Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Takeshi Yakou

Yasushi Aoki

Yusaku Azuma

Shozo Kasai

Makoto Akahira

Masaki Machino

Tomoyuki Kubota

Takehito Yamaguchi

Akihiro Kimura

Shigeto Kamata

Katsumi Ishihara

Tsunenobu Satoi

Shojiro Danmoto

Toshio Tsuda

Akihiko Komura

Masanao Yoshimura

Suguru Onuma

Toshio Akiyama

Eiji Takaki

A heating/cooling method, a manufacturing method of an image displaying apparatus, a heating/cooling apparatus, and a heating/cooling processing apparatus, in which the heating and cooling of a substrate can be executed at a high speed are provided.

Heating/cooling method, manufacturing method of image displaying apparatus, heating/cooling apparatus, and heating/cooling processing apparatus

A method of manufacturing an image display device, having a plurality of spacers for keeping a gap between a pair of substrates, includes the steps gripping each of the spacers at both ends in a longitudinal direction of each spacer, installing the plural spacers on one of the pair of substrates while exerting a tensile force to the gripped plural spacers, and applying an adhesive to the plural spacers installed on the one substrate, to tentatively fix by the adhesive the plural spacers to the one substrate. The adhesive is heated so that the plural spacers tentatively fixed to the one substrate are finally fixed to the one substrate.

Method of manufacturing image display device

In installing spacers between a pair of substrates of an image display device, both end portions in a longitudinal direction of each spacer are gripped in a pair of hands. Thus, long spacers can be joined to the substrate efficiently and with high accuracy.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chamber, the chamber including first and second glass substrates and an enclosure arranged between the substrates or an enclosure and at least one spacer arranged between the substrates. The apparatus includes a pair of heating plates, having heaters therein, for holding the glass substrates, a temperature controller for controlling the temperature of the heaters, a position alignment device for moving at least one of the pair of heating plates in X-, Y-, and .theta.-directions, a first driving device for driving the position alignment device, a second driving device for moving at least one of the pair of heating plates in a Z-direction, an image monitoring device for monitoring the positions of the first and second substrates, and a control device for supplying a command to one of the first and second driving devices on the basis of information supplied from the image monitoring device

Apparatus for manufacturing an image display apparatus using bonding

A method of manufacturing an image display apparatus, which has a first substrate on which an electron emission element is arranged, a second substrate on which a phosphor that forms an image upon irradiation of an electron emitted by the electron emission element is arranged, and an enclosure which is bonded to the first and second substrates to hold a gap between the first and second substrates, has the steps of applying a bonding agent to bonding portions between the first and second substrates, and the enclosure, heating to a temperature equal to or more than the softening temperature of the bonding agent, detecting the solidification state of the bonding agent, performing position alignment between the first and second substrates during the interval after the bonding agent softens until the bonding agent solidifies, bonding the first and second substrates via the enclosure by compressing the first substrate and/or the second substrate, and releasing the compression force to the first substrate and/or the second substrate.

Method of manufacturing image display apparatus using bonding agents

A linear body disposing method capable of extending a large number of wires above a work efficiently provides a plurality of collector wires on a substrate coated with a photosensitive film. The plurality of collector wires are held at a predetermined interval therebetween before one end of the substrate. The plurality of held collector wires are drawn to the other end of the substrate simultaneously. The other end of each of said drawn collector wires is fixed on the substrate. Subsequently, while the collector wires are held at the one end of the substrate, one end of each of the collector wires is fixed to the one end of the substrate. Thereafter, the collector wires are cut.

Method for disposing linear body and solar cell obtained thereby

In order to provide an automatic assembling method and apparatus for automatically assembling an assembly consisting of a compression spring, a retainer for holding the compression spring in a compressed state, and cotters for setting the retainer in a holding state so as to cause a shaft member slidably or pivotally arranged in a main body to perform a predetermined operation, the cotters are held in a supply posture state to the shaft member, the retainer is held at a position escaped from a cotter fitting or assembling position of the shaft member against the biasing force of the compression spring, the cotters in the supply posture state are supplied to the cotter assembling position of the shaft member, and the retainer is moved to the cotter assembling position by releasing the biasing force of the compression spring.

