Patent ID: 7464456

Claim:
A slider separating method, which is provided for cutting a row bar constituted with a plurality of slider-forming portions along the row bar's length direction into individual sliders, comprising: bonding said row bar to a bonding surface of a cutting fixture along a side surface that extends in the length direction; cutting said row bar bonded on said cutting fixture into individual sliders along cutting gaps provided between the slider-forming portions; decreasing bonding force between each diced slider and the bonding surface; and separating said sliders with decreased bonding force from said cutting fixture by pushing each slider along a side direction being parallel to said bonding surface and perpendicular to said length direction to a position where the slider is inconsistent with its adjacent sliders when viewed from, said length direction and then holding and receiving the pushed slider to a slider tray having recesses formed therein which are partitioned respectively to said sliders.