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US 8,146,643 B2Granted
Lay-up apparatus
AssigneeNisshinbo Industries, Inc.
InventorsMasato Kasahara, Yutaka Momota
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AssigneeNisshinbo Industries, Inc.
InventorsMasato Kasahara, Yutaka Momota
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To provide a lay-up apparatus capable of precision positioning and laying of thin strips of copper foil or insulation tape on a flat plane even when there are variations in the cut lengths of the strips. A lay-up apparatus lays first and second strips of tape 101, 102 on top of two electrodes 5, 6 deposited on a photovoltaic devices panel 1. The strips of tape are unwound by first and second grippers 112, 122 and cut to predetermined lengths by first and second cutters 113, 123. The cut strips of tape are laid one on top of the other and transported by rotatable moving means 130. The moving means 130 rotates in opposite directions when laying the strips of tape it holds from the electrode 5 toward the electrode 6 and when laying the strips of tape from the electrode 6 toward the electrode 5, while using one end of the strips of tape as a reference and keeping constant the relative positions of the reference end of the strips of tape and that electrode which is nearest the reference end.
A lay-up apparatus for laying tape between two strips of material laid on a flat panel separate from but parallel to each other so that the tape extends from each strip of material toward the other strip of material, the lay-up apparatus comprising:
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