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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2011
Fumio Sato, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroyoshi Chin, Tokyo, JP;
Tomonori Sumida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A laminating apparatus is composed of a transporting device for transporting a card, a film supplying device for supplying a film, a compression bonding device for thermally compression bonding a laminate material on the film onto the card, a driving device for shifting the compression bonding device from a standby location to a compression bonding location, a film taking-up device for taking up the film, a first guide for guiding the film in a supply side of the film, a second guide for guiding the film in a take-up side of the film, and a third guide for guiding the film in an upstream side of the second guide and in a downstream side of the compression bonding device, wherein the third guide moves in conjunction with the compression bonding device.