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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006599 | Scribe line forming mechanism, scribe head, and scribe device A scribing line forming mechanism according to the present invention includes: a scribing line forming means (207) being structured so as to form a scribing line on a substrate by contacting the substrate; and a supporting means for supporting the scribing li... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7975589 | Scribing wheel for brittle material and manufacturing method for same, as well as scribing method, scribing apparatus and scribing tool using the same A scribing wheel for a brittle material includes a circumferential ridgeline in which two truncated cones have connected bottoms so as to share a rotational axis. Alternating notches and protrusions are formed along the circumference ridgeline. The protrusion are po... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975588 | Scribing method, a cutter wheel, a scribing apparatus using the cutter wheel, and an apparatus for producing the cutter wheel In a glass cutter wheel where a blade edge is formed on a disk-shaped wheel, grooves having a predetermined shape are formed at a predetermined pitch in a 1/4 or smaller or 3/4 or smaller blade edge line portion of the entire perimeter of the blade edge. The ratio o... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7845529 | Method for processing substrate, apparatus for processing substrate, method for conveying substrate and mechanism for conveying substrate A method and an apparatus process a substrate to divide a mother substrate into unit substrates. The apparatus is provided with a scribing portion for drawing a scribe line on a mother substrate, a breaking portion for breaking a mother substrate along the formed sc... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7851241 | Method for severing brittle material substrate and severing apparatus using the method There are provided a scribing step of performing scribing in a state in which a protective material is applied on at least one surface of a brittle material substrate, and a first scribing device that performs this scribing step. Accordingly, it is possible to form ... | 12/14/2010 |
| RE41853 | Scribing head, and scribing apparatus and scribing method using the scribing head A scribing head 1 of this invention raises and lowers a scribing cutter by rotation of a servomotor 3. As a scribe pressure, a rotational torque of the servomotor 3 is transmitted to the scribing cutter. To form a scribe line across another scri... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816623 | Method and apparatus for processing brittle material In a method for processing brittle material, a laser light from a laser light source irradiates the brittle material and transports an irradiating position of the laser light along a predetermined line, wherein the laser light L from a plurality of laser light sourc... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814819 | Tip holder A rotating shaft (23) is inserted through an axial center of a cutter wheel tip for scribing a brittle object. The rotating shaft (23) is integrally provided with the cutter wheel tip. The rotating shaft (23) is inserted into supporting holes ( | 10/19/2010 |
| 7772522 | Method for scribing substrate of brittle material and scriber A mother glass substrate is continuously heated by a first laser spot LS1 to a temperature which is lower than a softening point of the mother glass substrate, along a scribe line formation line SL on a surface of the mother glass substrate, along which a scr... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770500 | Substrate dividing system, substrate manufacturing equipment, substrate scribing method and substrate dividing method A substrate cutting system which requires a small footprint area so as to be compact, and also which is capable of efficiently cutting a substrate is disclosed. A pair of substrate cutting devices are provided in a cutting device guide body 30 so as to be mov... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7762171 | Tip holder A rotating shaft (23) is inserted through an axial center of a cutter wheel tip for scribing a brittle object. The rotating shaft (23) is integrally provided with the cutter wheel tip. The rotating shaft (23) is inserted into supporting holes ( | 07/27/2010 |
| 7726715 | Vacuum suction head An etchable plate-shaped material is used as a vacuum suction pad 31. On one surface thereof, a large number of independent protruded portions and recessed portions are formed to provide a suction part 33b. Further, a periphery of the suction pa... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7723641 | Brittle material substrate scribing device and scribing method, and automatic analysis line Along a region where a scribe line is formed on a surface of a glass substrate 50, a laser spot is continuously applied for heating at a temperature lower than a softening point of the glass substrate 50, and a region in the vicinity of the heated regi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7717311 | Method for dividing substrate and method for manufacturing substrate using such method Vertical cracks Vm in the thickness direction of a mother glass substrate 10 are sequentially formed along lines to be scribed and broken, and thus main scribe lines MS are formed along the lines to be scribed and broken of the mother glass substrate 10. Then, subor... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7676937 | Scribe head and scribe device A scribing head according to the present invention includes: a scribing line forming means (29) structured so as to form a scribing line on a substrate; and a moving means (502, 503) for moving the scribing line forming means such that the scribing lin... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7523846 | Scribing method, cutter wheel, scribing device using the cutter wheel, and cutter wheel manufacturing device for manufacturing the cutter wheel In a glass cutter wheel where a blade edge is formed on a disk-shaped wheel, grooves having a predetermined shape are formed at a predetermined pitch in a ¼ or smaller or ¾ or smaller blade edge line portion of the entire perimeter of the blade edge. The ratio of ... | 04/28/2009 |
| D589775 | Glass cutter | 04/07/2009 |
| D589774 | Glass cutter | 04/07/2009 |
| D586194 | Glass sheet breaker | 02/10/2009 |
| 7439665 | Flat display panel and method of dividing the flat display panel In a flat display panel wherein two plates made of a brittle material are adhered to each other, at least one of the two plates has a plane on which a scribing line is formed, and the plane of the at least one of the plates on which a scribing line is formed is oppo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7304265 | Method and system for machining fragile material In a method for processing brittle material, a laser light from a laser light source irradiates the brittle material and transports an irradiating position of the laser light along a predetermined line, wherein the laser light L from a plurality of laser light sourc... | 12/04/2007 |
| 6901670 | Scribing head, and scribing apparatus and scribing method using the scribing head A scribing head 1 of this invention raises and lowers a scribing cutter by rotation of a servomotor 3. As a scribe pressure, a rotational torque of the servomotor 3 is transmitted to the scribing cutter. To form a scribe line across another scri... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6796212 | Scribing method for brittle materials, a cutter wheel used therefor and an apparatus provided therewith A cutter wheel for brittle materials includes a disk with two side planes and an outer peripheral portion between the planes. The outer peripheral portion includes two bevel portions and a ridge portion between the bevel portions. The ridge portion has a plurality o... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6629484 | Cutter wheel for brittle sheets A cutter wheel for forming scribe lines on a brittle plate has a disk with two side planes. The disk has an edge formed at the outer periphery of the disk and a shaft hole formed at the center of the disk for inserting a rotational shaft. Further, at leas... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6423930 | Scribing with laser When lines of vertical cracks due to thermal strain are formed for a plate made of a brittle material with a laser, the plate is irradiated with a laser beam along first lines in a first direction, and thereafter along second lines in a second direction c... | 07/23/2002 |
| 5836229 | Glass scribing disc A glass cutting disc forms a scribed line on a surface of a glass product along which the glass product can be broken when an external force is applied thereto. The glass cutting disc includes an outer peripheral portion radially outwardly beveled to defi... | 11/17/1998 |