Abstract: The invention refers to a flexible and permeable cleaning article, more specifically the invention relates to a foam having a mechanical fastener for attaching scouring webs composed of hook-like projections, wherein said webs can be replaced depending on the type of cleaning needed, for example, heavy duty cleaning, delicate cleaning, surface polishing, etc. Flexibility and permeability are two important characteristics exhibited by the object of the present invention; said flexible article easily conforms to substrates and their particularities, such as corners and grooves, thus rendering the cleaning process easier and more efficient. Permeability allows water and chemical cleaning compositions (e.g., detergents, soaps, etc.) to pass through it, thereby forming suds.

Abstract: A tool for compressing and smoothing a bead of freshly applied fluent material in a joint at the intersection of two adjacent surfaces is provided. The tool includes a curved elongated handle comprising a front head, a friction section on an upper surface, a rear substantially vertical channel, a blade affixed to a front wall of the channel, and an extension projecting from the rear end; a flexible working member affixed to the head; and a flexible cap releasably secured onto the working member. Manipulation of the tool by hand by pressing the cap against a bead of freshly applied fluent material at the intersection of two adjacent surfaces while pulling causes the cap to flex to compress and smooth the bead.

Abstract: A wiper system for use with a windshield is provided and may include a housing, a wiper arm rotatably supported by the housing about a first pivot point between a first position proximate to the windshield and a second position raised from the windshield, and a separator assembly coupled to the housing and selectively moving the wiper arm from the first position to the second position. The wiper system may also include a biasing member biasing the wiper arm in the first position and a bracket extending from the housing to the biasing member to rotatably couple the biasing member to the housing at a second pivot point.

Abstract: A wiper is continuously reciprocally swung between an upper return position and a lower return position by controlling an electric motor when an operational command for executing a continuous operational mode is entered by a user through a wiper switch. The wiper is reciprocally swung after stopping of the wiper for a predetermined time period at a predetermined position, which is located on an outer side of the lower return position that is opposite from the upper return position in a swing direction of the wiper and at which an influence of a wind pressure applied to the wiper is smaller in comparison to the lower return position, by controlling the electric motor when an operational command for executing an intermittent operational mode is entered through the entering means.

Abstract: A swing lever is fixed to a pivot shaft to pivot the pivot shaft about a pivot axis thereof. A wiper arm is directly connected to a distal end portion of the pivot shaft and is pivoted together with the pivot shaft about the pivot axis of the pivot shaft when the pivot shaft is driven by the swing lever. The wiper arm is pivotable about a pivot axis thereof, which is generally perpendicular to or is tilted relative to the pivot axis of the pivot shaft, toward or away from a wiping surface. A coil spring is directly or indirectly connected between the wiper arm and the swing lever to exert an urging force to urge the wiper arm toward the wiping surface in a wiping operational position of the wiper arm for wiping the wiping surface.

Abstract: A central vacuum cleaning system 3 has a central vacuum unit 17 with a motor 10, a motor compartment 19, and a vacuum chamber 25. The system 3 also has a control circuit 1 for controlling power to the motor 10, and one or more airborne contaminant sensors 15 for sensing contaminants within the system 3. The sensors 15 may be located in pipes 31 motor compartment 19, vacuum chamber 25 and hose handle 34. Vacuum air may be drawn through aperture 37 in wall valve 38.

Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus includes: a substrate entering guide unit for entering a substrate from outside in a proper direction; a foreign material removing unit for receiving the substrate from the substrate entering guide unit and removing debris formed on the substrate; a foreign material cleaning unit for receiving the substrate from the foreign material removing unit and cleaning to remove debris remaining on the substrate; and a position controller for controlling the position of the substrate carried out of the foreign material cleaning unit, wherein the foreign material cleaning unit includes: a manifold including a plurality of deionized water holes, suction holes and air holes; and a porous cleaning plate combined to the manifold by an upper fastening screw including a through hole communicating with the plurality of deionized water holes and suction holes.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner and accessory tool. The vacuum cleaner has a first magnet feature and a first mounting feature. The accessory tool has a second magnet feature and a second mounting feature. One of the first and second mounting features is shaped to wrap partially around the other of the first and second mounting features to mount the accessory tool to the vacuum cleaner. When the accessory tool is mounted, the first magnet feature is adjacent the second magnet feature. The accessory tool and vacuum cleaner may be devoid of snap fitment features that frictionally engage to mount the accessory tool to the vacuum cleaner.

