Abstract: A disposable glove dispensing system comprising a stacked unit of easily donned disposable gloves mounted on a glove rack which is specially configured for allowing a user to remove and don gloves safely and quickly, with a single efficient motion of the hand.

Abstract: A peak including a peak part and an elongated substantially rectangular retaining band both die cut from closed cell foamed plastic material. A pair of openings are formed respectively at the corners of the peak part. A pair of apertures are provided at each end of the retaining band. Dumbbell shaped connectors connect the band to the peak part. Each connector passes through one of each pair of apertures and a registering opening. By having two apertures at each end of the band, the length of the band can be adjusted.

Abstract: A protective apparel to be worn when changing clothes comprising an air permeable stretch material (14) with an elasticized, expandable edging (10). The apparel is preferably manufactured by knitting, weaving or spinning, as with hosiery for example, and can be adapted to the needs of the user. The apparel can be worn covering the face, the top of the head, head and race, or head, face and neck. It can be manufactured with existing technology inexpensively to be disposable or be manufactured more durably for use many times.

Abstract: A head gear apparatus (10) is provided that moves air to cool a caregiver's head. The head gear apparatus (10) includes a helmet (12) that has a shell (114) configured to rest upon a head of a user and a fan housing (120) movably coupled to shell (114), a fan (122) is positioned to lie within fan housing (120) and moves with fan housing (120) relative to shell (114), and a garment (14) selectively coupled to helmet (12). Garment (14) includes a face shield (20).

Abstract: A novelty toilet seat with conventional flashing lights, a heater and music functions. The invention can light up the bathroom. The present invention targets all age groups and can be used in many different types of businesses including but not limited to: children's bathrooms, night clubs, bars, liquor stores, and nursing homes.

Abstract: The present invention is a toilet seat device fabricated from a polymeric material and a photoluminescence material. This combination provides for a structurally sound seat that is adapted to glow for an extended period of time in the absence of light.

Abstract: A drain plunger including an elongate handle having a first end and a second end. A generally cylindrical chamber having a continuous side wall defining a void and having a first end coupled to the handle. A second end of the chamber forms a nozzle defining an opening in communication with the void. Only a single pleat formed in the side wall intermediate the first end of the chamber and the second end of the chamber, the single pleat encircling the void and movable between a compressed position and an expanded position.

Abstract: During performance of shampooing employing a movable hair washing stand, when the hair washing agents such as a shampoo agent and a treatment agent, and the hair washing tools are kept in a cabinet which is provided separately from a hair washing stand, the hair washing stand might be away from the cabinet. Therefore, when the hair washing agents and the hair washing tools are necessary during the performance of shampooing, a person for shampooing needs to go for the same to the cabinet on every occasion, which results in an impediment to his works.

Abstract: There is described method and apparatus for supporting a patient's body in a MR scanner, including supporting it to rotate about its longitudincal axis and cant about a point on the longitudinal axis. Also provided are method and apparatus for supporting a patient's head and neck and using a surgical head-holder. Yet another embodiment of the invention provides method and apparatus for attaching first and second stirrups to a member supporting the patient.

Abstract: In interventional MRI, for example, in neurosurgical applications, the head of a patient must be positioned on a head support while allowing reproducible manipulation of the head. The head support must be made of a material that is compatible with MR. Furthermore, spatial restrictions imposed by the bore of the magnetic resonance apparatus have to be dealt with The head support (15) in accordance with the invention comprises supporting means (1) whereon the patient head or a stereotactic frame can be rested. The supporting means (1) rest on the mounting means (2) and are fixed on the table top thereby. The mounting means (2) provide a sliding surface (16) that enables rotation of the supporting means (1) relative to the mounting means (2). The supporting means (1) can be curved towards the table top on which they rest, thus providing a concave surface (9) so as to lower the supporting surface for a stereotactic frame and hence minimize the total volume of the construction.

Abstract: A liner which is attachable to an infant bed of the type having side walls to prevent the infant from falling out of the bed, the liner having one or more breathable side walls which, in use, extend about the inside walls of the bed, an open top, top attachment means to attach the liner to an upper part of the side walls of the bed, a generally open bottom, and bottom attachment means to attach the liner to a bottom part of the bed and/or the bed mattress.

