Patent ID: 6913057
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B29C,B32B,G06K,H01L

Abstract:
1. An IC-card manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing an IC card from a laminated substrate including an electronic component and laminate materials which sandwich the electronic component, the IC-card manufacturing apparatus comprising: a laminated-substrate sandwiching unit which includes upper and lower sandwiching sections for sandwiching the laminated substrate in a sealed state; an evacuation unit for evacuating air from an interior of the laminated-substrate sandwiching unit; and an evacuation mechanism section which sandwiches the laminated-substrate sandwiching unit in order to form an upper evacuation chamber above the upper sandwiching section and a lower evacuation chamber below the lower sandwiching section and which evacuates air from the upper and lower evacuation chambers by use of the evacuation unit, wherein the laminated-substrate sandwiching unit includes upper and lower plates fixed to upper and lower frames respectively, so that the sandwiching unit encloses the laminated substrate in a sealed state, and wherein the evacuation mechanism section includes upper and lower platens having upper and lower seal members respectively that contact the sandwiching unit, thereby forming the upper and the lower evacuation chambers.