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5458269 Frangible semiconductor wafer dicing method which employs scribing and breaking  
A method for applying a controlled, adjustable strain and strain rate by use of a break wheel to break a frangible semiconductor wafer around previously placed scribe lines formed along a surface...
5452705 Three-purpose tile cutting pliers  
A tile cutting pliers including a base handle and an actuating handle pivotably connected together by a pivot and a return spring and terminating in a respective cutter blade for cutting small...
5450668 Method and apparatus for separating tubing  
Method and apparatus for separating thin-walled flat metal tubing are disclosed. The tubing has flat upper and lower walls joined by end walls. The tubing is partially severed by providing relative...
5413263 Apparatus for breaking plate glass  
An apparatus for breaking plate glass, comprising a breaking mechanism (9), (10) which presses and breaks a portion of the plate glass (1) on which a cutting line is marked; a linear-sliding...
5400939 Machine for breaking glass plate  
A glass plate breaking machine 1 comprises a flexible endless belt 3 on which a glass plate 2 is placed; a glass plate receiver 4 disposed inside the endless belt 3; a moving unit 5 for moving the...
5395026 Tile cutting pliers  
A tile cutting pliers including two horizontal cutting plates on two pivoted blades at one end and acted against each other to trim tiles, a first mounting frame and a second mounting frame...
5395025 Method and apparatus for angle cleaving ribbon fiber  
A method and apparatus for imparting an angle cleave to a plurality of optical fibers. The cleaving device comprises a base having a support surface, the support surface having two lower pads which...
5382276 Method and apparatuses for cutting a ribbon of an optical fibers obliquely  
A method of cutting an optical fiber ribbon obliquely, the ribbon being constituted by a plurality of optical fibers that are all parallel to a "longitudinal" axis of the ribbon, the fibers all...
5373835 Jig for cutting tiles diagonally  
The invention relates to a machine for cutting tiles and comprising: a stand provided with a bottom for supporting a tile; a cutting member; and a tile-breaking bar secured to the stand, projecting...
5368211 Apparatus for the oblique cutting of one or of several optical fibers  
An apparatus cuts one or several optical fibers obliquely. The cutting edge (6) creates the beginning of a break on the fiber that has first been subjected to a torsion and to a tension. The fiber...
5359690 Cutting method and apparatus for removing a secondary coating layer from a jacketed optical fiber  
A jacket layer of a jacketed optical fiber is cut by a cutting method and apparatus in which (A) a terminal portion of a jacketed optical fiber is straightened and grasped by a fiber holder, and...
5351333 Optical fiber cleaver  
An optical fiber cleaver is disclosed wherein a blade applies a pre-set force to an optical fiber to form a notch in that optical fiber. In a preferred embodiment, a spring applies a pre-set force...
5350098 Severing a workpiece by scoring and breaking thereof  
A workpiece severing apparatus includes rotatable cutting and breaking assemblies that move about a fixedly held workpiece. At the same time a cutting edge of the cutting assembly is moving through...
5332150 Easy-open shipping/display container, and a blank for erecting the same  
A shipping/display container that may be opened without having to use a knife or other sharp instrument, and a blank for forming such a container. The container blank includes a plurality of side...
5331877 Rotary blade assembly for a tile cutter  
A rotary blade assembly used in a tile cutter made of cylindrical inner and outer races, a plurality of metal balls installed between the inner and outer races, a pair of covers covering the inner...
5312468 Optical fiber cleavage method  
The invention relates to optical fiber cleavage method making it possible to obtain an oblique optical fiber end face, consisting in holding a segment of optical fiber between two separated...
5310104 Method and apparatus for cleaving a semiconductor wafer into individual die and providing for low stress die removal  
The invention discloses a novel method and apparatus for cleaving semiconductor wafers into individual die which comprises mounting the wafer upon an adherent resilient air impermeable membrane...
5303861 Separating sheet glass  
A method of, and apparatus for, separating a sheet of glass along a score line on the sheet. The method comprises flexing the glass at the score line along an axis of flexure on the support to...
5301868 Scribe-and-break tool for optical fibers  
A scribe-and-break tool for fracturing the free end of an optical fiber that is especially suitable for hand-holdable configurations and field use which has an elongate body with a plunger that is...
5297710 Method and apparatus for dividing flat glass panels  
A method and an apparatus for dividing a flat glass panel (14) are described. The panel (14) which is to be divided and which is raised away from its substrate is securely held in its part regions...
5284283 Rail processor  
A rail breaker attachable to the boom structure and hydraulic system of a hydraulic excavator and having an elongate frame tiltable by a hydraulic cylinder of the excavator, a grapple and a...
5253412 Tip processing apparatus for jacketed optical fibers  
A tip processing apparatus is equipped with a holder, and a holder fiber holding unit for extending the tip of the jacketed optical fiber comprising at least one optical fiber provided with a...
5213244 Oblique fracturing of optical fibers by angled scoring  
A smooth, oblique-angled endface fracture of an optical fiber 39 useful in low reflectance, low insertion loss mechanical splices is achieved by creating tensile stress in the fiber and scoring the...
5201117 Method and apparatus for sizing and cutting tubing  
Flat tubing is fed from a continuous supply into an embossing station and then into a cutting station and is briefly stopped periodically for an operation in each station. The embossing station has...
5188268 Device for cutting an optical fiber obliquely  
A device for use in on-site conditions to obtain a section plane which reproducibly makes an angle of 5°, for example, relative to the axis of an optical fiber. The device includes a clamp for...