Abstract: The invention is a magnetized tool for holding or retrieving nails. This is shown as a hammer having a magnet which may be on a removable cover or an extendable arm, mounted within the shaft or adjacent to the shaft of a hammer on the removable cover. The magnet is removable from the shaft to temporarily magnetize the striking face of the hammer so that a nail mail be held on the striking face temporarily. The magnet may be removably held to the hammer with a magnetic metal, such as another magnet which may be similar in size and shape and may be glued in place on the hammer. In another embodiment, the tool is a paint shield which may have bens to fit under walls. The shield may also serve to hold paint absorbing sheets to prevent spills and to clean up spills. The sheets may define a curving lip which curves upward to catch paint spills.

Abstract: A multipurpose hand-held implement, comprising at least two components which can be locked in a closed position and then form a compact, essentially closed body, in the case of which the two components, with preferably confluent contours, are directed towards one another. In the closed position, the body forms the handle for actuating utensils, such as a knife, staple remover or cutter, which are accommodated in the components in a set-back manner, such that they can be pushed out. The two components are preferably connected to one another in an articulated manner and, after release of the locking means, can be moved relative to one another in order to actuate, for example, a stapler, a hole puncher or a pair of scissors. Further utensils, for example a magnifying glass, a pointer or a laser pointer may be accommodated in the components.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber product-treating agent which can impart an excellent wrinkle-resistant effect and an excellent durable press effect to the fiber product capable of being heated and being hardly effected with not only during wearing but also after washing. That is, the present invention provides the treating agent for imparting the durable press configuration on a fiber product by a heating treatment with e.g. an iron, which comprises a specific amount of (i) two or more compounds forming mutually a crosslinked structure by heating and/or (ii) a compound forming a self-crosslinked structure by heating, and water, wherein the content of a nonvolatile matter is 0.01 to 30%.

Abstract: A process for introducing a textile treatment material into a textile treatment system, particularly a supercritical fluid carbon dioxide (SCF—CO2) treatment system. The process includes the steps of providing a preparation vessel in fluid communication with a textile treatment system; loading a textile treatment material into the preparation vessel; dissolving or suspending the textile treatment material in near-critical liquid carbon dioxide or supercritical fluid carbon dioxide in the preparation vessel; and introducing the dissolved or suspended textile treatment material into the textile treatment system. The textile treatment material can be selected from a group including a brightening agent, a whitening agent and a dye. A system suitable for use in carrying out the process is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the oxidative dyeing of human hair, whereby an aqueous composition having a pH-value between 7.0 and 12.0 is applied to the hair, wherein this Composition (AB) was obtained by admixture of an oxidation dyestuff precursor Composition (A), which comprises at least one developing and at least one coupling substance as well as at least one or more specific metal compounds, having an alkaline pH-value, with a hydrogen peroxide Composition (B), having a pH-value in the acidic range and comprising 0.05 & to 5.0% by weight, calculated to the total composition, of 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid and/or the alkali or ammonium salts thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of dyeing a material which involve contacting the material with a dyeing system which comprises: (a) a mixture of (i) an aromatic diamine and (ii) one or more of a naphthol and an aminonaphthalene and (b) an oxidation system comprising (i) a hydrogen peroxide source and an enzyme exhibiting peroxidase activity or (ii) an enzyme exibiting oxidase activity on one or more of the compounds of mixture (a). The material may be a fabric, yarn, fiber, garment or film made of fur, hide, leather, silk or wool, or made of cationic polysaccharide, cotton, diacetate, flax, linen, lyocel, polyacrylic, synthetic polyamide, polyester, ramie, rayon, triacetate, or viscose.

Abstract: Elongated composite deck sections or panels are formed by pultruding a plastics resin material with multiple layers or mats of glass fibers and longitudinally extending unidirectional fibers to form a base wall integrally connecting upwardly projecting and longitudinally extending tubular ribs. Each rib has opposite side surfaces converging towards the base wall, and longitudinally extending ears project laterally outwardly from the side surfaces. The top surface of each panel is coated with epoxy adhesive, and the top surface of the base wall is also coated with an aggregate of crushed stone. The deck panels are assembled in laterally adjacent overlapping relation to form a permanent composite deck form. A mat of fiber reinforced composite rods are spaced above the deck panels which are surrounded by border forms, and concrete is poured onto the deck panels which positively bond with the concrete.

