Patent ID: 8196632

Claim:
A mounting apparatus, comprising: a table, on which a ring shaped first adherend and a plate shaped second adherend are disposed, the second adherend being disposed inside of the first adherend; a supporting device capable of supporting a strip material including a film stuck on a surface of a base sheet; a pre-cutting device having a first member located on a film side of the strip material and a second member located on a base sheet side of the strip material, the first member having a blade which forms a closed loop cut on the film, said closed loop having a width less than a width of said film, thereby forming a pre-cut portion of said film; a peeling device for peeling the pre-cut portion from said base sheet, said peeling device being located downstream of said pre-cutting device in the sheet feeding direction of the strip material; and a press roller positioned at a downstream end of said peeling device, in the sheet feeding direction, for pressing the pre-cut portion so as to stick said pre-cut portion to the first and second adherends; wherein said pre-cutting device is configured such that the cut is made from a face of said film opposite the face of said film which is to be peeled from the base sheet by said peeling device, and wherein said press roller is configured to press the pre-cut portion on the face of said film opposite the face of said film peeled from the base sheet by said peeling device.