5169045 Manually-operated tile cutter  
A manually-operated tile cutter comprises mainly a base, a measuring piece, and a guiding bar. The base is provided at one end thereof with a stopper consisting of a stopper face perpendicular to...
5168788 Cutting head turret assembly  
A turret assembly for a cutting head has a glass-cutting wheel and a plastic-cutting blade portion disposed at spaced peripheral locations. Rotation of the turret body brings the cutting elements...
5165585 Method and apparatus for breaking glass sheets  
The method relates to breaking glass sheets (5) with a line scored on one side, the glass sheet (5) being first raised at one end of the scored line and thereupon, in the remaining areas, it is...
5154333 Jaw cleaving device  
An apparatus and method for cleaving GaAs laser bars from a cell utilizes a first jaw applied to one end of a laser bar to propagate a cleavage and a second jaw applied to an opposite end which...
5143268 Flat tube cutting techniques  
Method and apparatus is disclosed for severing flat tubing. The method involves the steps of clamping a length of tubing, deeply scoring the tubing on opposite sides and applying a high impact...
5133492 Method and apparatus for separating thin-walled, multiport micro-extrusions  
A method for separating a thin-walled multiport extrusion into a plurality of micro-tubes for use as single pass lengths in a heat exchanger assembly, the method including the steps of threading...
5133491 Substrate breaker  
A substrate breaker positively feeds substrate plates to a stick breaker where the sticks are broken from the plate. The sticks are fed upwardly to an elevated chip breaker where chips are broken...
5131577 Apparatus for making a powder metal connecting rod  
A method of making a connecting rod for attachment to a bearing journal by separation of parts of the connecting rod, comprising: (a) forging a powder metal sintered preform to provide a one-piece...
5129567 Method and apparatus for cutting an optical fiber  
The optical fiber cutting apparatus are constituted by a combination of a cutting apparatus body in which two clamps and, a scoring blade and a pushing member are provided on predetermined...
5125549 Method and apparatus for scoring and breaking an optical fiber  
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for scoring and breaking an optical fiber and, specifically, for scoring and breaking an optical fiber near a ferrule forming an end face...
5123581 Oblique fracturing of optical fibers by offset shearing  
A smooth, oblique-angled endface fracture of an optical fiber 20 useful in low reflectance, low insertion loss mechanical splices is achieved by tensioning the fiber while it is in contact with the...
5121866 Compact tool for cutting optical fibers  
A cutting tool has four main parts hinged about two axes parallel to the direction of the fiber to but cut. Progressively increasing hand pressure applied by a user enables certain operations to be...
5106006 Method for cutting an optical fiber  
The optical fiber cutting apparatus are constituted by a combination of a cutting apparatus body in which two clamps and, a scoring blade and a pushing member are provided on predetermined...
5104023 Apparatus for fabrication semiconductor device  
An apparatus for making a semiconductor device comprises a flexible mat, support shafts for supporting the flexible mat in a substantially horizontal position, a pressing plate having a generally...
5104021 Optical fiber cutting apparatus and method  
The invention is an apparatus and method for cutting optical fibers including a pair of slip-grasping clamps arranged to grasp an exposed optical fiber between them such that a slip-grasping force...
5088637 Method of, and apparatus for, breaking an optical fiber  
Apparatus for breaking an optical fiber comprises fiber gripping units (2 and 4) each comprising a rigid block (6 or 6') having adhered thereto a strip (8 or 8') of a resilient material, for...
5080271 Automatic ampoule cutter  
An automatic ampoule cutter including a driving device, cutter mechanism having a cutting member, a fixing member and a clamping member, a slant board, a collector and a fan, whereby when an...
5069195 Apparatus for automatic separation along predetermined bending fracture lines in basic ceramic platelets of hybrid electronic circuits  
An apparatus for the automatic separation along predetermined bending fracture lines in basic ceramic platelets of hybrid electronic circuits includes a support plate provided with grooves on its...
5048908 Method of producing apparatus comprising a low-reflection optical fiber connection  
It has been discovered that tilted optical fiber endfaces useful in low-reflection optical fiber joints can be produced by cleaving, provided the fiber is twisted through an appropriate twist...
5040521 Machine for cutting tiles, particularly sandstone ones  
This invention relates to a machine for cutting tiles, particularly sandstone ones, comprising: a guide rail; a cutting assembly mounted to move along said guide rail, guided by this guide rail and...
5040445 Glazed tile cutter  
A glazed tile cutter capable of straightly or circularly cutting a glazed tile is provided. The cutter includes an elongated base upon which are two longitudinally mounted brackets and mounted...
5031321 Cleaving apparatus  
Apparatus for cleaving an optical fiber comprises two hand-operated pivoted jaws (11 and 12). The optical fiber (15) is supported along the lower jaw (12) and held by resilient clamps (24 and 27)...
5016800 Method of cutting workpiece  
A method for cutting workpiece made of such a glass or ceramic material having relatively large thickness. A workpiece having one surface on which an incision is previously formed is placed on a...
5014971 Web knicker  
In a conventional Bunch folder having a swing chute, beaters, spirals mounted for rotation about vertical axes, and a reciprocal cutting blade, a cut initiating device is provided. The cut...
4995539 Method and apparatus for cleaving wafers  
A method and apparatus for breaking a scribed workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer is taught. Briefly stated, the semiconductor wafer is disposed between two elastomeric foils, one of which is...