Ex Parte Arishiro et al - Page 3



          Appeal No. 2005-2500                                                              
          Application No. 09/893,399                                                        

                tray being adapted to hold at least one ceramic green                       
                sheet, at least two of the trays holding two different                      
                types of ceramic green sheet, respectively, 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 the at least two 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 conveying 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.                                                       
                     6. 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, in                       
                each tray the ceramic green sheets being sorted                             
                according to the respective typed thereof and a                             
                plurality of ceramic green sheets of the same type                          
                being stored on each tray, a rack for vertically                            
                aligning the plurality of trays, each of the trays                          
                including the plurality of ceramic green sheets of the                      
                same type, a tray drawer device for drawing trays from                      

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