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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Shingo Fubuki, Nisshin, JP;
Tetsuyoshi Fukaya, Tokai, JP;
Katsuhiko Tatebe, Seto, JP;
Yasushi Nishikuma, Toyota, JP;
Shingo Fubuki, Nisshin, JP;
Tetsuyoshi Fukaya, Tokai, JP;
Katsuhiko Tatebe, Seto, JP;
Yasushi Nishikuma, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A method for cleaving a plate-shaped workpiece formed with two or more linear recesses into three or more parts includes: a first positioning step of holding the workpiece by a positioning unit in place to position a first linear recess; a first clamping step of clamping one side of the first linear recess by a fixing clamp and the other side by a rotating clamp; a first cleaving step of moving back the positioning unit and rotationally separating the rotating clamp; a second positioning step of releasing the clamps and causing the positioning unit to position a second linear recess; a second clamping step of clamping one side of the second linear recess by the fixing clamp and the other side by the rotating clamp, and a second cleaving step of moving back the positioning unit and rotationally separating the rotating clamp.