Patent ID: 7823619

Claim:
A film stripping apparatus comprising: adhesive tapes provided at both surfaces of a glass board that has protection films on both surfaces thereof, each of the adhesive tapes being situated near an edge of the glass board; stripping heads provided at both surfaces of the glass board and corresponding respectively to the adhesive tapes, wherein each of the stripping heads is adapted to press an adhesive surface of a corresponding one of the adhesive tapes toward the glass board; adhesive tape moving means for separating the adhesive tapes adhering to the protection films from the surfaces of the glass board and stripping parts of the protection films from the glass board; film chuck devices that hold stripped edges of the protection films; and stripping means for stripping the protection films held by the film chuck devices from both surfaces of the glass board; wherein each of the stripping heads includes a pressing maintaining member that is provided to freely press and move the corresponding adhesive tape toward the glass board, wherein after the stripping head is abutted against the glass board via the corresponding adhesive tape, the pressing maintaining member temporarily holds the glass board when the stripping head retreats, so as to prevent the glass board from being lifted up together with the protection film.