Abstract: Small form factor pallet assembly, comprising a slotted plate having at opposite ends a mandrel drive assembly and an idler assembly, each with end fittings for engaging the drive and manifold block of a cascade-type scrubber permits scrubbing of SFF substrates by replacement of LFF scrub brushes with the SFF pallet. The SFF pallet slot is oriented below its brush nip so SSF substrates can engage the LFF rotation belt and transport drive. The drive chain is fitted with multi-finger yokes of different sizes so that several sizes of SFF substrates can be scrubbed in the pallet with a single chain. Trolleys for lateral transport of substrates from the input zone to the scrubber lane and from it to the output bay are disclosed. The inventive SFF pallet system meets the changing needs of the hard drive industry, and its retrofit capacity extends the life of already-installed LFF cascade scrubbers.

Abstract: An improved cordless waxer comprises a built-in auto wax supply system, which has a wax tank with a sealed cap, a wax feeding pump, a spray nozzle, a joint conduit, a direct current motor, and a power switch, for carrying wax and controllably and automatically spraying wax onto working surfaces. The cordless waxer also comprises a protective exterior shell for housing the auto wax supply system and a direct current motor powered by rechargeable batteries. A removable foam pad is connected with the rotor of the direct current motor for clearing, waxing, or polishing working surfaces.

Abstract: A machine for cleaning a window is provided which may comprise a chassis, window cleaning apparatus or mechanism, and a makeweight wherein the makeweight counterbalances the weight of the window cleaning apparatus by traversing the chassis in the first and second directions as the cleaning apparatus traverses the chassis in the second and first directions, respectively.

Abstract: A tool for abrading or polishing and reaming the terminal ends of tubing or fittings using a hand-held electrically powered device having a rotating member capable of accepting a standard shaft which has attached to it a male and female abrasive member which will polish or abrade the inside and outside of a length tubing or fitting respectively using the same tool. Also attached to the standard shaft is a reamer for removing unwanted material from the end of the length of tubing. All of these members are attached at the same end of the standard shaft, thereby allowing all the operations to be performed at one time on each tubing or mating fitting member. In addition, the standard shaft may be connected to a clutch release mechanism allowing the tool mechanism to disengage upon the application of excessive torque.

Abstract: A toothbrush head in which the fixed ends of the bristles are embedded in a mass of a polyurethane gel material incorporated in the head. Typical nylon materials as used for toothbrush bristles are found to bind with polyurethane gels so that advantageously holders for the bristles need not be used. A moulding process is also provided for making the toothbrush head.

Abstract: A brush for basting and applying sauces to food features a head, a handle attached to the head and a number of bristles positioned on the head. Each of the bristles features a crescent-shaped cross section.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning brush for cleaning toilet bowls and the like. The brush has a permanent handle and replaceable/disposable brush heads that are flushable after each cleaning. The brush is a stack of sheets of water-dissolvable and/or agitation-dissolvable material. The sheets can be attached together at an end by pressure bonding or by a water-soluble adhesive and formed with bristles at an opposite end. The wand provides a remote system for clamping and unclamping the brush head.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a floor mop capable of using both sides without bending one's back, and a floor mop which is capable of being fixed by a magnetic force, and which has a rotation structure for fixing selectively both sides of a floor cloth attached to the supporting pad. The rotation structure has a permanent magnet to press and fix the floor cloth by magnetic force. Here, the rotation structure has a triple hinge connection structure which comprises a first rotation zone hinge-combined to a supporting pad, a second rotation zone hinge-combined to the first rotation zone, and a roller hinge-combined to the second rotation zone, thereby the floor mop is capable of rotating more smoothly around the supporting pad.

Abstract: A scraper apparatus (20) includes a fixed length elongated hollow shaft (24) having a first end (26), a second end (28), and a reinforcement region (22) intermediate to the first and second ends (26, 28). A handle (30) is coupled to the first end (26) of the shaft (24) and one of a generally flat scraper blade (32) and a T-shaped scraper blade (56) is coupled to the second end (28) of the shaft (24). The reinforcement region (22) may include a double layer of material that resists bending, bowing, and breaking. Alternatively, a reinforcement region (56) may be a hollow stepped section (76) having a wall thickness (78) that is thicker than wall thicknesses (80) of corresponding adjoining shaft portions (68, 72) of a shaft (58).

