SEPARATING APPARATUS

• US 20140196854A1
• Filed: 12/10/2013
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: E Ink Holdings Incorporated
• Original Assignee: E Ink Holdings Incorporated
• Inventors: Lee, Tsung-Ting, Yu, Chin-Chi
• Application Number:
  US14/101,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20140196854A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 156/752
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2457/20 Displays, e.g. liquid crystal displays, plasma displays
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 43/006 Delaminating
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1911 Heating or cooling delaminating means [e.g., melting means, freezing means, etc.]

Abstract

A separating apparatus, including a base and a wire, is provided. The base is adapted for carrying an electronic device. The electronic device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer adheres the first substrate and the second substrate to each other. The wire is configured on the base. A wire diameter of the wire is equal to or greater than a thickness of the adhesive layer.

Claims

1. A separating apparatus, comprising:

a base carrying an electronic device comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and an adhesive layer adhering the first substrate and the second substrate to each other; and

a wire configured on the base, wherein a wire diameter of the wire is equal to or greater than a thickness of the adhesive layer.

2. The separating apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the wire diameter of the wire is 2 to 15 times the thickness of the adhesive layer.

3. The separating apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein the thickness of the adhesive layer is in a range of 0.01 to 0.3 mm.

4. The separating apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein a material of the wire comprises nylon, steel wire, metal, or a combination thereof.

5. The separating apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the adhesive layer comprises an optical adhesive layer, a liquid adhesive layer, or an optical adhesive layer with a substrate.

6. The separating apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the first substrate is a touch panel or a front-light module, and the second substrate is a display panel.

7. The separating apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein the display panel comprises a liquid crystal display panel, an electro phonetic display panel, or an organic light emitting display panel.

8. The separating apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the base is a heating base adapted to be heated to a working temperature.

9. The separating apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein the working temperature is between a melting point of the adhesive layer and a softening temperature of the adhesive layer.

10. The separating apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the wire is adapted for being leaned against a side of the first or the second substrate that is adjacent to the adhesive layer, so as to peel off the adhesive layer from the first or the second substrate.

11. The separating apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a third substrate, and the adhesive layer comprises a first adhesive layer, adhering the first substrate and the second substrate to each other, and a second adhesive layer, adhering the second substrate and the third substrate to each other, wherein the first substrate is a front-light module, the second substrate is a touch panel, and the third substrate is a display panel.