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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Ngk Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Toshihiro Fukui, Nagoya, JP;
Hideaki Ito, Nagoya, JP;
NGK INSULATORS, LTD., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A perforating apparatus for a cylindrical workpiece, including: a cradle having a groove extending in one direction horizontally from one end to another end; a stopper provided at the one end of the groove; a drill disposed vertically above the groove and movable at least in vertical direction, having a drill bit that extends vertically; and a chuck having a pair of opposing grippers movable toward each other in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction in which the groove extends, and symmetrically with respect to a rotation axis of the drill bit, each of the grippers further having a pair of vertically symmetric inclined surfaces expanding upwards and downwards.