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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
May. 18, 2023
Applicant:
Disco Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kaoru Amano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
DISCO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10P 72/70 (2026.01); B26F 3/04 (2006.01); H10P 52/00 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10P 72/7402 (2026.01); B26F 3/04 (2013.01); H10P 52/00 (2026.01);
Abstract
An expanding machine for expanding a sheet having a workpiece bonded on the sheet. The expanding machine includes an expansion mechanism configured to expand the sheet, a cooling unit that cools the workpiece bonded on the sheet, and a temperature distribution detection unit that, before expanding the sheet by the expansion mechanism, detects a temperature distribution of the workpiece cooled by the cooling unit. A method for expanding a sheet having a workpiece bonded on the sheet is also disclosed.