US 11,890,790 B2
Pressing machine
Yoichi Miyasaka, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/878,102.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-127233 (JP), filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045008 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 43/34 (2006.01); B29C 43/36 (2006.01); B30B 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 43/34 (2013.01) [B29C 43/36 (2013.01); B30B 15/04 (2013.01); B29C 2043/3416 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pressing machine that applies heat and pressure to a press object transported in a first direction, the pressing machine comprising:
a first die having a first heater;
a second die having a second heater, the second die being disposed above the first die;
a frame with an inclined surface;
a support member slidably mounted on the inclined surface of the frame and supporting the first die and the second die; and
an actuator operatively coupled to the support member to move the support member together with the first die and the second die along the inclined surface of the frame between a first position and a second position, the second position being located in a second direction from the first position, the second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein
the first position is a position at which the first die and the second die apply heat and pressure to the press object,
the second position is a position at which the first die and the second die do not face the press object, and
the first die and the second die move away from the press object while moving diagonally and downwardly when the actuator moves the support member together with the first die and the second die along the inclined surface of the frame from the first position to the second position.