Patent ID: 8905104

Claim:
An adhesive fastening element for holding a workpiece, the adhesive fastening element comprising: a body defining a recess for receiving a protrusion of the workpiece, the recess including an end surface and a side surface capable of bonding by an adhesive to respective end and side surfaces of the protrusion in order to bond the workpiece to the adhesive fastening element, a transparent element for transmitting light for curing the adhesive being retained over the end surface and the side surface of the recess; wherein the body comprises an outer member and an inner member that is disposed inside the outer member and is movable relative to the outer member along a longitudinal axis of the adhesive fastening element, wherein the outer member defines the side surface of the recess and the inner member defines the end surface of the recess, the inner member being in a first position for bonding of the workpiece to the inner and outer members of the body, and wherein the inner member is movable away from the first position to break the bond between the inner member and the workpiece and is movable toward and past the first position so as to apply a force to the workpiece to break the bond between the outer member and the workpiece and to de-bond the workpiece from the adhesive fastening element.