is a non-smooth plane, the first surface is a smooth plane, and the first side surrounds the first surface. 4. The panel structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the buffer structure completely covers the first side, or the buffer structure is engaged with the panel. 5. A panel processing method, characterized in that, said panel processing method at least comprises the following steps: A panel is provided, the panel has at least a first surface and a first side, the first side is provided with a buffer material, and the buffer material is jelly; A rotating device is provided, the rotating device at least includes a rotating table; The panel is placed on the rotating device, the first surface is in contact with the rotating table, and the panel and the rotating table are rotated in the same plane. 6. panel processing method as claimed in claim 5, is characterized in that, described step also comprises: curing the cushioning material while the panel and the rotary table are co-rotating; The buffer material is transparent jelly, and the refractive index of the buffer material is the same or close to that of the panel. 7. The panel processing method according to claim 6, wherein: The cured buffer material is solid, and the cured buffer material is rotated to form a buffer structure; The center line of the buffer structure is parallel to the first surface and points to the center of the first side, and the buffer structure is symmetrical about the center line; In the buffer structure, any figure cut by a plane perpendicular to the first side and the first surface has the same shape and size. 8. The panel processing method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that, The panel is fixed on the rotating device and rotates at a constant speed with the rotating device; The area of the rotating table is smaller than the area of the first surface, and the projection of the rotating table in the horizontal plane is covered by the projection of the first surface in the horizontal plane. 9. The panel processing method according to claim 8, wherein: The rotating device also includes a control unit; The control unit controls the rotary table and the panel to rotate in the same plane. 10. A panel processing device, characterized in that it at least comprises: A rotating device, the rotating device at least includes a rotating table, and the rotating device is used to drive the panels to rotate together in the horizontal plane; The panel has at least a first surface and a first side; A cushioning material is provided on the first side, and the cushioning material is jelly; The first surface is in contact with the rotating table. 11. The panel processing device according to claim 10, wherein the area of the rotating platform is smaller than the area of the first surface.