Abstract: An applicator for surface treatment tools, such as drywall knockdown blades, wire brushes, scrapers, putty knives, and the like provides a rotatable bracket attached to a handle. Attachment of the surface tool to the bracket permits variance to the angular positioning between the handle and the surface tool as required by the positioning of the tool operator and/or the surface to be worked relative to the positioning of the tool operator. Set angular positions are provided by the bracket, with changes in positioning requiring actuation of an internal locking mechanism by the operator during use of the tool.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pressure pad used in an apparatus for cleaning the outer surface of a cylinder with a cleaning fabric. The cleaning fabric is directed between the pressure pad and the cylinder, the pressure pad having opposite side edges which are fixed in the apparatus to extend parallel to the cylinder. The pressure pad is made of elastomer and curved between the opposite side edges thereof to be convex toward the outer surface of the cylinder. The pressure pad cooperates with the cleaning fabric so that the cleaning fabric can be pressed against the outer surface of the cylinder by the pressure pad to clean the outer surface of the cylinder. The pressure pad comprises an engaged portion engaged with the cleaning fabric so that the cleaning fabric is sandwiched between the engaged portion and the cylinder to be pressed against the outer surface of the cylinder.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner, performing a cleaning operation using a nozzle casing coupled to a suction pipe or using the suction pipe free from the nozzle casing, is disclosed. This vacuum cleaner does not force a user to change an existing cleaning tool with another tool even when it is desired to clean a limited or narrow area that does not allow use of the nozzle casing during the cleaning operation. In this vacuum cleaner, the suction nozzle unit consists of a nozzle casing provided with a suction nozzle for sucking dust-laden air from a surface into the casing. This casing also has a mounting unit provided with a fitting bore communicating with the suction nozzle. A hollow cylindrical suction pipe is removably fitted into the fitting bore, with a dusting brush part formed along the lower edge thereof. A spring-biased locking bolt removably locks the position of the suction pipe within the mounting unit of the nozzle casing.

Abstract: Provided is a vibrating section having an ultrasonic transducer of piezoelectric elements and a rear ultrasonic horn and a front ultrasonic horn, the horns being joined to the transducer. The ultrasonic transducer has a consumption power set at 8 W or less. The ultrasonic horn has a flat front end surface, the area of the front end surface being set at 0.07 to 1 cm2.

Abstract: The invention relates to a self-driving and self-locking hinge strap for mounting between two adjacent elements (A1, A2), the strap being of the type constituted by at least one resilient strip (3) preformed to have a section that is curved and designed to be secured via its two ends to the two elements, and to occupy a folded position and a deployed position. According to the invention, each resilient strip (3) is provided with a layer of viscoelastic material (4) interposed between one of the faces of the resilient strip (3) and a stress plate (5) in such a manner as to provide a hinge that also performs a damping function.

Abstract: A hinge for furniture comprises a bowl (11) adapted to be fastened to a door (12) of a piece of furniture and a wing (13) designed to be fixed to the piece of furniture. The wing has an end (15) which is pivotally mounted to the bowl for rotation relative to the bowl and a spring (17) is received in the bowl, the thrust end (19) of the spring exerting pressure on cam means (20) placed on the wing to move the wing towards a near steady position corresponding to the open or closed hinge position. The spring has a reaction end (21) reacting on the bowl at a rest surface (22) keeping said reaction end (21) oriented in a direction non-parallel to the bowl bottom. Advantageously, the spring reaction end is directed opposite to the bowl bottom and the rest surface (22) is a side wall of the bowl.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a filtration device. The process includes a fiber carding procedure which forms a web. The filtration device in accordance with the invention takes the form of a web consisting of a single layer lap.

Abstract: A sawtooth wire for producing an all-steel sawtooth arrangement for processing textile fibers has a wire body having a plurality of teeth arranged successively in the longitudinal direction of the wire body. Each tooth has a tooth bottom and a tooth tip, wherein a tooth breast extends from the tooth bottom toward the tooth tip and a tooth back starts at the tooth tip and extends toward a successive tooth bottom of the successive tooth. The tooth back of at least one of the teeth has one or more convex portions passing over into a concave portion, respectively, in a direction toward the tooth bottom.

Abstract: A device for releasably attaching a towel to clothing of a user. The device includes a towel having an eyelet passing therethrough and a clasp for extending through the eyelet and releasably connecting with an article of clothing of a user. The towel may be removed from engagement with the clasp for cleaning when desired. The attachment of the device to the clothing of the user allows a towel to be readily available to the user for drying the user or cleaning an object.

