Bonding apparatus, article, and bonding method
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsTaishi TOKUNAGA, Takaaki SHIRAI
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Abstract
A dispensing device (20) for dispensing a tape T; a supporting device (3) that supports an inner panel (10) comprising a front surface (11a) and a rear surface with the tape T dispensed by the dispensing device (20) in contact with the inner panel (10), and bonds the tape T to the front surface (11a) and rear surface of the inner panel (10) by causing the inner panel (10) and the dispensing device (20) to engage in relative motion; a heat-providing device 4 that provides heat to the tape T in contact with the inner panel (10); and a roller (5f) that presses the tape T against the inner panel (10).
Claims13
A bonding apparatus comprising:
- a dispenser part for dispensing tape;
- a supporting part that supports an article comprising two opposing surfaces with the tape dispensed by the dispenser part in contact with the article, and bonds the tape to the two surfaces of the article by causing the article and the dispenser part to engage in relative motion;
- a heat-providing part that provides heat to the tape contacting the article;
- and
- a pressing part that presses the tape against the article,
- wherein the pressing part (a) is further provided with a pressure-controlling part that controls the pressure with which the pressing part presses the tape against the article, (b) is a roller that presses the tape against the article, or (c) both (a) and (b).
A bonding method comprising:
- a step of dispensing tape from a dispenser part;
- a step of causing an article comprising two opposing surfaces and the dispenser part to engage in relative motion with the tape in contact with the article, thereby bonding the tape to the two surfaces of the article;
- and
- a step of pressing the tape against the article using a pressing part,
- wherein the pressing part (a) is further provided with a pressure-controlling part that controls the pressure with which the pressing part presses the tape against the article, (b) is a roller that presses the tape against the article, or (c) both (a) and (b).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.