Patent ID: 8377256

Claim:
A stripping method for stripping a support plate from a laminate including a substrate and the support plate adhered to the substrate via an adhesive layer, the stripping method comprising: supplying on the laminate a solvent to dissolve the adhesive layer, so that the solvent is retained on the laminate; vibrating, by a vibrating section, at least the solvent retained on the laminate; transmitting, by a vibration transmitting section provided between a retaining means and the vibrating section, the vibration from the at least one vibrating section to the solvent retained on the laminate; and collecting the solvent retained on the laminate, wherein the vibration transmitting section has a supplying opening and a collecting opening, the supplying opening supplies the solvent to the retaining means via the supplying opening, and the collecting opening collects the solvent on the laminate via the collecting opening.