Abstract: A vacuum appliance capable of picking up both wet and dry material is described, wherein the vacuum appliance includes an impeller configured to induce liquid into the vacuum appliance, a motor configured to turn the impeller, a restrictor assembly to prevent the liquid from being ingested into the motor, and a bypass vent assembly configured to allow sufficient air to reach the motor in order to keep the motor cool while the restrictor is preventing the liquid from being ingested into the motor. The vacuum appliance also includes a drum configured to retain the liquid and an impeller intake between the impeller and the drum. The restrictor may comprise a float configured to rise with a level of the liquid in the drum and prevent the liquid from entering the impeller intake. The bypass vent assembly may be configured to allow airflow to bypass the restrictor and/or the drum.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a detachable dust separating unit is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body having a first opening to open a portion of a first surface thereof and a second opening to open a portion of a second surface thereof, a dust separating unit to separate a dust from an air, and a seating part formed in the cleaner body to detachably mount the dust separating unit on the cleaner body. The dust separating unit forms a portion of an outward appearance of the cleaner body while closing up the first and the second openings of the cleaner body when the dust separating unit is mounted on the seating part.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and corresponding methodology for providing a blower attachment for a handheld drill. The blower attachment is configured to be secured over the chuck end of a drill and provides a drive shaft driven blower that may be conveniently employed to provide additional combustion air to an incipient fire. The drive shaft is secured in the drill chuck in a manner identical to that employed to secure ordinary drill bits. The blower housing may be constructed at least in part of elastomeric material to assist in attachment of the housing to the drill and to provide flexibility for air direction. An air exit port for the blower housing may be formed of heat resistant material.

Abstract: An adjustable bushing according to one embodiment includes a first part having a threaded section that extends outwardly from a base section such that an upper surface of the base section defines a ledge that surrounds the threaded section. The adjustable bushing also includes a second part having a threaded opening that is open along a bottom surface of the second part. The threaded opening has threads that are complementary to threads of the threaded section of the first part to permit the first and second parts to be securely coupled to one another and permit a height of the bushing to be adjusted between a fully retracted position where a height of the bushing is at a minimum and a fully extended position where the height of the bushing is at a maximum.

Abstract: A caster of an endless structure is provided which is almost jam-proof even in the case of a bigger gap. The caster includes a first wheel supported on a mounting leg, a second wheel supported by an axle on one end of a suspension arm of which the other end is supported by an axle which also supports the first wheel, and a wrap-around member which is wrapped around the first and second wheels. The wraparound member is formed an endless belt form by connecting independent pieces to each other. The outer peripheral section of each piece is provided with a wider section and when the wraparound member is depressed and warps, the wider section is adapted to touch a wider section of the adjacent piece, thereby preventing further depression.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for buffering the closing impact of furniture doors. A valve (40) is mounted around a piston rod (23) of a piston (20) in such a fashion that an oil gap (41) is defined between the outer peripheral surface of the valve (40) and the inner peripheral surface of a cylinder (10), the valve having a recessed oil passageway (47) formed on an axial end surface thereof. A protrusion element (50) is integrally formed with a front end portion of the valve (40). The protrusion element (50) has a plurality of oil grooves (51) formed longitudinally on the outer periphery thereof. A check valve (60) is mounted on the outer circumferential surface of the protrusion element (50) in such a fashion as to slidingly reciprocate along the compression direction of oil.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a damper device which can facilitate an operation to incorporate it into a storage device including an openable/closable member. The damper device includes a cylindrical-shaped cylinder 10, a piston 20 reciprocatingly movable within the cylinder 10 in the axial direction, a piston rod 30 having one end connected to the piston 20 with the other end exposed from the cylinder 10, and a spring 40 for energizing the piston rod 30 in a direction to push it into the inside of the cylinder 10. The damper device further includes hold means which, against the energizing force of the spring 40, can hold a piston 20 connecting member at a moved position where it has been pulled out from the cylinder 10. The hold means includes, for example, a secured pawl 31 provided on the piston rod 30 and an engaging hole 55 formed in a cap 50.

Abstract: A magnetic door stop/latch contains a first magnet mounted on or within a door and a second magnet mounted on or within a structure opposing the door, such as a wall, door jamb, door frame or baseboard. When the door is moving towards the opposing structure, the magnetic door stop may used to prevent the door from slamming into the opposing structure by virtue of the repulsive forces of the magnets. The magnetic door stop may be switched from repulsive configuration to an attractive configuration that holds the door in position.

