Patent ID: 7044185

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a plate-like body formed of first and second members stuck together by a liquid, the apparatus comprising: a placement table having a substantially horizontal surface on which the first member is placed with a surface thereof facing upward and having the liquid applied thereon in advance; a holding unit configured to hold and release the second member above said placement table; a positioning part configured to fit into center holes of the first and second members; a state changing part moving the second member held by said holding unit above and opposite the first member placed on said placement table so that the second member is superimposed on the first member through the liquid when the holding unit releases the second member; and a gas feeding part feeding gas between the first and second members, wherein said state changing part changes a state of the second member from a first state to a second state and said positioning part comprises a channel changing part that changes at least part of a gas channel between the first and second states, wherein the holding unit and the gas feeding part are attached to the state changing part.