Patent ID: 8431052

Claim:
A manufacturing apparatus for an optical waveguide structure including a clad structure having grooves in a curved surface thereof and a clad film attached to the curved surface, the apparatus comprising: a clad film shape retaining portion that has a curved surface along which the clad film is held; a position checking portion that checks the position of the clad film on the clad film shape retaining portion; a first position adjusting portion that adjusts the position of the clad film shape retaining portion so that the clad film on the clad film shape retaining portion is disposed at a reference position while checking the position of the clad film with the position checking portion; a pressing portion having an elastic body that has a curved surface corresponding to the curved surface of the clad film shape retaining portion and to which the clad film held by the clad film shape retaining portion is transferred and that presses the transferred clad film against the curved surface of the clad structure; a clad structure holding portion that holds the clad structure and can face the position checking portion and the pressing portion in place of the clad film shape retaining portion; and a second position adjusting portion that adjusts the position of the clad structure holding portion so that the clad structure held by the clad structure holding portion is disposed at the reference position while checking the position of the clad structure with the position checking portion.