Patent ID: 8425279

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing seeds for polycrystalline silicon manufacture by cutting a silicon rod in a lengthwise axial direction into at least one plate-shaped member thereof, and cutting at least one of the silicon plate-shaped members lengthwise into seeds that are square in cross section, comprising: a table which can mount the silicon rod or at least one of the plate-shaped members; a pair of end-face supporting members which can support the silicon rod or at least one of the plate-shaped members by pressing both end faces thereof in the lengthwise axial direction; a multi-cutter comprising a horizontally-arranged plurality of rotable cutting blades that simultaneously cut a plurality of portions arranged at intervals in the width direction of the plate-shaped members, and wherein the end-face supporting members include comb-shaped grooves that allow the cutting blades to pass through, and wherein the comb-shaped grooves are provided at the same intervals as the plurality of cutting blades.