Press apparatus for planar members
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazunori Suzuki, Hiroo Katsuta, Yuki Toriumi
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Abstract
A press apparatus for planar members is provided with a first transfer table for transferring a first planar member to a press position, a second transfer table for transferring a second planar member to the press position substantially simultaneously with the first transfer table, a device for aligning the first and second planar members, a device for effecting the parallel feeding of the first and second planar members, and a device for pressing the first and second planar members with a predetermined pressure.
Claims16
A press apparatus for planar members having:
- a first transfer table for transferring a first planar member to press position;
- a second transfer table for transferring a second planar member to the press position substantially simultaneously with said first transfer table;
- means for aligning said first and second planar members;
- means for effecting the parallel feeding of said first and second planar members;
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- means for pressing said first and second planar members with a predetermed pressure wherein said first and second transfer tables are rotatively moved to the press position.
A press apparatus for planar members having:
- means for conveying a first planar member;
- means for stopping and positioning said first planar member at the terminal end of the conveyance;
- a chuck;
- means for shifting said first planar member to said chuck;
- means for displacing said first planar member to a predetermined position on said chuck;
- a first transfer table for transferring said chuck to a press position;
- a second transfer table for transferring a second planar member to the press position;
- means for aligning said first and second planar members;
- means for effecting the parallel feeding of said first and second planar members;
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- means for pressing said first and second planar members with a predetermined pressure.
A press apparatus for planar members having:
- a first chuck for holding a first planar member;
- a first transfer table for transferring said first chuck to a press position;
- means for inclining said first chuck in accordance with the inclination of the upper surface of said first planar member;
- a second transfer table for transferring a second planar member to a press position;
- a second chuck for adsorbing the upper surface of said second planar member;
- means for inclining said second chuck in accordance with the inclination of the lower surface of said second planar member;
- means for aligning said first and second planar members;
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- means for pressing said first and second planar members with a predetermined pressure.
A method for pressing a planar member comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a press apparatus;
- (b) rotatively transferring a first planar member to a press position of said apparatus employing a first transfer table;
- (c) rotatively transferring a second planar member to said press position of said apparatus employing a second transfer table substantially simultaneously with the transfer of said first planar member to the press position;
- (d) aligning said first and second planar members;
- (e) effecting parallel feeding of said first and second planar members;
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- (f) pressing said first and second planar members with a predetermined pressure employing said apparatus, wherein said planar members are rotatively transferred to the press position by rotatively moving said first and second transfer tables to the press position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.