HEAD CLEANING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF FLAT PANEL DISPLAY, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF SOLAR CELL, SOLAR CELL, AND HEAD CLEANING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cope with two cleanings such as cleaning of ink which becomes a liquid film on an ink jet head, and cleaning of spacer beads in a dried and adhered state.;SOLUTION: A head cleaning device includes a suction mechanism 43 for sucking and removing a liquid film of ink adhered to an ink jet head 24 provided by arranging a plurality of nozzles 30 in a line for jetting ink including spacer beads downwardly in a non-contact manner, and a cleaning mechanism 42 for supplying a cleaning liquid to solidified stain containing the space beads adhered to the ink jet head 24 by drying ink. When the ink only becomes an adhered liquid film, the cleaning of removing the liquid film using the suction mechanism 43 which is finished in a short period of time is performed. When the ink becomes solidified stain, the cleaning by cleaning using the cleaning mechanism 42 for supplying the cleaning liquid of high cleaning effect is performed.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT