Patent ID: 8899291

Claim:
A laminating apparatus for a provisionally laminated body including a substrate having front and back surfaces at least one of which has protruding and recessed portions, and one of a first resin film and a second resin film attached to an uneven surface of the substrate, the second resin film including a support film, the laminating apparatus being configured to form an end laminated body including one of the first resin film and the second resin film conforming to the protruding and recessed portions of the substrate, the laminating apparatus comprising: a first laminating mechanism including: a first enclosed space forming receiver capable of receiving the provisionally laminated body therein; a first depressurizer capable of placing a space between one of the first resin film and the second resin film and the substrate of the provisionally laminated body under a negative pressure in a first enclosed space formed by the first enclosed space forming receiver; a first heater capable of heating the one of the first resin film and the second resin film of the provisionally laminated body; and a first pressure laminator for laminating the one of the first resin film and the second resin film of the provisionally laminated body to protruding portions of the substrate to form an intermediate laminated body including the substrate integrated with the one of the first resin film and the second resin film, and a second laminating mechanism including: a second enclosed space forming receiver capable of receiving the intermediate laminated body including the substrate integrated with the one of the first resin film and the second resin film therein; a second depressurizer capable of forming a depressurized enclosed space between the one of the first resin film and the second resin film and the substrate of the intermediate laminated body including the substrate integrated with the one of the first resin film and the second resin film under a negative pressure in a second enclosed space formed by the second enclosed space forming receiver; a second heater capable of heating the one of the first resin film and the second resin film of the intermediate laminated body including the substrate integrated with the one of the first resin film and the second resin film such that the intermediate laminated body includes the depressurized enclosed space between the one of the first resin film and the second resin film and the substrate thereof; and a second pressure laminator for applying pressure to the intermediate laminated body having the depressurized enclosed space between the one of the first resin film and the second resin film and the substrate thereof in a non-contacting relationship with the one of the first resin film and the second resin film in the second enclosed space formed by the second enclosed space forming receiver to form the end laminated body.