Patent ID: 11951660
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A shaping system comprising:
a dispensing station including:
a first substrate chuck configured to hold a substrate; and
a dispenser configured to dispense formable material on the substrate while the first substrate chuck is holding the substrate;

a shaping station including:
a second substrate chuck configured to hold the substrate; and
a plate chuck configured to hold a plate and configured to contact the dispensed formable material on the substrate with the plate while the plate chuck is holding the plate;

a positioning system configured to move the substrate having the dispensed formable material from the dispensing system to the shaping station;
a cover positioned to enclose the substrate and the dispensed formable material while the substrate having the dispensed formable material is being moved by the positioning system from the dispensing system to the shaping station; and
a porous pad disposed inside the cover while the cover encloses the substrate and the dispensed formable material.