Flat-plate bonding jig and method of manufacturing flat-plate laminated body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9844858-B2
Application number	US-201113988689-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2011
Priority date	Nov 22, 2010
Publication date	Dec 19, 2017
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a jig having a structure that differs from conventional jigs and enables flat plates to be bonded while suppressing an air bubble formation. A flat-plate bonding jig is provided with the following: a first surface; a second surface that is on the opposite side of the first surface, has a plurality of suction holes for sucking a flat-plate, and is curved outward in a substantially arc shape; a main body connecting the first surface and the second surface; and a communication means that is disposed in the main body and allows the suction holes to communicate with a suction means.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A flat-plate bonding jig comprising:
a first surface;
a second surface that is on an opposite side of the first surface, has a plurality of suction holes for sucking a flat-plate, and is curved outward;
a main body connecting the first surface and the second surface; and
a communication means disposed in the main body for communicating the suction holes with a suction means, and
wherein the jig is configured to roll on the flat plate to manufacture a flat-plate laminated body,
wherein the second surface is made up of an elastic material, and
wherein a plurality of suction holes are divided into a plurality of groups arranged in a rolling direction of the jig and are to be communicated with the suction means corresponding to each group.

2. The jig according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first surface is flat or is curved inward in a substantially arc shape with the same level of the curved state of the second surface.

3. The jig according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second surface is made up of an elastic material having a hardness of approximately 60 to 80.

4. The jig according to claim 1 , wherein the first surface is made up of an elastic material.

5. A flat-plate bonding jig comprising:
a first surface for receiving pressure;
a second surface that is on an opposite side of the first surface, has a plurality of suction holes for vacuum adsorbing a flat-plate, and is curved outward in a substantially arc shape;
a main body connecting the first surface and the second surface; and
a communication means disposed in the main body for communicating the suction holes with a suction means, and
wherein the jig is configured to roll on the flat plate to manufacture a flat-plate laminated body,
wherein the second surface is made up of an elastic material, and
wherein a plurality of suction holes are divided into a plurality of groups arranged in a rolling direction of the jig and are to be communicated with the suction means corresponding to each group.

6. A method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body comprising:
a) a step of preparing a first flat-plate;
b) a step of bringing the second surface of the flat-plate bonding jig according to claim 1 into contact with one edge of the first flat-plate, then rolling the jig toward an other edge opposite to the one edge while applying pressure to the first surface of the jig for vacuum adsorbing an entire surface of the first flat-plate along the curved shape of the second surface of the jig;
c) a step of preparing a second flat-plate;
d) a step of applying an adhesive agent onto either or both bonding surfaces of the first flat-plate and the second flat-plate; and
e) a step of bringing the bonding surface of the second flat-plate into contact with one edge of the bonding surface of the first flat-plate vacuum adsorbed in the step b), then rolling the jig toward the other edge opposite to the one edge while applying pressure to the first surface of the jig, thereby bonding each bonding surface of the first flat-plate and the second flat-plate.

7. A method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body comprising:
a) a step of preparing a first flat-plate;
b) a step of bringing the second surface of the flat-plate bonding jig according to claim 1 into contact with one edge of the first flat-plate, then rolling the jig toward an other edge opposite to the one edge for sucking an entire surface of the first flat-plate along the curved shape of the second surface of the jig;
c) a step of preparing a second flat-plate;
d) a step of applying an adhesive agent onto either or both bonding surfaces of the first flat-plate and the second flat-plate; and
e) a step of bringing the bonding surface of the second flat-plate into contact with one edge of the bonding surface of the first flat-plate sucked in the step b), then rolling the jig toward the other edge opposite to the one edge on the first surface of the jig, thereby bonding each bonding surface of the first flat-plate and the second flat-plate.

8. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 7 ,
wherein applying pressure to the first surface in the step b) and the step e) is conducted by rolling a pressure roller on the first surface.

9. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 7 ,
wherein the step e) is conducted while retaining suction power with respect to the first flat-plate by the suction means.

10. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 7 ,
wherein the suction holes are divided into a plurality of groups in the rolling direction of the jig, and are communicated with the suction means corresponding to each group, and as the jig rolls in the step e), sucking with respect to the first flat-plate by the suction means

for each group is stopped in sequence from a start position of bonding toward a finish position of bonding of the first flat-plate and the second flat-plate.

11. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 7 ,
wherein the first flat-plate and the second flat-plate are translucent, the adhesive agent is a photo-curable adhesive agent and a step f) of irradiating with light for curing the adhesive agent toward the adhesive agent which is present on the bonding surface of the flatplate laminated body, is further performed after the step e).

12. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 11 ,
wherein a position adjustment in a bonding surface direction is conducted after the step e) and before the step f).

13. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body,
wherein the flat-plate laminated body manufactured by the method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 7 is considered as a second flat-plate and the steps a) to e) are repeated.

14. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 11 ,
wherein the photo-curable adhesive agent contains (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, (B) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate and (C) a photopolymerization initiator.

15. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 14 ,
wherein (A) the polyfunctional (meth)acrylate contains a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate oligomer/polymer and/or a bifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer.

16. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 14 ,
wherein (B) the monofunctional (meth)acrylate contains one or more from a group consisting of phenol ethylene oxide 2-mol modified (meth)acrylate, 2-(1,2-cyclohexane dicarboximide)ethyl (meth)acrylate and 2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropyl (meth)acrylate.

17. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 14 ,
wherein (B) the monofunctional (meth)acrylate contains phenol ethylene oxide 2 mol-modified (meth)acrylate and 2-(1,2-cyclohexane dicarboximide)ethyl (meth)acrylate.

18. The method of manufacturing a flat-plate laminated body according to claim 14 ,
wherein (B) the monofunctional (meth)acrylate contains phenol ethylene oxide 2 mol-modified (meth)acrylate and 2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropyl (meth)acrylate.

19. A method of manufacturing a plate-shaped product comprising:
g) a step of forming a desired number of divided flat-plate laminated bodies by dividing the flat-plate laminated body obtained using the method of manufacturing the flat-plate laminated body according to claim 7 , in a thickness direction; and
h) a step of shape processing into a des

Assignees

• Eda Yukio
• Ibayashi Toshiyuki
• Kurimura Hiroyuki
• Ogino Yutaka
• Fukutaka Eitaro
• Matsumoto Takayuki
• Denka Company Ltd

Inventors

• Eda Yukio
• Ibayashi Toshiyuki
• Kurimura Hiroyuki
• Ogino Yutaka
• Fukutaka Eitaro
• Matsumoto Takayuki

Classifications

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