Abstract: Apparatus and method for safely applying art medium with an applicator with multiple benefits, a handle having a distal end and a proximal end, a tip attached to the handle using a hand operated clip attached to the distal end, a metal band attached to the distal end to prevent splitting, a tip that simulates the shape and texture of the human finger, and a tip whose shape produces a wide variety of effects, a tip that eleminates the need to blend the art medium with the fingers, a tip that is disposable, a tip that does not require stringent cleaning as present art brushes, an art tool that will produce good results for handicapped mouth and foot painting artists; and will be easier to use.

Abstract: A multi-color faux art palette system includes a number of liquid pigments of different colors and a palette having a resilient substrate having an upper and a bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a handle integrally dependent from the bottom surface of the substrate. Upon the top surface are secured discrete substantially planar color-absorbent sponges, arranged in a pattern to define a faux-art pattern of interest, each sponge having a bottom surface integrally dependent from the upper surface of the resilient substrate. Opposing edges of the planar sponges are separated from each other by a distance sufficient to preclude contact between them when the sponges are compressed against a planar surface.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a filter assembly 12 disposed on grill 16 between the bag chamber 7 and motor chamber 13. Bag chamber 7 has a cover 8. Filter assembly 12 has an upstanding wall 15 provided with a covering of resilient material, e.g. rubber. The cover 8 is formed with a grill 14 in a lower region. When the filter assembly is correctly installed, and the cover 8 is in position, the resilient covering of the upstanding wall 15 rests in sealing contact against the inner surface of the cover 8 and over the grill 14. If the filter assembly 12 is absent, the grill 14 provides direct fluid communication between the bag chamber 7 and the atmosphere. The cleaner will be ineffective in picking up dirt thereby alerting the user to the absence of the filter assembly.

Abstract: A standard doorstop is a solid unit that is screwed into the wood baseboard/wall If hit with a vacuum, foot, and or any other objects, it tears away from the baseboard causing damage to the wooden base board/wall. The Break Free Doorstop consists of two pieces a metal mounting base with screw (to mount into baseboard) and a magnet that has been inserted into the doorstop itself to be attached to the mounting base. With this different feature that no solid doorstop can offer, the Break Free Doorstop if hit by a vacuum, foot, or other objects, will break free from the mounting base, causing no damage or repairs to the wooden baseboard/wall. When removed from mounting base it is easily snapped back onto mounting base.

Abstract: A doorstop comprises a unitary body made of a resilient material including an elongate shank having a longitudinal axis, a tip at one end of said elongate shank, and a base at the opposite end of said elongate shank. A flexible wall connects said elongate shank to said base and is designed to flex in response to impact by a door along the longitudinal axis to absorb the impact of said door.

Abstract: A snap hinge for supporting a closure element, which comprises a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral, which share a first lever and a second lever, which have as their base element respectively a plate for coupling to a fixed element and a plate for fixing to a closure element, an elastic element acting between a point of the first lever and a point of the second lever, and an auxiliary elastic element, arranged in series to the elastic element and has one end articulated to the first lever and the opposite end articulated to an abutment element rigidly associated with the coupling plate.

Abstract: A slide module includes a base, at least one rail receiving part is formed; a slider includes at least one rail part slidably and facing the base; and a friction reducing unit formed on at least one of the base and the slider to reduce friction generated when the slider is slidably moved over the base. The sliding operation can be more smoothly and silently performed.

Abstract: A hinge with a torsion spring has a base, a pintle, at least one torsion spring, two joint members, and two washer assemblies. The base is attached to a support of an LCD display, and the pintle is mounted through the base. The torsion spring is mounted around the pintle, one end of the torsion spring is attached to the base, and the other end is attached to the joint member. When the angle of the display is adjusted, the joint members rotate relative to the pintle. With the torsion resilience provided by the torsion spring, the support will not be rotated with the joint members, so that the users can adjust the display angle with one hand.

Abstract: An apparatus on a spinning preparation machine, especially a flat card, roller card, cleaner or the like, with a cooling system, a roller has a cylindrical peripheral surface and a casing opposite to and spaced from this peripheral surface, a carding region where carding work is carried out and heat is generated being present between the peripheral surface of the roller and a part of the casing. A cooling medium enters the interior void space of the roller, passes through and exits again. In order to reduce or avoid thermal expansion of the roller in a structurally simple manner, the cooling medium is a cooling gas, especially air, which is capable of absorbing heat in the interior void space of the roller and dissipating it from the interior void space of the roller.

