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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2009
Masato Kasahara, Okazaki, JP;
Yutaka Momota, Okazaki, JP;
Masato Kasahara, Okazaki, JP;
Yutaka Momota, Okazaki, JP;
Nisshinbo Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a lay-up apparatus capable of precision positioning and laying of thin strips of copper foil or insulation tape on a flat plane even when there are variations in the cut lengths of the strips. A lay-up apparatus lays first and second strips of tapeon top of two electrodesdeposited on a photovoltaic devices panel. The strips of tape are unwound by first and second grippersand cut to predetermined lengths by first and second cutters. The cut strips of tape are laid one on top of the other and transported by rotatable moving means. The moving meansrotates in opposite directions when laying the strips of tape it holds from the electrodetoward the electrodeand when laying the strips of tape from the electrodetoward the electrode, while using one end of the strips of tape as a reference and keeping constant the relative positions of the reference end of the strips of tape and that electrode which is nearest the reference end.