Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component made of a hard brittle material includes: a step of preparing a base material made of a hard brittle material; and a step of embossing the base material. A protrusion protruding in a first direction and a bottom surface surrounding the protrusion are formed on the base material by the embossing. The bottom surface extends in a plane defined by a second direction intersecting the first direction and a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction. The bottom surface and a side surface of the protrusion continuous with the bottom surface satisfy a relationship of z=Ax2?Bx in a cross section defined by the first direction and the second direction when the first direction is represented by z and the second direction is represented by x. A is 0.005 to 0.200 and B is 0.050 to 0.955.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for removing the unnecessary thin-film layer on the periphery of the substrate of the plate-like member having a square shape, on the surface of which substrate is formed a thin-film layer. The apparatus comprises a chamber to treat the peripheral part where the peripheral part of the plate-like member is inserted and where the unnecessary thin-film layer on the peripheral part of the plate-like member is removed; and a means to move the plate-like member. The chamber to treat the peripheral part comprises a cover to prevent the scattering of the sprayed particles and the dust for treating the peripheral part, the cover having one of its end-sides that forms a ceiling being closed and having the other end-side that is opposed to the ceiling being open and a suctioning cover for treating the peripheral part, having an opening that has the same shape as the opening of the cover to prevent the scattering of the dust.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for removing the unnecessary thin-film layer on the periphery of the substrate of the plate-like member having a square shape, on the surface of which substrate is formed a thin-film layer. The apparatus comprises a chamber to treat the peripheral part where the peripheral part of the plate-like member is inserted and where the unnecessary thin-film layer on the peripheral part of the plate-like member is removed; and a means to move the plate-like member. The chamber to treat the peripheral part comprises a cover to prevent the scattering of the sprayed particles and the dust for treating the peripheral part, the cover having one of its end-sides that forms a ceiling being closed and having the other end-side that is opposed to the ceiling being open and a suctioning cover for treating the peripheral part, having an opening that has the same shape as the opening of the cover to prevent the scattering of the dust.