Abstract: In a device at a card in which at least one flat bar having a flat clothing is present, wherein the flat clothing, preferably small wire hooks, arranged in a strip-shaped supporting layer, is attached to the flat bar and lies opposite to the clothing of a roller, for example of the cylinder, and at least the regions of the flat clothing that face the flat bar consist of an iron material, especially of steel, there is present between the flat bar and the regions of the flat clothing that face the flat bar at least one magnetic element. In order to increase the degree of adhesive forces between flat bar and clothing element in a structurally simple manner, the supporting body of the clothing strip comprises a sheet-like structure that consists at least in part of a ferromagnetic material.

Abstract: An eyeglass clip comprising a beam having a tip at one end, a lever on the other end, and a mounting disk. The beam is designed to be the main structural member of the eyeglass clip and provides the clamping force which secures the eyeglass clip to a person's garment. The mounting disk is designed to attach the beam to the eyeglass temple piece. The tip is designed to focus the clamping forces at a specific point on the temple piece trapping the garment between the beam and the temple piece. The lever is designed to allow the user to activate the clamping mechanism comprising the beam and tip. Depressing the lever will allow the material of the garment to slide between the temple piece and the tip. Then releasing the lever, the material and eyeglasses are securely locked in place.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonmetallic twist tie in which the function inherent to the twist tie is of course available and the twist tie is easily made into a shape of being wound in a bundle with no slipping down of the tie into gap, no torsion of the tie itself, no curl, no twining and tangling of ties and no loosening or disjoining from a reel whereby its drawing-out from the wound shape is able to be carried out smoothly. The nonmetallic twist tie having a core part and a wing part constituted from a non-halogenous material is characterized in that (1) a shape having a total width is 1.5 to 20.0 mm, the average thickness of the wing part is 0.02 to 0.20 mm and the maximum thickness of the core part is 0.04- to 0.30-fold of the total width, (2) a binding property where a torsion strength is 5.

Abstract: A pair of handles is strapped or screwed to a load, such as a used furnace to allow it to be picked up and carried more readily. Each handle projects above the top edge of the load and is connected to an elongated member that is flat against one side of the load. The elongated members may also be screwed to the load. In one embodiment, the bars have an upstanding rib for reinforcement and three slots for threading webbing straps through. In another embodiment, the elongated members are essentially lengths of angle iron with handles attached to the upper ends and the two legs of the elongated members fit along a corner edge of the load.

Abstract: A fitting for a wire rope with a diameter, the fitting including a stiff support and being adapted to hold and to attach the wire rope to the stiff support, the fitting further comprising an elongated flexible enclosure adapted to surround the wire rope, the flexible enclosure having a length more than 2 times longer than the diameter.

Abstract: An end fitting for a wire rope with a diameter, the fitting being adapted to securely hold and to attach the wire rope to a structure, the end fitting comprising a stiff support having a support first end adapted to be connected to the structure and a support second end adapted to securely hold the wire rope end. The end fitting further includes an elongated flexible enclosure surrounding the wire rope, the flexible enclosure having a length more than 2 times longer than the diameter. The flexible enclosure has a first enclosure end and a second enclosure end, the enclosure being attached to the stiff support by the first enclosure end surrounding and holding the support second end.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closing system having an item to be closed and opened, a clasp, and a receiver. The clasp has an anchoring end and a lace end, where the lace end is adapted to hold a part of the item and the anchoring end includes a first part and a second part that are movable away from and toward one another. The receiver includes a first receptacle and a second receptacle for engaging the first and second parts, respectively, where the receiver is a removably attachable mechanism. The clasp is removably joinable to the receiver when the first and second parts are engaged with the first and second receptacles and, when the first and second parts are disengaged with the first and second receptacles, the clasp is separable from the receiver. The first and second parts are, when an opening force is applied to said clasp, moved away from one another and wherein the receiver is removably attached to the item.

Abstract: A seat belt improvement providing seat belt buckling assistance and automatic release of the seat belt. The seat belt assembly includes an electromagnet located in the seat belt buckle that aligns and draws the seat belt tongue into the seat belt buckle when the seat belt tongue is in close proximity to the seat belt buckle. A solenoid located in the seat belt buckle is used to release the seat belt tongue from the buckle. When the vehicle transmission is in the “park” position, the ignition is turned off, and the key is removed, the solenoid is energized to release the seat belt tongue. Further, a switch may be conveniently located in the vehicle such as on the seat belt buckle, near the window, on the door, or the like to activate the solenoid and release the seat belt assembly without having to turn off the vehicle ignition.

