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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2006
Keiji Tsujita, Kobe, JP;
Hideyuki Tanaka, Kobe, JP;
Morimasa Kuge, Kobe, JP;
Syuichi Nakayama, Kakegawa, JP;
Susumu Sugiyama, Kakegawa, JP;
Keiji Tsujita, Kobe, JP;
Hideyuki Tanaka, Kobe, JP;
Morimasa Kuge, Kobe, JP;
Syuichi Nakayama, Kakegawa, JP;
Susumu Sugiyama, Kakegawa, JP;
Corning Japan K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Kawasaki Plant Systems Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A plate material cutting unit is equipped with: support devices for supporting the lower edge of an upright plate material; fluid guides for applying fluid pressure on a surface of the plate material which is held upright on the support devices, to support the plate material in a non-contact manner; a scribe forming device, equipped with a scribing blade for forming a scribe for cutting on the plate material, by moving along the surface of the plate material, which is supported by the fluid guides; a clamp, for gripping a portion of the plate material adjacent to the movement trajectory of the scribing blade along the plate material; and a cutting device, equipped with a pressing member for pressing a portion of the plate material opposite the scribe in a planar direction with respect to the portion of the plate material which is gripped by the clamp.