Patent ID: 8052036

Claim:
A tab lead soldering apparatus for soldering a tab lead to a front face and a rear face of a solar cell, comprising: a first pressing means disposed above the tab lead for pressing the tab lead toward the front face of the solar cell; a second pressing means disposed below the tab lead for pressing the tab lead toward the rear face of the solar cell rear face; a first heat member and a first support member provided to the first pressing means to contact the tab lead from above the tab lead and a second heat member and a second support member provided to the second pressing means to contact with the tab lead from below the tab lead; a heat member shift means for shifting the first and second heat members between a heat member contact position to contact respective ends of the first and second heat members with the tab lead and a heat member separation position to separate the respective ends of the first and second heat members from the tab lead; a support member shift means for shifting the first and second support members between a support member contact position to contact respective ends of the support members with the tab lead and a support member separation position to separate the respective ends of the support members from the tab lead; a temperature sensor operative for measuring a temperature of the heat member; and a controller operative for controlling the temperature of the first and second heat members based on a value measured by the temperature sensor, wherein, the first and second heat members and the first and second support members move sequentially from a separation state, to a heat member only contact state, to a heat member support member contact state to a support member only contact state such that: in the separation state, the first and second heat members are in the heat member separation position separated from the tab lead and the first and second support members are in the support member separation position separated from the tab lead, in the heat member only contact state, the first and second heat members are in the heat member contact position in contact with the tab lead and the first and second support members are in the support member separation position separated from the tab lead, in the heat member support member contact state, the first and second heat members are in the heat member contact position in contact with the tab lead and the first and second support members in the support member contact position in contact with the tab lead, and in the support member only contact state, the first and second heat members are in the heat member separation position separated from the tab lead and the first and second support members are in the support member contact position in contact with the tab lead.