Abstract: A scribing wheel for a brittle material includes a circumferential ridge line in which two truncated cones have connected bottoms so as to share a rotational axis. Alternating notches and protrusions are formed along the circumference ridge line. The protrusion are portions of the ridge line remaining after the ridge line is notched. The length of the notches is less than that of the protrusions so that a catch on the surface is improved while lowering the high penetrability.

Abstract: [Issue] A chamfering method is provided that can be conducted even in small worksite space without using grinding members and without requiring a cleaning process after a chamfering process. [Resolution Means] A brittle material substrate chamfering method according to the present invention includes steps of drawing a scribing line, and heating and/or cooling a part in proximity to the scribing line. The scribing line is drawn on a part of a surface of a brittle material substrate that extends along the edge of the brittle material substrate and has a width not more than 50% of the thickness of the brittle material substrate starting from the edge of the brittle material substrate whereby forming a crack inclined from the surface of the substrate toward a side end surface of the substrate. A part in proximity to the scribing line is heated and/or cooled so that a corner part of the edge of said brittle material substrate is cut out whereby chamfering said brittle material substrate.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a breaking apparatus with which a substrate can be divided with a smaller breaking load. [Means for Achieving Object] The breaking apparatus has: a table 12 on which a brittle material substrate is placed; a roller head 40 for supporting a freely rotatable roller 32 which makes contact with the substrate and has a vibration actuator 38 for vibrating the roller in the direction in which it is pressed against the substrate; and a moving mechanism 22 for moving the roller head over the surface of the substrate, and a scribe line S is created on a first surface of a brittle material substrate, and a roller is rolled along the scribe line but on a second surface that is on the opposite side from the first surface while pressed against the substrate with the roller being vibrated in the direction in which the roller is pressed against the substrate, and thus the substrate is divided along the scribe line.

Abstract: A network multifunctional peripheral enables a desired access target to be more rapidly specified when a user specifies an access target or a storage destination of the data, and includes a control unit arranged to search a storage destination accessible with a plurality of protocols at a predetermined timing, a backup RAM arranged to store a list of searched and acquired accessible storage destinations (browse list), an operation unit arranged to accept an operation from the user, and a display unit arranged to display the browse list stored in the backup when an operation requesting a process involving a specification of the storage destination, for example, an operation such as “scan to CIFS” is accepted.

Abstract: 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 a vertical crack that reaches deep inside of the substrate, while effectively removing cullets produced at the time of severing the substrate, thus performing precise severing along a scribe line.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element having a crystal structure that enables a piezoelectric film to be formed in an unstressed state is provided. The piezoelectric film contains an a-axis oriented crystal and a c-axis oriented crystal, where a difference in lattice constant between the a-axis oriented crystal and the c-axis oriented crystal is not more than 0.06 ?. The present inventors have newly found that a stress accumulated in the piezoelectric film can be reduced while maintaining favorable piezoelectric properties when a condition that the difference in lattice constant between the a-axis oriented crystal and the c-axis oriented crystal is not more than 0.06 ? is satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, the c-axis oriented crystal and the a-axis oriented crystal are properly balanced and as a result crystal particles of the piezoelectric film are closest-packed on its base in an ideal state, which contributes to a reduced stress.

Abstract: A rotational shaft 6 rotatably holds first and second arms 2 and 4. A sheet glass having a scribe line formed thereon in advance is pinched among rollers 24 and 45. When handles 20 and 40 are actuated to narrow a distance between rollers 24 and 45, the roller 45 moves in a Y-axis direction and an impact shaft 51 impacts the sheet glass, accordingly. The sheet glass can be thereby easily cut into pieces along the scribe line and a sectional quality having a smooth cut surface can be ensured for the sheet glass.

Abstract: Provided is a manual cutter comprising a holder fitting unit (30) having a holding hole portion (35). A tip holder (10) for the column-shaped manual cutter includes a tip (14) rotatably fitted at its one end, and a positioning attachment part (16) formed by notching the other end. The holder attachment part (30) is caused to fix the tip holder (10) in the holding hole portion (35) by abutting and pushing a fixing screw (38) onto the positioning attachment part (16). As a result, the complicatedness of the tip fitting and replacing works can be eliminated to make the tip proper without any error.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor element is provided which is capable of preventing even transmission of sudden externally-applied vibration to an element portion by absorbing the vibration. An angular velocity sensor element 2 according to the present embodiment has a fixing portion 21 in the form of a frame, an element portion 20 disposed in the frame of the fixing portion 21 and having vibrating arms 21 to 24 in a drive system and a detection system, and a connecting portion 25 formed as a fixed-fixed beam having its both ends connected to the fixing portion 21 and having its intermediate portion connected to the element portion 20.

Abstract: 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 of the groove portion to the entire perimeter, which largely contributes to a scribing characteristic, is changed such that a desired scribing characteristic can be obtained.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensing element is provided, which is able to prevent breakage of an oscillation arm even when an excessively large shock is given. An angular velocity sensing element 2 according to the present embodiment includes oscillation arms 22, 23 and 24 formed of a semiconductor material, and a stopper member provided to limit the oscillation range of the oscillation arms. As such a stopper member, a first stopper member 25 is provided, for example, which limits the oscillation range of the oscillation arms at least within a single plane of the arms. Fixing portions 21, the oscillation arms 22, 23 and 24 and the first stopper member 25 are integrally formed by processing a semiconductor material, such as silicon.

Abstract: 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 of the groove portion to the entire perimeter, which largely contributes to a scribing characteristic, is changed such that a desired scribing characteristic can be obtained.

Abstract: 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 the groove portion to the entire perimeter, which largely contributes to a scribing characteristic, is changed such that a desired scribing characteristic can be obtained.

Abstract: A scribing wheel for a brittle material, comprising: an outer peripheral portion around which a circumference ridgeline is formed, where two truncated cones have connected bottoms so as to share the same rotational axis; and a number of alternating notches and protrusions which are formed in the direction of the circumference along the above described circumference ridgeline, wherein the above described protrusions are formed of portions of the above described circumference ridgeline which remain after the above described circumference ridge line is notched and have a length in the direction of the circumference so that a scribe line is drawn on the above described brittle material substrate and a vertical crack extending from the scribe line in the direction of the thickness of a brittle material substrate is formed when the scribing wheel is rotated in such a state as to be pressed against the above described brittle material substrate, wherein the length of the notches in the direction of the circumference

Abstract: The frequency of replacement of an insulating spacer disposed between grids of an ion beam irradiation apparatus is to be reduced. In addition, the intervals of the multiple grids in the ion beam irradiation apparatus are to be kept constant. To achieve these objects, in a so-called insulating spacer provided for maintaining insulation between the grids, a groove portion having a bottom onto which sputtered materials are hard to adhere is provided on the central portion of the side surface of the insulating spacer all along its circumference.

Abstract: A scribe method for a brittle material substrate is a method in which a plurality of scribe lines are formed in directions intersecting with one another in a surface of the brittle material substrate, wherein at least one scribe line in a first direction is formed by a scribe means generating a high-penetration vertical crack in the brittle material substrate by applying impacts of a short period to the point on the surface of the brittle material substrate. After this, at least one scribe line of a second direction in a direction intersecting with the at least one scribe line of the first direction is formed with the scribe means by scribing without producing intersections with the scribe lines of the first direction.

Abstract: 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 a vertical crack that reaches deep inside of the substrate, while effectively removing cullets produced at the time of severing the substrate, thus performing precise severing along a scribe line.