Abstract: Needles (47) periodically penetrate into a needling path (1) between a stripper plate (26) and a needling table (24). In the process, the needles describe an elliptical movement by means of which they accompany the textile when they are in penetration phase. The elliptical movement is generated by oscillating-sliding of a rod (38) in a rotating guide (39). The rod (38) is actuated by two crank connecting-rod systems (51a, 51b), the adjustable phase shifting of which defines the horizontal amplitude of the movement of the needles. Use for simplifying elliptical guiding means, reducing plays and air turbulences.

Abstract: The instant invention is a stuffer box crimper and a method for crimping. The stuffer box crimper according to instant invention includes a pair of nip rollers, a pair of doctor blades, and a stuffer box. The pair of doctor blades is adjacent to an exit end of the pair of nip rollers. The stuffer box includes a stuffer box channel adjacent to the pair of doctor blades, and the stuffer box channel includes a surface consisting of a hard material having a hardness of at least 60 Rc. The method of crimping according to instant invention includes the steps of (1) providing a stuffer box crimper including a stuffer box having a stuffer box channel including a surface consisting of a hard material having a hardness of at least 60 Rc; and (2) crimping via the stuffer box crimper.

Abstract: Manufacturing a piezoelectric vibration device, includes: forming a bonding electrode on a part of a piezoelectric substrate to which a cover makes contact; forming a part defining a through hole to the cover so that a profile of an edge of an opening of the through hole at a first surface of the cover is positioned inside an outer shape of the taking out electrode in a plan view when the cover and the piezoelectric substrate are overlapped; forming a first glass film on the first surface of the cover; forming a second glass film on the first surface of the cover; bonding the first glass film to the taking out electrode as well as the second glass film to the bonding electrode by generating an electric field; and cutting an electrical coupling between the taking out electrode and the bonding electrode after step (e).

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of forming multilayer structures and the structures themselves. In one embodiment, a method of forming a multilayer structure comprising: providing a dielectric composition comprising: paraelectric filler and polymer wherein said paraelectric filler has a dielectric constant between 50 and 150; applying said dielectric composition to a carrier film thus forming a multilayer film comprising a dielectric layer and carrier film layer; laminating said multilayer film to a circuitized core wherein the dielectric layer of said multilayer film is facing said circuitized core; and removing said carrier film layer from said dielectric layer prior to processing; applying a metallic layer to said dielectric layer wherein said circuitized core, dielectric layer and metallic layer form a planar capacitor; and processing said planar capacitor to form a multilayer structure.

Abstract: A machining apparatus for conducting at least one of a cutting process and a grinding process, comprises a stationary base; and a working device mounted on the stationary base and having a degree of freedom of more than two axes to conduct at least one of a cutting process and a grinding process, the working device comprising a first working bench which is formed of a ceramic material and is movable linearly with a degree of freedom of not less than one axes or more while holding a work piece or a tool.

Abstract: A seal pulling tool includes an elongate shaft extending from a manual grip handle. The shaft is bent and includes a seal gripping hook at its outer end and an adjustable fulcrum support post slidably mounted and laterally projecting from the shaft intermediate the handle and hook.

Abstract: This invention describes a method of regenerating run-down or no longer efficient catalytic converters. The converter is cut perpendicularly to its axis in the area where the catalytic unit to be substituted is housed. The internal part of any residue of the catalyst that was inside is emptied and cleaned. The shell of the converter is filled with a helical unit without casing, either made of one smooth and one corrugated metal sheet overlapped and wrapped in a coil and treated after or before with washcoat and precious metals. The coiled bands are secured to the shell. The catalytic converter is reconstituted by joining and tig/mig welding together the two previously separated parts.

