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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Takanori Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Yokoyama, Hachiouji, JP;
Takanori Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Yokoyama, Hachiouji, JP;
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a position controller for a flexible substrate () provided in a processing apparatus conveying a band-shaped flexible substrate () in a longitudinal position, in the lateral direction and processing the substrate in a processing unit () installed on a conveying path of the substrate. The position controller for the flexible substrate includes a pair of sandwiching rollers (and) that sandwiches an upper edge of the substrate; a supporting mechanism () that supports the pair of sandwiching rollers so as to be rotatable and movable close to or away from each other; an urging device () that applies a pressing force to the pair of sandwiching rollers through the supporting mechanism; and a pressing force adjusting device () adjusting the pressing force from the urging device, wherein each roller constituting the pair of sandwiching rollers is a conical roller having a circumferential surface inclined with respect to the axial direction, and is supported to the supporting mechanism so that a small diameter side of each conical roller is located at a center side of the substrate in the lateral direction and the rotation direction of a sandwiching surface of the substrate is the same as the conveying direction of the substrate.