Patent ID: 7080766

Claim:
An apparatus for cutting a sheet of material into single supports, each of said single supports having an array area to which is bound an array of chemical compounds, said sheet comprising a plurality of score lines, said apparatus comprising: (a) an input conveyor adapted to move said sheet without contacting said array area and an area on a surface of said support opposite said array area, (b) an output conveyor adapted to move said single supports without contacting said array area and an area on a surface of said support opposite said array area, (c) a driver adapted to move said sheet from said input conveyor to said output conveyor without contacting said array area and an area on a surface of said support opposite said array area, and (d) a breaking mechanism for breaking said sheet into said single supports along said score lines without contacting said array area and an area on a surface of said support opposite said array area.