Abstract: A handle assembly includes a handle body, a handle leg connected with the handle body, and fastening portion adjacent to an end of the handle leg. The handle leg includes a notch defined in an outer surface of the handle leg. The fastening portion includes a head portion and a connecting portion extending from the head portion to connect an external apparatus. The head portion includes a receiving hole defined by an internal surface thereof and a block protrusion formed on the internal surface of the receiving hole and extending towards an axis of the fastening portion. The block protrusion of the head portion is engagably received in the notch of the handle leg to enable the fastening portion be rotatable round the axis of the fastening portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically weldable spring hinge (1) for eyeglasses, comprising a housing (3) which is open on a bottom side (15) and has a cavity (17) into which a spring element (7) may be inserted and in which at least one support element (19) is provided, and a hinge element (5) which is displaceably supported in the housing (3). According to the invention, the at least one support element (19) is essentially centrally located in the region of an open end face section (S) of the housing (3) and, starting from a base area (B) of the housing (3), protrudes into the cavity (17) in a freestanding manner, and a welding button (23) for electrically welding the housing (3) to the eyeglass element is provided on the bottom side (21) of the support element (19) facing an eyeglass element.

Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a shaft, a main body drive member, a follower, and a resilient member. The main body drive member, the follower, and the resilient member are mounted with the shaft in turn. One end of the main body drive member has a cam. One end of the follower has a cam engaging with the cam of the main body drive member. The resilient member causes the cam of the follower to resist the cam of the main body drive member due to the decompression of the resilient member, and when the follower is manually rotated relative to the main body drive member about an angle, the follower is automatically rotated relative to the main body drive member due to the decompression of the resilient member.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus including a first body, a second body, and a joint member, the joint member having supported therein a first shaft and a second shaft, the first shaft connected to the first body and the second shaft connected to the second body, wherein the joint member is configured to cause or to allow a change in a separation distance between the first shaft and the second shaft upon a rotational movement of the first body relative to the second body.

Abstract: A file handle has a handle and a connector. The handle has a sleeve formed on one end and having a clamp and a shaft hole. The clamp has multiple resilient claws. The shaft hole is formed in the clamp. The connector is detachably mounted on the sleeve of the handle and adjustably presses the clamp to selectively adjust the clamp. A blade may be a file, rasp or chisel and has a shaft corresponding to and being mounted in the shaft hole of the clamp and being securely clamped by the clamp. Therefore, the file handle can be carried easily and may be used with a file, rasp, chisel or the like for improved convenience and portability.

Abstract: A device for strapping lying stacks of printed products with a strap, as well as to a corresponding operating method. The device includes a handling device with two press jaws for pressing together and conveying the stack in a conveyor direction running in the stack longitudinal direction, from a stack formation region into a strapping region, as well as a strapping unit with a stack rest and with a strap channel. The strapping unit is traversable in an ejection direction running transversely to the conveyor direction. The strap channel is arranged in a plane orientated perpendicularly to the ejection direction. The strap channel includes a movable channel section, so that the strap channel may assume an open and a closed condition, wherein a stack in the open condition may be brought in the conveyor direction into a strapping region enclosed by the strap channel.

Abstract: The present invention is an adaptive seatbelt apparatus having the means in response to a first situation to readily allow release or disengagement of the seatbelt apparatus when the seatbelt apparatus is loaded with a predetermined belt tension load, and having the means in response to a second situation to prevent release or disengagement of the seatbelt apparatus notwithstanding the seatbelt apparatus being loaded with the predetermined belt tension load.

Abstract: A safety hook includes a hook body, a pivotable safety retainer biased to a locking position, and a pivotable latch member biased to abut against a distal end of a hook portion of the hook body to thereby close a hook mouth defined by the hook body. The safety retainer includes a stop portion and an abutment face unit. When the safety retainer is disposed in the locking position, the stop portion abuts against the latch member, and the abutment face unit is adjacent to and spaced apart from a stop block of the hook body. In the locking position, if an external force is applied to pivot the latch member away from the distal end of the hook portion, the abutment face unit will come into contact with the stop block to prevent further pivoting movement of the latch member.

Abstract: A disposable plastic snap and strap device is configured to be secured to a patient or object for monitoring the patient or object. The strap includes a disposable through-pin assembly that secures the strap in a closed and locked position to the patient or object. The through pin assembly includes a lock assembly that prevents the strap from being unlocked until a portion of the through pin assembly is cut.