Abstract: A multiple tool attachment system is adapted to be attached to demolition equipment. The system includes a universal body attached to the demolition equipment. A series of tools is independently attachable to the universal body. The universal body includes a guide slot extending longitudinally along the universal body. Each tool generally includes a pair of pivotable jaws adapted to be pivotably attached to the universal body with at least one linkage extending from the universal body and attachable to each jaw of the tool. A slide member is received within the guide slot, with each linkage attached to the slide member, and a piston cylinder arrangement is attached to the universal body and coupled to the slide member for moving the slide member and the jaws. The multiple tool attachment system is provided with quick change features and is designed to optimize the cutting characteristics throughout the movement cycle.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for attaching the drive system and stand to a ring in a medicine gantry is disclosed. The mounting assembly includes at least one mounting bar (e.g., two mounting bars), at least one mounting plate and at least one adjuster (e.g., a screw). The mounting bar is securable to a portion of the ring. The mounting bar includes a base and at least one transverse face. At least a portion of the base is substantially parallel to a surface of a portion of the ring and at least a portion of the transverse face is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the portion of the ring. The mounting plate is secured to the drive system and is securable to the transverse face of the mounting bar. Movement of the adjuster moves the drive assembly relative to the mounting bar when the mounting plate is adjacent the transverse face of the mounting bar.

Abstract: A method of securely mounting a stent on a balloon of a catheter. The method generally includes crimping a stent on a balloon of a catheter at least one time, and positioning the balloon with the stent thereon within a polished bore of a mold formed at least in part of a metallic material. The balloon is pressurized and heated within the mold, or within a sheath, in two stages as the stent is restrained from radially expanding. The method may include crimping the stent onto the balloon one or two times during processing. The method increases retention of the stent on the balloon catheter following sterilization.

Abstract: The present invention is improving stamping process and structure of anti-magnetic cover. The said anti-magnetic cover is laid over electronic component for preventing the interference of electromagnetic wave. During stamping the said anti-magnetic cover, two plate materials are fed into one cavity from different directions. After stamping process, a frame and an upper cover are formed, where around the frame female latching parts are formed and around the corresponding positions on the upper cover male latching parts are formed. The design of male and female parts makes it easier to disassemble as well as to maintain the upper cover and thus avoid the necessity of exchanging the anti-magnetic cover.

Abstract: Provided is a mounting structure of an open/close valve in a sealed body, wherein the open/close valve 2 mounted in the sealed body comprising soft resin sheets and allowing air to be filled therein is stuck on one sheet constituting the expansion part 12 of the sealed body and is not stuck on the other sheet. Even when the expansion part 12 is filled with air, the open/close valve 2 is always fitted closely to the sheet constituting the expansion part 12, whereby the open/close valve 2 may not wrinkle and air may not leak through an air passage of the open/close valve 2.

Abstract: A bearing cap, a type of thread-clamped member, is clamped to a cylinder block by flanged hexagonal bolts. The material of the bearing cap is aluminium alloy, while the material of the bolts is steel. The bearing cap has a raised seat the end surface of which provides a bearing surface. The bearing surface of the raised seat has a smaller diameter than the bearing surface of each bolt.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rotor shaft is provided. A rod is formed from a metal matrix composite material, the rod having an outer diameter. The rod is heated to attain a stiffness thereof that is greater than about 300 GPa. A machinable sleeve is formed from material having a stiffness that is less than the stiffness of the rod and that is different than the material of the rod, the sleeve having an inner diameter that is equal to or less than the rod outer diameter. The rod is inserted into the sleeve, after the rod is heated.

Abstract: Thermal pole tip protrusion is caused by the materials in and around the head slider expanding during write operations till part of those materials protrude, leading to contact with the rotating disk surface, altering the flying height and often wearing down part of the disk surface. While it is well known that read-write heads expand during writing, the inventors are unaware of anyone else who recognized this situation's significance, particularly as the flying height decreases and the data rates increase, both of which are required for high areal density disk drives. The inventors realized that they could detect the problem at the spin stand level by testing head gimbal assemblies to reliably, and inexpensively, predict the tendency for thermal pole tip protrusion. This leads to selection of head gimbal assemblies, which do not have the thermal pole tip protrusion tendency.

Abstract: An automated, continuous tube forming system comprising: a plurality of workstations which respectively perform various operations on a workpiece; an indexing transfer carousel having a plurality of workpiece-holding collets provided in a spaced arrangement around the periphery-circumference of the of the carousel and which are adapted to support a plurality of workpieces, respectively, the multiple workstations are provided around the indexing transfer carousel and the carousel is selectively rotated to move the collet-supported workpieces such that the workpieces are associated with the workstations where various operations can be performed on the workpieces; a loading device which loads workpieces on the indexing transfer carousel; a transfer device which unloads the finished workpieces from the indexing transfer carousel after processed at the workstations; and a controller which controls operations of the indexing transfer carousel, the workstations, the loading device, and the transfer device.

