Patent ID: 8316907

Claim:
Substrate material processing equipment provided between a first line and a second line performing predetermined processes on a continuous flexible substrate material, comprising: a substrate material conveying section configured to receive from the first line and convey to the second line a to-be-processed first substrate material and/or a second flexible substrate material joined to the first flexible substrate material; a first substrate material dividing section configured to divide the first or second flexible substrate material conveyed by the substrate material conveying section from the first line; a substrate material recovery section configured to recover the first or second flexible substrate material from a start edge thereof which is formed by division by the first substrate material dividing section; a substrate material supply section configured to supply the first or second flexible substrate material to an end edge of the substrate material which is formed by division by the first substrate material dividing section; a first substrate material joining section configured to join the end edge of the substrate material to a start edge of the substrate material supplied from the substrate material supply section; a second substrate material dividing section provided between the substrate material supply section and the second line, and configured to divide the first or second flexible substrate material; a third substrate material dividing section provided between the first line and the substrate material recovery section, and configured to divide the first or second flexible substrate material in midstream of recovery by the substrate material recovery section; and a second substrate material joining section configured to join a start edge of the first or second flexible substrate material which is formed by division by the third substrate material dividing section to an end edge of the first or second flexible substrate material which is formed by division by the second substrate material dividing section.