Patent ID: 8278133

Claim:
A method for joining a film onto a substrate, the method comprising the following steps (A) to (E): a step (A) of floating the film on an interface between an aqueous liquid and a water-insoluble liquid, wherein: one surface of the film is hydrophilic, the other surface of the film opposite to said one surface comprises a water-repellent film, and the film is made afloat so that said one surface is in contact with the aqueous liquid and the other surface is in contact with the water-insoluble liquid; a step (B) of immersing the substrate into the aqueous liquid; a step (C) of stacking the substrate onto said one surface of the film in the aqueous liquid; a step (D) of immersing the stacked substrate and film into the water-insoluble liquid with maintaining the substrate being stacked on the film to adhere the film to the substrate; and a step (E) of drawing up the stacked substrate and film from the water-insoluble liquid with maintaining the substrate being stacked on the film to join the film onto the substrate, said method further comprising: before the step (A), a step of preparing a container, wherein: the container comprises a first portion, a second portion and a partition plate, the partition plate is provided between the first portion and second portion, the partition plate fails to be in contact with the bottom surface of the container, thereby providing a communication path, an upper portion of the first portion is filled with the aqueous liquid, and the second portion and a lower portion of the first portion are filled with the water-insoluble liquid; and between the step (D) and the step (E), a step of transferring the substrate and the film from the first portion to the second portion through the communicating path with maintaining the substrate being stacked on the film.