IP Library Granted Patent US 7,462,241
Granted Patent B2
US 7,462,241 · App. 11/218,545 · Granted Dec 9, 2008

Pattern forming system, pattern forming method, and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,462,241
App. No.
11/218,545
Granted
Dec 9, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pattern forming system including a feeding reel for feeding a tape form substrate that is wound up, a winding reel for winding up the tape form substrate that is fed up, and a droplet discharge apparatus for discharging a droplet onto the tape form substrate, between the feeding reel and the winding reel, to form a pattern, wherein the droplet discharge apparatus includes a table that can move while sucking the tape form substrate, with a slack mechanism for the tape form substrate being placed on the both ends of the table in the longitudinal direction of the tape form substrate.

Claims (8)

1. A pattern forming system, comprising:

a feeding reel for feeding a tape form substrate that is wound up,

a winding reel for winding up the tape form substrate that is fed up, and

a droplet discharge apparatus for discharging a droplet onto the tape form substrate, between the feeding reel and the winding reel, to form a pattern, wherein the droplet discharge apparatus includes a table that can move while sucking the tape form substrate, with a slack mechanism for the tape form substrate being placed on the both ends of the table in the longitudinal direction of the tape form substrate, and wherein the slack mechanism is configured in a manner of swagging the tape form substrate between a pair of movable rollers that are places at a certain distance.

2. The pattern forming system according to claim 1 , wherein the table on the droplet discharge apparatus is formed so as to at least be able to slew around a normal line of the suction surface of the tape form substrate.

3. The pattern forming system according to claim 1 , wherein an ink jet head of the droplet discharge apparatus is configured so as to at least be able to scan within the parallel surface of the suction surface of the tape form substrate on the table.

4. The pattern forming system according to claim 1 , wherein the slack mechanism has a fixed roller that can interpose the tape form substrate between one of the paired movable rollers, the one that is placed closer to the table.

5. The pattern forming system according to claim 1 , wherein the slack mechanism has a pulling roller that can bring out pulling strength in the longitudinal direction of the tape form substrate.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 23, 2020
From: KATEEVA, INC.
To: SINO XIN JI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 051682/0212 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2020
From: EAST WEST BANK, A CALIFORNIA BANKING CORPORATION
To: KATEEVA, INC.
Reel/Frame 051664/0802 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2019
From: KATEEVA, INC.
To: EAST WEST BANK
Reel/Frame 048806/0639 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2017
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP
To: KATEEVA, INC.
Reel/Frame 044719/0414 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2005
From: SAKURADA, KAZUAKI; UEHARA, NOBORU; SHINTATE, TSUYOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016956/0560 →