Apparatus for sticking sheet material

An apparatus for sticking a sheet material comprising:

• work supporting and conveying means for supporting and conveying a work in one direction;
• a sheet material transferring member shaped into a box member and having a sheet material holding face for sucking and holding a sheet material to be stuck on a stuck face of the work;
• suction means for sucking air inside of the box member of the sheet material transferring member so that the sheet material is stuck onto said sheet material holding face;
• transferring member supporting and moving means for supporting and moving a transferring member, which supports said sheet material transferring member and reciprocates the sheet material transferring member between a sheet material sticking position, where the stuck face of the work conveyed by said supporting and conveying means faces the sheet material sucked and held on said sheet material holding face, and a sheet material delivery position where sheet materials are delivered one by one to the sheet material holding face;
• sheet material supply means for supplying sheet material, which delivers sheet materials one by one to the sheet material holding face of said sheet material transferring member at said sheet material delivery position;
• and
• a pressure roller which is located on a forward side from said sheet material transferring member in the conveying direction of the work at said sheet material sticking position in such a manner as to come near the sheet material transferring member and cross the conveying direction of the work at a right angle, and turns on an axis while pressing a part of the sheet material on the stuck face of the work;
• in which the work is conveyed by said work supporting and conveying means with said pressure roller pressing the sheet material, to one face of which an adhesive is applied, on the stuck face of the work, whereby the sheet material is gradually transferred from the sheet material holding face of said sheet material transferring member to the stuck face of the work, and the sheet material is stuck on the stuck face of the work with the adhesive;
• wherein the improvement comprises:
• said box member having one face which is open and a sucking mouth connected to said suction means;
• and a sucking belt which is arranged to block the whole open face of said box member, has a plurality of through holes for sucking the sheet material, and is supported in such a manner as to move along the conveying direction of the work in said box member.