Abstract: In a swivel snap hook having a hook body and a stopper piece, a protrusion, which is molded integrally with a front-end inside engaging face or a front-end outside engaging face of the hook body or the stopper piece, is provided so as to have a minute protruding height and be protruded toward a mating engaging face. Further, a minute portion at a tip end of the protrusion is molded integrally with the mating engaging face. Consequently, the swivel snap hook can be molded such that the front-end outside engaging face of the stopper piece is closed to the front-end inside engaging face of the hook body. Therefore, in the swivel snap hook, a length and a depth of the hook body thereof can be set as the conventional ones, while it can be molded in a state that the front-end outside engaging face of the stopper piece is kept in contact with the front-end inside engaging face of the hook body.

Abstract: A seat restraint buckle assembly for a seat restraint system in a vehicle includes a rigid frame having an open forward end defining a passage to receive a latch plate. The seat restraint buckle assembly also includes a locking member operatively connected to the frame and pivotal between a latched position in which the locking member retains the latch plate within the passage and an unlatched position in which the locking member is held clear of the passage. The seat restraint buckle assembly includes a release button slidably mounted on the frame above the passage for longitudinal movement relative to the frame. The seat restraint buckle assembly further includes a blocking lever operatively connected to the frame and pivotal to contact the locking member and urging the locking member towards the latched position.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for continuously unwinding a yarn from a yarn package which may be associated with a method and apparatus for texturing the withdrawn yarn. The yarn is withdrawn from a feed yarn package supported in a creel, and the trailing yarn end of the feed yarn package connects to a leading yarn end of a second feed yarn package (reserve package) by a knot-type piecing to achieve a continuous advance of the yarn for its treatment or processing. A sensor is provided which detects and signals the yarn change from the feed yarn package to the reserve package after the feed yarn package is unwound, and the signal may be used to control the texturing process.

Abstract: A gut-clamping mechanism for use in stringing tennis, badminton, squash, and racquetball rackets. The apparatus includes a support post erected on a clamp block, a pair of holders wherein one holder is secured onto the top edge of said support post and the other holder is provided on the first holder in a detachable manner and such that an expanding coil spring is inserted between them. A pressing plate that has a shaft that goes through the pair of holders when the holders are joined together and with a fastening, adjusting nut hinged on the screw unit that is etched and provided at the tip of said shaft. A clamp handle is axially attached to an edge of the pressing plate, wherein a freely rotating roller is axially attached to the part that comes into contact with the side of the holder secured onto the support post in the clamp handle.

Abstract: A tool primarily designed for the quick and easy removal the gimbal bearing found in Mercruiser styled Stern Drives. The tool consists of a fixed hook with a sliding mechanism that automatically locks the bearing onto the hook, a flange that bridges the opening of the bell housing, a threaded rod that is attached to the end of the hook body and passes through the center of the flange, a thrust bearing, a long threaded nut that provides the moving force behind the tool as well as a handle for inserting the tool, and a torque arm that keeps the tool from rotating while the nut is being tightened.

Abstract: A device for assembly of a flexible conduit element consisting essentially of a flexible ring-corrugated or helical-shaped bellows body which is displaced over an inner arbor in order to introduce a jacket into the corrugations of the bellows body, has an the inner arbor comprising actuating elements for engagement into the corrugations of the bellows body at an inner side thereof. The inner arbor has an axial length which can be adjusted.

Abstract: The method for reconditioning a used propane gas tank or cylinder comprises the steps of: removing an existing relief valve from the tank; rolling up sheets of aluminum mesh material into mesh inserts and clipping the rolled up sheet with two clips; inserting the aluminum mesh inserts into the propane tank to provide a large wetted surface area inside the tank for increasing the efficiency of vaporization; and replacing the relief valve with a relief valve having a higher CFM rate that is now standard in the lift truck propane gas tank industry.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a method and an apparatus for accurately estimating the tension or clamp force in a bolted joint. An installed fastener is rotated and the torque necessary to rotate the fastener and the angle through which the fastener is rotated are measured. The angle and torque values are plotted against one another such that the angle values are plotted on an angle axis and the torque values are plotted on a torque axis. A tangent is extended from the plot towards the angle axis. The point at which the tangent crosses the angle axis is defined as zero degrees and is called the “elastic origin”. The known angle through which the fastener rotates is used to scale the angle axis. The angle from the elastic origin to the point at which the tangent was drawn is defined as the M-alpha angle and is directly proportional to the clamp force created by the bolted joint or tension in the fastener.

