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1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
an array substrate; a counter substrate facing the array substrate; a sealing material which is provided outside a display region and by which the array substrate is bonded to the counter substrate; a liquid crystal layer in a region surrounded by the sealing material between the array substrate and the counter substrate; and alignment films each provided on a surface of a corresponding one of the array substrate and the counter substrate facing the liquid crystal layer to cover an area including the display region, wherein a plurality of grooves are provided in the surface of the array substrate facing the liquid crystal layer to extend along the sealing material, and are spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the sealing material, each alignment film covers surfaces of some or all of the grooves located from a midway portion of the sealing material in a width direction thereof toward the display region, and is in contact with the sealing material, a portion of the sealing material located from the midway portion in the width direction in a direction away from the display region is directly in contact with an element made of an inorganic material that is provided on the array substrate without the alignment film being provided between the seal material and the array substrate, a plurality of grooves are provided in the surface of the counter substrate facing the liquid crystal layer to extend along the sealing material, and are spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the sealing material, each alignment film covers surfaces of some or all of the grooves in the array substrate and the counter substrate located from the midway portion of the sealing material in the width direction thereof toward the display region, and is in contact with the sealing material, the portion of the sealing material located from the midway portion in the width direction in a direction away from the display region is directly in contact with the element made of the inorganic material that is provided on the array substrate and the counter substrate without the alignment films being provided between the seal material and the array substrate and between the seal material and the counter substrate, the counter substrate includes a color filter layer at least in the display region and a region provided with the sealing material, and the grooves in the counter substrate are formed in positions which are located in the region provided with the sealing material and from which portions of the color filter layer are removed by a partial or total thickness of the color filter layer. |
