Patent ID: 8360129

Claim:
A peeling device which peels off a reinforcing sheet stuck on a substrate, comprising: a supporting unit which supports a first surface of a laminate having the first surface and a second surface, wherein the laminate comprises a substrate and a reinforcing sheet; a plate-shaped flexible member which is attachable to a second surface of the laminate; a plurality of pads fixed to a surface of the plate-shaped flexible member, wherein said flexible member is lying opposite to the first surface of the laminate; a plurality of rods each of which is coupled to any one of the plurality of pads; a plurality of driving devices by which the plurality of rods are made to move in individual axial directions relative to the other rods; and a control device by which a position of each of the plurality of rods is controlled on an individual basis, wherein each of the plurality of pads is coupled to any one of the plurality of the rods via any one of a plurality of joints so that each pad is allowed to pivot, wherein the plurality of pads pivot around an intersection point of a centerline of the rod coupled thereto with either a surface of the reinforcing sheet facing the first surface of a laminate or a surface of the substrate facing the reinforcing sheet, and wherein the first surface of the laminate is supported by the supporting unit, and at the same time, the position of each of the plurality of rods is controlled by the control device so that the second surface of the laminate is subjected to bending deformation starting from a terminal side of the second surface of the laminate.