Appeal No. 2005-2500
Application No. 09/893,399
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
Claims 1, 5 and 6 are representative of the subject matter
on appeal and read as follows:
1. A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing
electronic monolithic ceramic components, the
manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a sheet supplier for supplying a plurality of
types of ceramic green sheets in a predetermined order,
the sheet supplier including a plurality of trays, each
tray being adapted to hold at least one ceramic green
sheet, the plurality of ceramic green sheets being held
in the plurality of trays according to type, a rack for
vertically aligning the plurality of trays, a tray
drawer device for drawing trays from the rack according
to a predetermined order, and rails arranged to guide a
tray drawing operation of the tray drawer device;
a laminator for laminating the plurality of
ceramic green sheets supplied by the sheet supplier;
a conveyor device for picking up a single ceramic
green sheet from a drawn tray and conveyed the single
ceramic green sheet to the laminator;
a processor unit adapted to receive data
concerning at least a type, an order in lamination, and
a quantity of ceramic green sheets necessary for a
laminate for a desired electronic monolithic component;
the sheet supplier including a drive for driving
the rack to be raised and lowered in a vertical
direction; and
the tray drawer device being arranged to draw a
particular tray from the rack when, as a result of the
rack being at least one of raised and lowered by the
drive, the particular tray is positioned at a
predetermined height.
5. A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing
electronic monolithic ceramic components, the
manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a sheet supplier for supplying a plurality of
types of ceramic green sheets in a predetermined order,
the sheet supplier including a plurality of trays, each
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