Claims
- 1. An apparatus for forming spacers for a touch panel, comprising:an intaglio printing master having a plurality of depressed portions in a shape of said spacers below a surface portion of said intaglio printing master and a light shielding layer provided on the surface portion of said intaglio printing master except said depressed portions thereof, said light shielding layer being configured to shield a light for curing a photo-setting resin paste to a photo-set resin; means for filling said photo-setting resin paste into the depressed portions of said intaglio printing master; means for bringing said intaglio printing master, with the depressed portions thereof being filled with said photo-setting resin paste, into close contact with a print receiving material; means for curing said photo-setting resin paste into said photo set resin in the depressed portions of said intaglio printing master by exposing to light; and means for separating said intaglio printing master from said print receiving material so as to transfer said photo-set resin in the depressed portions of said intaglio printing master to said print receiving material.
- 2. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 1, wherein said intaglio printing master comprises a plastic plate.
- 3. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 2, wherein said depressed portions of said intaglio printing master are formed in said plastic plate by ablation working.
- 4. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 2, wherein said depressed portions of said intaglio printing master are formed in said plastic plate by ablation working using a light shielding mask layer having at least one opening as a conformal mask.
- 5. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 1, wherein said photo-setting resin paste comprises an elastomeric ultraviolet-curing resin.
- 6. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 1, wherein said intaglio printing master is an endless-belt-shaped intaglio printing master, and the filling of said resin paste in said depressed portions and the transferring of said photo-set resin to said print receiving material are carried out repeatedly.
- 7. An apparatus for forming spacers for a touch panel, comprising:an intaglio printing master having a plurality of depressed portions in a shape of said spacers below a surface portion of said intaglio printing master, said surface portion of said intaglio printing master except said depressed portions being coated with a light shielding layer; means for filling a photo-setting resin paste capable of being cured to a photo-set resin into the depressed portions of said intaglio printng master; means for bringing said intaglio printing master, with the depressed portions thereof being filled with said photo-setting resin paste, into close contact with a print receiving material; means for curing said photo-setting resin into a photo-set resin in the depressed portions of said intaglio printing master by exposing a back side of said intaglio printing master opposite to a side of said depressed portions to light; and means for separating said intaglio printing master from said print receiving material so as to transfer said photo-set resin in the depressed portions of said intaglio printing master to said print receiving material.
- 8. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 7, wherein said intaglio printing master comprises a plastic plate.
- 9. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 8, wherein said depressed portions of said intaglio printing master are formed in said plastic plate by ablation working.
- 10. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 8, wherein said depressed portions of said intaglio printing master are formed in said plastic plate by ablation working using a light shielding mask layer having at least one opening as conformal mask.
- 11. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 10, wherein said light shielding mask layer comprises said light shielding layer.
- 12. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 7, further comprising means for removing said photo-setting resin paste which is not cured from the surface portion of said print receiving material after transferring said photo-set resin to said print receiving material.
- 13. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 7, wherein said photo-setting resin paste comprises an elastomeric ultraviolet-curing resin.
- 14. The apparatus for forming spacers as claimed in claim 7, wherein said intaglio printing master is an endless-belt-shaped intaglio printing master, and the filling of said resin paste in said depressed portions and the transferring of said cured photo-set resin to said print receiving material are carried out repeatedly.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of Ser. No. 09/028,198, filed on Feb. 23, 1998.
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