Patent ID: 8789569

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a ground laminated body comprising: a vacuum chamber capable of being reduced to a predetermined pressure; a supporting part provided in said vacuum chamber; a substrate; a light transmitting support having formed thereon a photothermal conversion layer, wherein either the substrate or the light transmitting support are disposed on the supporting part; a joining layer comprising a liquid adhesive, wherein the joining layer is applied to one or both of the substrate and the photothermal conversion layer on the light transmitting support; and holding and releasing means provided in said vacuum chamber and movable in the vertical direction towards an upper portion of said supporting part, wherein the other one of the substrate or the light transmitting support having formed thereon the photothermal conversion layer is held at the peripheral edges and is released when the substrate and the photothermal conversion layer are in close proximity thereby forming a laminated body; and a grinder for forming a ground surface on one side of the substrate in the laminated body; and a tape disposed on the ground surface of the substrate in the laminated body.