Abstract: A die and method of assembling a high torque capacity metal spool. The spool comprises a cylindrical barrel, a pair of flanges and a pair of flange hubs. The die includes a support member and a curling member that is adapted to move relative to the support housing. The die is adapted to be driven towards a matching die to press a spool therebetween. Each curling member includes an annular curling face which is adapted to curl and compress metal edges of the cylindrical barrel, the flanges and the flange hubs into tightened curls. The tightened curls secure the cylindrical barrel with the flanges and flange hubs. Each die further includes a plurality of nibs carried by the support housings which project outward from the curling face of the curling member after the tightened curls have been formed to swage a plurality of detents into the tightened curls of the spool. The resulting detents in the metal spool provide for increased torque transfer between the flanges, the flange hubs and the cylindrical barrel.

Abstract: Method for producing parcels consisting of sheet metal pieces, wherein the sheet metal pieces are arranged next to each other and assembled with each other into a parcel. Basically, bent sheet metal piece segments of a circumferential length that corresponds to an angle &agr;=360°/n are created through a stamping process, with n corresponding to a positive integer and being larger or equal to two, with n of these sheet metal piece segments being arranged in one plane to a sheet metal piece. The sheet metal pieces that have been arranged next to each other are connected with at least one fastener and/or welded together.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing painted profiles from metallic strips and a corresponding machine. The method includes the following stages: a) providing a spool with a first material; b) providing a spool with a second material; c) making the first and second materials pass through together in such a way that the coat of primer of the first material and the coat of paint of the second material are juxtaposed and in mutual contact, while the assembly of materials undergoes heat and pressure; d) optionally, detaching and eliminating the film from the assembly of materials; e) shaping the assembly of materials continuously, keeping the assembly of materials, possibly without the film, at a temperature that is essentially the same as that applied in stage c) until stage e) is completed. The machine includes means for carrying out said method. Applicable to painting metallic strips by transfer, before continuous shaping.

Abstract: An insulation displacement stand includes: a fixed rack in which a first surface for receiving a pressure-receiving surface of a connector housing and a second surface escaping from a locking portion are formed with a difference in level in a heightwise direction; a movable rack in which a third surface for receiving a connection surface having contact connection portions opened in the connector housing and a fourth surface for receiving the surface having electric wire insertion holes opened in the connector housing are formed; and a braking unit provided in the fixed rack and pressing the connector housing against the third surface by pressing a surface of the connector housing from which electric wires are drawn out. In the insulation displacement stand, the movable rack is provided so that the movable rack can be apart from the fixed rack in the heightwise direction.

Abstract: The method of the present invention is capable of processing a work piece with higher accuracy and providing highly reliable magnetic heads. The method of processing the magnetic head comprises the steps of: providing adhesive wax on a surface of a supporting jig; pressing a work piece onto the surface of the supporting jig so as to adhere the work piece thereon; heating the work piece supported by the supporting jig until the wax is melted so as to release stress in the work piece; and processing the work piece.

Abstract: A magnetic head assembly has an open yoke type write head constructed on top of a read head so that the write head can be constructed with a very narrow track width without restraint by the requirements of the read head. The write head has first and second pole piece portions wherein the second pole piece portion has separate front and back layer portions. A coil layer is wrapped around only the first pole piece portion and the back layer portion so that the front layer portion can be constructed separately to provide a narrow track width. Further, in a preferred embodiment the front layer portion has a reduced thickness and a higher magnetic moment than the thickness and magnetic moment of the first pole piece portion and the back layer portion. Still further, in a preferred embodiment the first pole piece portion and the back layer portion are planar due to planarization of underlying layers.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a process for producing a lithium ion battery comprising adhering a positive and a negative electrode to an ion conducting layer (separator) with an adhesive resin thereby to obtain sufficient joint strength between the electrodes and the separator while securing ion conductivity among the positive and negative electrodes and the separator. The steps of heating an adhesive liquid (4) which is a mixture of a solvent and a resin and in which the resin is not completely dissolved at or below room temperature and applying the heated adhesive liquid to the adhesive surface of the separator (3) or of the electrode (1 or 2), superposing the separator and the electrodes with their adhesive surfaces facing each other, and drying the applied adhesive liquid are carried out in order. The solubility of the resin is increased when the adhesive liquid is to be applied to make uniform application feasible.

