Cleaving device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJeffrey W. Christensen, Phillip E. Christensen, John R. Harris, Yu Zhang
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Abstract
An embodiment of the invention may include a cleaving apparatus. The cleaving apparatus may include a first arm having a first cleaving wedge and a second arm having a second cleaving wedge. The first cleaving wedge may include a first front surface and a first bottom surface, where the first front surface is oriented away from the first bottom surface. The second cleaving wedge may include a second front surface and a second bottom surface, where the second front surface is oriented away from the second bottom surface. The first arm and the second arm may be arranged to move with respect to each other. Further, the cleaving apparatus may include a heating apparatus located in the first cleaving wedge.
Claims20
A cleaving apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a first arm having a first cleaving wedge, wherein the first cleaving wedge comprises a first front surface and a first bottom surface, and wherein the first front surface is oriented away from the first bottom surface;
- a second arm having a second cleaving wedge, wherein the second cleaving wedge comprises a second front surface and a second bottom surface, and wherein the second front surface is oriented away from the second bottom surface;
- the first arm and the second arm arranged to move with respect to each other;
- a heating apparatus located in the first cleaving wedge;
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- a solvent feed system located in the second cleaving wedge, wherein the solvent feed system distributes solvent to the second front surface of the second cleaving wedge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.