Patent ID: 7150804

Claim:
A method for disassembling an image display apparatus in which an image display unit and a support member for supporting the image display unit are adhered by an adhesive member, wherein the image display unit includes a front side flat substrate and a rear side flat substrate with an internal space therebetween, the method comprising the steps of: separating the image display unit and the support member, wherein said separating step includes a step of sequentially releasing, along the front side flat substrate or the rear side flat substrate, a bond between the image display unit and the support member through the adhesive member by a wire shaped cutting unit positioned between the image display unit and the support member, wherein the step of releasing is conducted while supporting the wire shaped cutting unit by two arms disposed outside of a region sandwiched by the image display unit and the support member, wherein the adhesive member is formed from an acrylic material, and wherein the step of sequentially releasing is performed in a state that one of the image display unit and the support member is fixed, and the other of the image display unit and the support member is held by a suction cup, while applying a force for separating the image display unit from the support member by a wedge member inserted therebetween, and while heating the wire shaped cutting unit to thereby heat the adhesive member.