Abstract: In a component pressing head which holds a component with a component holding tool provided at one end of a shaft member, rotates the component around an axis of the shaft member and presses the component in an axial direction of the axis, a first voice coil motor and a second voice coil motor are disposed between a upper plate and a lower plate so as to sandwich the shaft member from opposite sides thereof, so that a load is transmitted to the shaft member from the lower plate that is coupled to movable magnet holding portions of these two voice coil motors.

Abstract: A process and device for assembling a connector is provided, by which the production efficiency can be improved by preventing the problem of insertion error from occurring in a step of terminal insertion into a connector housing in the manufacturing process of the wiring harness by using an automatic assembly machine or in a step of the operation by the human hands. The process includes the steps of: provisionally locking the spacer in the connector housing; inserting a jig rod into the connector housing before inserting the terminal into the connector housing, the jig rod being for releasing the locking of the spacer which is completely locked in the connector housing; pulling the jig rod out from the connector housing; and inserting the terminal into the connector housing.

Abstract: The machine is designed to form pallets by assembling cardboard longitudinal beams (1) and transverse beams (2) comprising means for storage, feed and dosification of longitudinal beams (1) and with means for storage, feed and dosification of transverse beams (2), means provided at corresponding areas (4, 5) for placing the longitudinal beams (1) longitudinally edgewise and coupling transversally thereto the corresponding transverse beams (2), both being provided with complementary notches for assembling the same. The longitudinal beams (1) from the area (4) are displaced on rails (16) and are situated in the area (5) where the transverse beams (2) fall and are pushed vertically by a pusher (22) to assemble the transverse beams (2) onto the longitudinal beams (1) previously and appropriately placed in the area.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of forming a metal wiring in a semiconductor device. Other example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of forming a metal wiring in a semiconductor device without a generation of a bridge between adjacent metal wirings. In a method of forming a metal wiring in a semiconductor device, at least one metal layer and at least one barrier layer may be sequentially formed on a substrate. A metal blocking layer may be formed on the at least one barrier metal layer. A hard mask layer may be formed on the metal blocking layer. A hard mask pattern may be formed on the metal blocking layer by etching the hard mask layer without an exposure of the at least one barrier metal layer. A metal blocking layer pattern may be formed on the at least one barrier metal layer by etching the metal blocking layer using the hard mask pattern as an etching mask.

Abstract: A method of making a circuitized substrate which includes a high temperature dielectric material in combination with a low temperature conductive paste, the paste including an organic binder component and at least one metallic component. The flakes of the metallic component are sintered to form a conductive path through the dielectric when the dielectric is used as a layer in the substrate.

Abstract: In a component mounting apparatus in which integrated components having a chip-on-chip structure are formed by mounting upper chips on lower chips. The lower chips picked up from a component carrying-in unit by a component carrying-in head are placed on a mounting stage, and the upper chips picked up from a second component tray by a component transporting head are vertically flipped around a rotation axis and transferred to a mounting head at a component transferring position, then the upper chips held by the mounting head are descended and mounted by solder bonding on the lower chips held by the mounting stage at a component mounting position. Integrated components formed by mounting are carried out of the mounting stage by the component transporting head and stored in a first component tray in a component storing unit.

Abstract: In a component mounting apparatus in which integrated components having a chip-on-chip structure are formed by mounting upper chips on lower chips. The lower chips picked up from a component carrying-in unit by a component carrying-in head are placed on a mounting stage, and the upper chips picked up from a second component tray by a component transporting head are vertically flipped around a rotation axis and transferred to a mounting head at a component transferring position, then the upper chips held by the mounting head are descended and mounted by solder bonding on the lower chips held by the mounting stage at a component mounting position. Integrated components formed by mounting are carried out of the mounting stage by the component transporting head and stored in a first component tray in a component storing unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with the present invention can include a tip contactable with a media. In an embodiment, the tip comprises a substantially hollow structure formed of a metal. The tip can be formed by depositing a first metal layer over silicon thereby defining a cantilever structure, depositing a second metal layer at least partially over the first metal layer, and at least partially over a cone structure of the silicon to define the tip structure. The silicon can then be removed from beneath the cantilever and from within the deposited second metal layer by etching, thereby leaving a low-mass metal tip associated with a metal cantilever. An alternative embodiment, the silicon can be removed from beneath the cantilever by etching, but endpointed such that at least a portion of the cone structure remains beneath the second metal layer. The silicon/metal tip can have good wear characteristics and a slightly higher mass.