Abstract: A clamping collar comprising: a belt having two free ends, at least one of said free ends being curved back to form a loop, said loop being defined by an outer belt portion and by an underlying inner belt portion; and a tightening system suitable for co-operating with said loop so as to tighten said belt; in which clamping collar said outer belt portion presents a pushed-in portion, set back relative to the outer outline of the loop, which pushed-in portion defines a tightening wall with which the tightening system comes into engagement, and is flanked on either side by respective ones of two edge segments of the outer belt portion.

Abstract: There is provided a fastener which can be fixed in a mounting hole in an ensured fashion and which can be removed from the mounting hole in an easy and ensured fashion. This fastener 10 includes a main body 20 which is fixed in a mounting hole and a pin member for releasing the engagement of the main body 20 with the mounting hole. The main body 20 has a base portion 21 and a leg portion 30, a pair of elastic engagement pieces 35, 35 are provided on the leg portion 30, and distal end portions 37 of the elastic engagement pieces 35 are extended towards an insertion opening 23 in the pin member 40. The pin member 40 has a head portion 41 and an insertion portion 43, and a pressing surface 48 is provided on the insertion portion 43 for pressing the distal end portions 37 so as to deflect the pair of elastic engagement pieces 35, 35 inwards to such an extent that the elastic engagement pieces are not brought into engagement with the mounting hole when the pin member 40 is pushed in a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A fastening assembly and a cushion having the fastening assembly are provided. The fastening assembly essentially includes a first band, a second band, and a third band. The first band has a first surface protrudingly provided with a plurality of hooks, and a second surface. The second band is made of a sponge material and is provided lengthwise with a central concave portion for receiving the first band which is placed with the second surface facing the second band. The central concave portion is formed bilaterally with a pair of sidewalls, wherein the depth of the central concave portion is not less than the thickness of the first band plus the hooks. The third band is bonded to the bottom of the second band, wherein a magnetic material is placed between the second band and the third band.

Abstract: A fastening fabric structure is disclosed to have a micro-fibriform loop fabric, fabricated by complex, textured micro-fiber yarn and split thereafter to recover more and smaller fibers, all of the fibers forming the micro-fibriform loops or pile loops between the inter-weaving or inter-knitting nodes, and a fibriform pile fabric, fabricated by spun yarn or synthetic filament yarn and sheared to form erected, dispersed non-hook fiber bundles of micro-fibriform pile for fastening the micro-fibriform loops of said micro-fibriform loop fabric. The erected, dispersed non-hook fiber bundles of micro-fibriform pile will not be tangled together, enhancing the fastening ability of the fastening fabric.

Abstract: A spacer clip including a flange, a shank extending from the flange that can be inserted into a through in a member being attached to, legs extending from the end part of the shank, connected by hinges to the shank end part so as that they can pivot from an initial attitude to a clamping attitude wherein they are substantially parallel to the flange. Levers extend from root portions of the legs toward the tip ends of the legs so that they can pivot together with the legs. The legs have leg-side pawls in the portions thereof adjacent to the shank end part, which extend to the flange side when the legs are in the clamping attitude, the flange has flange-side pawls for engaging the leg-side pawls and maintaining the legs in the clamping attitude, and slits are formed on either side of the flange-side pawls.

Abstract: An improved e-track connector, or lockdown, is presented that can be installed in single locations instead of provided in tracks as in the industry. It also possesses a finished slot that accepts logistics straps buckles. The slot is a complete rectangle with no excess material folded under it and has been deburred and finished smooth. The device also possesses a drain slot along the side of the tang and drain holes in the buckle receiver such that liquid will drain out of the connector when it is mounted horizontally.

Abstract: An assembly including a ratchet tightening device and a band. The device includes a base, a driving lever, and a pawl. For at least one tooth of a series of serrations of the band, at least one straight line tangent to the meshing surface of the tooth and parallel to the band, forms, together with the longitudinal direction of the band, an angle that is less than 90 degrees. A driving end of the lever is configured to cooperate with the serrations of the band. A retaining zone of the pawl is configured to cooperate with the serrations of the band.

