# US 8,783,848 B2 · Marking device, manufacturing device, and marking method

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- Number: US 8,783,848 B2
- Document ID: US8783848B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/416,445
- Filed: 2012-03-09
- Published: 2012-09-20
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2011-03-18
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Toshihiro Yokozawa
- Inventors: Toshihiro Yokozawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783848B2

## CPC

- B41J 11/0015: {for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114)}
- B41J 3/28: for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes {, envelopes, e.g. flat-bed ink-jet printers}
- B41J 3/407: for marking on special material
- B41J 11/007: {Conveyor belts or like feeding devices}
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

## Abstract

A marking device includes a plurality of treatment devices, a transporting part, a static eliminator and a controller. Each of the treatment devices is configured and arranged to perform a treatment on a base material. The transporting part is configured and arranged to transport the base material between the treatment devices. The static eliminator is disposed near a path along which the base material is transported by the transporting part. The controller is configured to control the transporting part to follow a transport path routed via the static eliminator when the base material is transported to the treatment devices.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A marking device comprising:
a plurality of treatment devices with each of the treatment devices being configured and arranged to perform a treatment on a base material;
a transporting part configured and arranged to transport the base material between the treatment devices;
a static eliminator disposed near a path along which the base material is transported by the transporting part; and
a controller configured to control the transporting part to follow a transport path routed via the static eliminator when the base material is transported to the treatment devices, the controller being configured to reduce a speed at which the base material is transported at the static eliminator to be lower than a speed at which the base material is transported to the static eliminator.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The marking device according to claim 1, wherein
the transporting part includes a scalar-type robot.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The marking device according to claim 1, wherein
the static eliminator is configured to perform a static elimination treatment on a side of the base material at which the base material is retained by the treatment devices.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The marking device according to claim 1, wherein
the transporting part includes a gripping part configured and arranged to grip, in a cantilevered fashion, an end edge of the base material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The marking device according to claim 1, wherein
the treatment devices include an application device configured and arranged to apply liquid droplets on a semiconductor device provided to a surface of the base material.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The marking device according to claim 5, wherein
the application device is configured and arranged to eject, onto the base material that has been transported by the transporting part, the liquid droplets of a liquid that is curable by active light.

### Claim 7

A manufacturing device comprising:
a plurality of treatment devices;
a transporting part configured and arranged to transport a base material between the treatment devices;
a static eliminator disposed near a path along which the base material is transported by the transporting part; and
a controller configured to control the transporting part to follow a transporting part routed via the static eliminator when the base material is transported to the treatment devices, the controller being configured to reduce a speed at which the base material is transported at the static eliminator to be lower than a speed at which the base material is transported to the static eliminator.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The manufacturing device according to claim 7, wherein
the transporting part includes a scalar-type robot.

### Claim 9

A marking method comprising:
providing a plurality of treatment devices, each of which devices is configured and arranged to perform a treatment on a base material;
transporting the base material between the treatment devices; and
providing a static eliminator near a path along which the base material is transported,
the transporting of the base material including transporting the base material so that the base material follows a transporting path routed via the static eliminator when the base material is transported to the treatment devices, and reducing a speed at which the base material is transported at the static eliminator to be lower than a speed at which the base material is transported to the static eliminator.