Patent ID: 7707732

Claim:
A scribing system comprising: (A) a mounting mechanism that is configured to rotate an elongated object having a long dimension in such a manner that the elongated object is subjected to a bow effect wherein a middle portion of the elongated object bends relative to a first and a second end portion of the elongated object; (B) a stylus for scribing the elongated object at a position x along the long dimension of the elongated object, while the mounting mechanism rotates the elongated object and thereby subjects said elongated object to said bow effect; and (C) a force generating mechanism connected to the stylus so that the stylus applies the same constant force to the elongated object regardless of the position x along the long dimension of the elongated object that the stylus is positioned, while the mounting mechanism rotates the elongated object and thereby subjects said elongated object to said bow effect, thereby scribing the elongated object.