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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1986
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A cassette which retains a plurality of stacked resin sheets is loaded on a retaining member of a driving device. A plurality of press-heating stations and a number of cooling stations which is smaller than the number of press-heating stations are disposed around the driving device, and the retaining member is sequentially sent to each of the stations by means of the driving device. In each press-heating station, each of the resin sheets in the cassette retained by the retaining member is thermowelded, and the press-heated resin sheets are cooled in the cooling station. The cassette comprises a cassette body for accommodating a plurality of stacked resin sheets, and a pressing plate brought into contact with the stacked resin sheets so as to press them by means of a resilient member such as a coned disk spring. Thus, the resin sheets are moved from one press-heating station to another while being maintained in a pressed state.