Cotter assembling the method and cotter assembling apparatus

A mounting system having a function of picking up one of several different type works from a pickup position where the works having the different types are selectively fed, and of moving a picked up work to an insertion position so as to mount the work on a printed circuit board. The mounting system includes a rotary member arranged to be rotatable, head mechanisms having different types and mounted on the rotary member, the head mechanisms having a number of types corresponding to that of the types of the works, a memory for storing a pickup order and an insertion order in units of types of works, a driver for rotating and stopping the rotary member at predetermined angles, and a control device for preferentially driving the head mechanism to the pickup or insertion position.

Mounting system including a plurality of hand mechanisms for picking up,

A workpiece clamping apparatus for clamping various types of workpieces comprises a pair of finger members adapted to be moved toward and away from each other, a first command position setting device for setting a first command position according to the outer configuration of a workpiece to be clamped, a second command position setting device for setting a second command position closer to the position of the workpiece than the first command position and, a driving device for moving the finger members to the second command position past the first command position. A first clamping force setting device sets the workpiece clamping force to be exerted by the finger members to a first clamping force level during movement of the finger members from the first command position to the second command position, and a second clamping force setting device sets the workpiece clamping force to a second clamping force level which is different from the first clamping force level during the movement of the finger members towards the first command position.

Work clamping method and apparatus using multi-positional finger members

A parts inserting apparatus of this invention includes clinch elements arranged to be engaged with lead wires of an electronic part inserted into a printed circuit board, a detecting unit for detecting completion of insertion of the lead wires into the printed circuit board, a driving unit, connected to the clinch elements, for engaging the clinch elements with the lead wires to bend the lead wires, and a control unit for driving the driving unit to perform a clinch operation for bending the lead wires after the detecting unit detects completion of insertion of the lead wires.

Part inserting apparatus and method for use

A part gripping hand apparatus according to the present invention includes a body, drive motors disposed at three points on the body which are not on a straight line, arms integrally mounted on the drive shafts of the drive motors and extending from the center of rotation along radial directions with a predetermined length, finger members mounted on the ends of the arms, and a control unit for positioning and controlling the finger members at any position with the circumference of each of the finger members as the operation range.

Hand apparatus

An assembling hand according to the present invention includes a hand body, a first finger member capable of moving along the hand body, a rotational housing rotatably fastened to the hand body and a second and a third finger members capable of moving along the rotational housing in opposite directions to each other. A part holding operation is performed by the first, second and third finger members, with the rotational position of one part being restricted by the first finger member and the rotational position of another part being adjusted by the second and third finger members.

Robot hand

A work pickup apparatus is provided with a pickup main body, at least three pickup segments radially movable from substantially a center of the pickup main body, and a driving motor for driving the pickup segments in a synchronous state to pick up a workpiece.

Work pickup apparatus

A work clamping apparatus for clamping various types of works comprises a pair of finger members adapted to be moved toward and away from each other, a first command position setting device for setting a first command position according to the outer configuration of a work to be clamped, a second command position setting device for setting a second command position closer to the position of the work than the first command position, and a driving device for moving the finger members to the second command position past the first command position. A first clamping force setting device sets the work clamping force to be exerted by the finger members to a first clamping force level when the finger members during movement of the fingers from the first command position to the second command position, and a second clamping force setting device sets the work clamping force to a second clamping force level which is different from the first clamping force level during the movement of the finger members towards the first command position.

Work clamping apparatus

An article gripping apparatus selectively grips a first article having a functional surface and a non-functional surface, and an elastically deformable second article. A first contact mechanism contacting the first article includes a plurality of contact members contacting the non-functional surface of the first article, and a suction member which chucks the first article at a position where the suction member does not contact the functional surface of the first article in a state wherein the contact members are in contact with the first article.

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Takeshi Yakou