IP Library Granted Patent US 7,871,666
Granted Patent B2
US 7,871,666 · App. 12/232,715 · Granted Jan 18, 2011

Pattern forming system, pattern forming method, and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,871,666
App. No.
12/232,715
Granted
Jan 18, 2011
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 (11)

1. A pattern forming method using a pattern forming system that includes 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, the method comprising:

affixing the tape form substrate to a table portion of the droplet discharge apparatus by suction,

dissolving the pulling strength generated in the longitudinal direction of the tape form substrate, wherein the pulling strength is dissolved by moving a first roller placed on a slack portion of the tape form substrate,

adjusting the position of the tape form substrate by moving the table portion,

fixing the tape form substrate to the table portion by moving a second roller to prevent a slack of the tape form substrate from affecting the table portion, and

forming the pattern by discharging a droplet on the tape form substrate using the droplet discharge apparatus.

2. The pattern forming method according to claim 1 , further, after forming the pattern by discharging the droplet onto the tape form substrate using the droplet discharge apparatus, comprising:

releasing the suction of the tape form substrate by the table,

bringing out pulling strength in the longitudinal direction of the tape form substrate, and

winding up the tape form substrate by the winding reel.

3. The pattern forming method according to claim 1 , wherein the second roller is placed between a first portion of the tape form substrate and a second portion of the tape form substrate, wherein the first portion is affixed by suction and the second portion is dissolved the pulling strength by the first roller.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2022
From: KATEEVA CAYMAN HOLDING, INC.
To: HB SOLUTION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059727/0111 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: KATEEVA, INC.; KATEEVA CAYMAN HOLDING, INC.
To: SINO XIN JI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059382/0053 →
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 May 8, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: KATEEVA, INC.
Reel/Frame 045741/0941 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2018
From: SAKURADA, KAZUAKI; UEHARA, NOBORU; SHINTATE, TSUYOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045707/0214 →