Patent ID: 7462927

Claim:
A pattern film forming apparatus for forming a predetermined pattern film on a surface of a substrate, comprising: sheet supply means which supplies a transfer sheet on which a thin film is formed by means of a vacuum film forming method on a surface of a sheet-shaped material to a predetermined transfer position; pressing means which has a pressing member with irregularities formed in accordance with the pattern film, and which presses one of the transfer sheet and the substrate with the pressing member to press the thin film against the substrate at the transfer position; and substrate transport means which supplies the substrate on which the pattern film is to be formed to the transfer position so that a pattern film formation surface is opposed to the thin film, and discharges the substrate from the transfer position after pressing, and wherein said pressing member presses the thin film against the substrate from one of a reverse surface of the transfer sheet opposite to the thin film and a reverse surface of the substrate opposite to the pattern film formation surface to transfer the thin film to the substrate and to peel the thin film from the transfer sheet, wherein said pattern film has a regularly repeated pattern, and wherein said pressing member has regularly repeated irregularities in accordance with the pattern film, and further comprising a surface treatment device disposed upstream of the pressing means to activate the surface of the substrate to the pattern film formation surface.