Abstract: A flexible material type clutch for engagement with a pin-supported article of jewelry or decorative article, wherein the flexible material is at least partially enclosed by a metallic frame. A medially disposed portion of said frame engages a first end of the flexible material, and includes wings which form opposed handles for gripping the retainer. In one embodiment, the flexible material is of frustoconical configuration to provide a camming surface enabling disengagement of the retainer from the frame for replacement thereof. In another embodiment, retainer is of cylindrical configuration, and is maintained against relative axial displacement relative to the frame by inwardly extending tabs on the wings of the frame. The retainer is replaced by lateral movement as in the first mentioned embodiment.

Abstract: A method of making a web comprising a layer of airlaid pulp or synthetic material overlaying and fastened to at least one layer of regenerated cellulose fiber. The method can also provide a product in which the airlaid pulp or synthetic material can be sandwiched between two regenerated cellulose fiber layers. The regenerated cellulose can be viscose or lyocell.

Abstract: A method for making a web comprising a layer of crosslinked cellulosic fiber overlaid on and fastened to at least one layer of regenerated cellulose fiber. In one method the crosslinked cellulosic fiber is be sandwiched between two regenerated cellulose fiber layers. The regenerated cellulose can be viscose or lyocell or be made from several solvents.

Abstract: The needle board for a needling machine has a base plate with a plurality of receptacles, and a plurality of needle modules. Each needle module has a carrier plate which is equipped with a plurality of needles arranged in a predetermined pattern and which is inserted into one of the receptacles in the base plate in such a way that the needles project from the base plate.

Abstract: A multi-functional rotary turning and positioning apparatus and method for performing multiple service operations on a turbomachinery rotor while the rotor remains continuously supported with the apparatus. The apparatus includes a platform, a rotary headstock mounted to the platform, a spindle coupled to and rotatably supported by the headstock and adapted for coupling to a turbomachinery rotor, bearing pedestals mounted to the platform and adapted for rotatably supporting the rotor, at least one motor for turning the spindle at at least two different rotational speed ranges, equipment mountable to the platform for performing multiple service operations on the rotor, and equipment for controlling the rotational speed and position of the spindle for the purpose of performing the service operation with the operating equipment.

Abstract: Crystal devices are disclosed, of which an exemplary device includes a crystal frame comprising a crystal vibrating piece having an electrode pattern and an outer frame supporting the crystal vibrating piece. The device also includes a crystal package base including at least one connection electrode formed on a first main surface and at least one external electrode formed on a second main surface, wherein the second main surface is opposite the first main surface. The crystal frame and crystal base are layered together with a lid wafer to form a 3-layer sandwich. The layers of the sandwich are bonded together by siloxane bonding, which results in the connection electrodes contacting the electrode pattern on the crystal vibrating piece.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for removing a blade from a dovetailed slot in a wheel of a rotating machine. At least one device is adapted to apply a pushing force on a first surface of a blade. A turntable for supporting the wheel has indexing capability to advance the wheel by a predetermined amount. The device can be used to remove one or more blades from the wheel.

Abstract: A bearing adjuster includes a grip. A rotatable wheel is mounted with the grip. The rotatable wheel has a through hole centrally defined therein. The rotatable wheel has multiple arc grooves spirally and concentrically defined in a bottom thereof. An adjusting member has spindle extending from a top thereof. The spindle is connected to grip via the through hole in the rotatable wheel. The adjusting member has multiple grooves radially defined therein for corresponding to the multiple arc grooves. Each groove has a movable member movably received therein. Each movable member has a stub extended form a top thereof to be received in a corresponding one arc groove in the rotatable wheel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for mounting a needle guard (4) onto a syringe body (2) that is provided with a needle (3), comprising a retaining device (5) for retaining the syringe body (2), a needle guard receptacle (6) for receiving the needle guard (4), a compressed air system (7) for providing compressed air, a first displacement device (8) for displacing the needle guard receptacle (6) in a vertical direction (A), and a rotation device (9) for at least partially rotating the needle guard receptacle (6), wherein the needle guard receptacle (6) is disposed beneath the retaining device (5), the compressed air being fed to the needle guard receptacle (6) such that the needle guard (4) is suspended on an air cushion (60) in a floating manner, and wherein the needle guard receptacle (6) can be displaced in a vertical direction (A) by means of the first displacement device (8). The invention further relates to a method for mounting the needle guard (4) onto the syringe body (2).

