Patent ID: 8171975

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting planar components onto a pad for a seat, said apparatus comprising: a lower die means for allowing a pad to be carried thereon in a condition where a section of said pad onto which said planar components are to be mounted faces upward; a support frame for supporting said planar components; and an upper die means for causing said planar components supported by said support frame to be thermal press-bonded onto said section of said pad; said upper die means being fixed to a working table and adapted to be vertically movable; said lower die means being adapted to be horizontally movable relative to said upper die means along said working table so as to be movable into and out of a position under said upper die means when said upper die means is in a state of being at a high location; said support frame having first and second side portions; said support frame being configured as a handling jig which is separatably combined with said lower die means from an upward direction of said pad carried on said lower die means when said planar components are to be mounted onto said section of said pad; and said lower die means having spaced apart guide pins for releasably engaging said first and second side portions of said support frame and causing said support frame to be guided in a condition where said support frame is parallel relative to said section of said pad carried on said lower die means, and hook arms for causing said support frame to be releasably hooked with respect to said lower die means.