Patent ID: 7699085

Claim:
A laminating apparatus for laminating an object to be laminated in a laminating part which has a diaphragm on an upper side and a heater panel on a lower side, by melting a filler in the object to be laminated and pressing the object to be laminated sandwiched between the diaphragm and the heater panel, the apparatus comprising: a conveying sheet operative for conveying the object to be laminated placed on the conveying sheet into and out of the laminating part; and a lift mechanism operative for lifting up/down a support part capable of supporting said conveying sheet from the lower side, wherein the support part has a shape which is elongated in a loading/unloading direction of the object to be laminated, in an upper surface of the support part, longitudinal both end portions are lower than a longitudinal center portion, in an upper surface of the support part, a longitudinal center portion is horizontal, longitudinal both end portions of the support part have a sloping shape so as to be lower than the center portion, and on an upper side of the heater panel, a rectangular parallelepiped recessed portion substantially as large as the support part is formed.