Abstract: Apparatus for removing binder mechanisms (12) from binders (10), the apparatus comprising: a transport mechanism for transporting binders in series through the apparatus; an alignment mechanism (16) configured to align the binder mechanisms with a predetermined datum relative to the apparatus; a rivet releasing mechanism (24) positioned relative to the predetermined datum for releasing at least one rivet holding each binder mechanism to its respective binder; a binder mechanism removal mechanism (75) for removing each binder mechanism from its respective binder once the at least one rivet has been released by the rivet releasing mechanism; and an indexing mechanism (18) for indexing transport of binders through the apparatus in synchronism with operation of the rivet releasing mechanism.

Abstract: A screw attachment (10, 10?, 10?) disposed around a fastening piece (17) secured to a main fastening body (25a), the screw attachment sandwiched between a head (17b) of the fastening piece and a securing object (22) so that the screw attachment bears a securing force of the fastening piece to press the securing object. The screw attachment includes a pair of arms (12, 13) made of a shape restoring material. Each arm has a fore end, and the fore ends are joined to each other with an adhesive material that is softened when heated. The arms expands radially such that the screw attachment is released from the head of the fastening piece when heat or force is applied to the arms.

Abstract: A method for assembling a heat sink with radial fins is disclosed. The heat sink includes a thermo-conductive base and a fin set. The base is provided with a plurality of troughs and guiding grooves. Each guiding groove is located between two adjacent troughs. The fin set is composed of a plurality of fins. The method provides a mold having a star shaped inner space and edges. The heat sink is compressed into the inner space and the guiding grooves are inserted by the edges to make the troughs deformed. The fins are firm pinched by deformed troughs.

Abstract: An alignment device and method is provided. Higher precision is achieved when fixing an orientation of an insertion axis using alignment devices shown. A symmetric clamping force is provided that reduces or eliminates unwanted displacement after the desired orientation is obtained. Another feature includes increased flexibility to use a variety of primary medical devices. Another feature includes a standoff feature that reduces tissue damage. Another feature includes an orienting fixture for image guided procedures.

Abstract: A method of producing a diaphragm damper 1 having a high pressure chamber 3 comprised of two diaphragms 2 with flanges 6 welded together and charged inside with a high pressure gas. The diaphragms 2 are made of magnetically attractable thin metal sheets. A pair of jigs 30, 40 provided to face each other inside the pressure vessel 20 hold the diaphragms 2 by magnetic force. The pressure vessel 20 is sealed and evacuated, then the pressure vessel 20 is charged and pressurized by a mixed gas including helium. After this, the pair of jigs 30, 40 are made to approach each other to make the flanges 6 of the pair of diaphragms 2 come into close contact. Inside the pressure vessel 20, the jigs 30, 40 are simultaneously rotated to rotate the pair of diaphragms 2 and a laser beam is fired at the flanges 6 of the diaphragms 2 to weld the flanges 6 over their entire circumferences.

Abstract: A tensioned touch panel includes a support structure having a substrate with a generally planer conductive surface disposed thereon and an insulating spacer generally about the periphery of the substrate. A pretensioned conductive member overlies the support structure. The spacer separates the conductive membrane and the conductive surface thereby to define an air gap therebetween. A conductive membrane is secured to the support structure under sufficient tension to inhibit slack from developing in the conductive membrane as a result of changes in environmental conditions. A method of assembling a tensioned touch panel is also provided.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head that allows the location of the flare point of a write pole to be accurately located relative to the air bearing surface. The method includes the construction of a lapping guide having an edge feature that is easily and accurately located relative to the flare point of the write pole. This edge feature provides an abrupt change in electrical resistance across the lapping guide at a point when lapping should be terminated. And, since this feature can accurately located relative to the flare point, this provides an easily discernable ending point for lapping.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic head for magnetic data recording, that allows a lapping termination point to be easily and accurately determined during lapping. The method includes constructing a lapping guide that has an electrically is formed to provide an abrupt change in resistance at a point where lapping should be terminated. This point of abrupt resistance change is located relative to the flare point of the write pole that the distance between the flare point and the air bearing surface can be accurately maintained. This abrupt resistance change also makes it possible to monitor both a stripe height defining rough lapping and an angled kiss lapping process using a single measurement channel.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a transformer is provided. The method includes forming a disc-wound coil by forming a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer and a layer of cooling ducts between the first and second conductor layers. The first and second conductor layers each have a plurality of disc windings arranged in an axial direction of the disc-wound coil. Each of the disc windings includes a conductor wound into a plurality of concentric turns.