US Patent 7503995 Peeling apparatus and peeling method

A peeling apparatus 10 includes a peeling table 11 for supporting an object D to be peeled off and a peeling unit 12 disposed opposite to the peeling table 11. The peeling unit 12 pays out a peeling tape PT, attaches the peeling tape PT to a film F and forwards the same, and thereby sequentially peels off the films F from plural objects D. A peeling head 22 of the peeling unit 12 attaches the peeling tape PT to an end area of the film F, and then forwards the peeling tape PT so as to overlap with a different film F that has been peeled off just before the film F; thereby peels off the film F from the object D.