Abstract: Positive and negative electrode plates, after being dried, are layered alternately upon one another with intervening separators therebetween to constitute electrode plate groups. These electrode plate groups are transferred in succession from one to another of a plurality of preliminary chambers, which are respectively constructed to be able to create vacuum of various levels and arranged so that the vacuum level is gradually increased, and finally introduced into a processing chamber in which the vacuum level is highest, where the welding of collector plates to the electrode plate groups is performed with an electronic beam irradiating device. After that, the electrode plate groups are taken out through a post-processing chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for making a heat exchanger tube (14) for a heat exchanger (10) in which a continuous insert (26), having convolutes transverse to the length of the tube are located into a continuous shell as the shell is being formed. After placing the insert (26) into the partially open shell, the shell is closed and sealed as it passes through a bonding device (64) to seal the longitudinal edges of the shell to each other and the insert to the internal walls of the tube. The continuous shell with the inserted fin insert is subsequently sliced to produce individual cooling tubes.

Abstract: A workstation is provided for concurrently processing dynamo-electric machine core subassemblies that are at different stages of a dynamo-electric machine core manufacturing process. The workstation is configured to include a sequence of step processing units. Different units receive and process subassemblies that are at different stages of manufacture. A movable transferor substantially simultaneously advances a group of subassemblies forward through the sequence of units. The workstation can be integrated with conventional assembly line transport systems. These transport systems may be used to deliver input subassemblies to the workstation and to carry away output subassemblies. Subassemblies may be loaded into the workstation at the same time as finished subassemblies are unloaded from the workstation.

Abstract: In order, in the context of making contact between two printed circuit boards (2, 4), to ensure a high positioning accuracy of their two contact regions (8) with respect to one another, the two contact regions (8) are three-dimensionally structured complementarily with respect to one another. A mask (12) having cutouts (14) for contact elements (10) of the two printed circuit boards (2, 4) is preferably provided. This positioning using the conductor track pattern and independently of a contact-making housing (26) has the advantage that the positioning accuracy is unaffected by tolerances between the conductor track pattern and the contact-making housing (26).

Abstract: A vehicle assembly system automatically decks and automatically fastens body components to chassis components. The system uses an automatic decking and fastening unit that includes a base with an elevatable platform repositionable relative to the base by at least one actuator. A slidable unit carries a fastener driver, is supported on the elevatable platform, and is repositionable relative to the elevatable platform by at least one other actuator. The slidable unit also carries an arm that is repositionable relative to the slidable unit by yet another actuator. A pair of conveyors are positioned away from the base, are movable relative to the base and carry a pair of vehicle components. The conveyors are cycled so that the vehicle components are positioned relative to one another in a predetermined position, and the actuators are operated to reposition the fastener driver to a position determined by engagement of the slidable unit with one of the vehicle components.

Abstract: A device having two elongated members pivotally connected at one end portions thereof and locked together at the other end portions thereof so that at least portions of at least two relatively rigid articles are enclosed therein and apparatus and method for moving the device from an opened position to a closed position forming an enclosure to contain the portions of the at least two relatively rigid articles. In a preferred embodiment, the two relatively rigid articles comprise radiant heating tubing and a wire mesh supported on a bed of particulate material.

Abstract: A system for mounting circuit components on a circuit substrate, including a circuit-substrate supporting device which supports the circuit substrate, a circuit-component mounting device which mounts, at a circuit-component mounting position, the circuit components on the circuit substrate supported by the circuit-substrate supporting device, and a circuit-substrate carry-out device which carries out the circuit substrate on which the circuit components have been mounted, the circuit-substrate carry-out device comprising a removing device which removes the circuit substrate from the circuit-substrate supporting device, and a parallel-direction carry-out device which receives the circuit substrate from the removing device and carries out the circuit substrate in a parallel direction substantially parallel to a plane of the circuit substrate, the circuit substrate being transferred from the circuit-substrate supporting device to the removing device in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the plane o

Abstract: A structure for mounting electronic devices. The structure uses a non-conductive, compliant spacer interposed between an underlying carrier and an overlying thin film. The spacer includes a pattern of through-vias which matches opposing interconnects on opposing surfaces of the carrier and the thin film. In this way, solder connections can extend in the through-vias to electrically connect the thin film to the carrier and smooth out topography. In a related process for forming the structure, the thin film is built on a first sacrificial carrier and then further processed on a second sacrificial carrier to keep it from distorting, expanding, or otherwise suffering adversely during its processing. The solder connections between the thin film and the carrier are formed using a closed solder joining process. The spacer is used with laminate cards to create thermal stress release structures on portions of the cards carrying a thin film.