Abstract: A magnetic disc apparatus includes a magnetic disc, a slider incorporating lifting rails or lifting pads, a magnetic head provided to a lifting rail or a lifting pad on the outflow end side, a suspension supporting the slider, and a carriage attached to the suspension. The slider has an inverted stepped wall formed in a shape such that it is caved in a direction from the inflow end to the outflow end of the slider, and a bleed surface formed at the outflow end side of the inverted stepped wall and caved from the lifting rails or the lifting pads. An action point of an equivalent load is located offset from the inverted stepped wall of the slider toward the inflow end of the slider.

Abstract: A decrease in the lift-up degree of the outflow end of a slider at an altitude of 3,000 m is set to be less than 2 nm or to be zero in order to set the lift-up degree of the outflow end to be less than 10 nm. There is provided a magnetic disc apparatus in which the action point of positive pressure is shifted toward the inflow end but the action point of negative pressure is shifted toward the outflow end so as to enhance the influence upon the outflow end by the negative pressure in order to effect an action in the increasing direction of the lift-up degree of the outflow end when the pressure is reduced. Further, it is possible to increase the lift-up degree of the outflow end when the pressure is decreased. The action point of the equivalent load is offset from the action point of positive pressure toward the inflow end, and the distance between the action point of the positive pressure and the action point of the equivalent load point is set to be greater than 0.

Abstract: A magnetic head slider for sliding on the magnetic disk, which comprises: a leading edge; a trailing edge, wherein the air bearing surface has a front step bearing with submicron depth of the air bearing surface was made from said leading edge in the continuity, a rail surface made from this front step bearing in the continuity, a negative pressure recess which is more profound than said front step bearing made in the continuity from this rail surface and a side step bearing with the depth identical with said front step bearing made in the continuity from the rail surface, whereby the ratio of depth R of said recess and depth &dgr; s of said front step bearing is R/&dgr;s>5.

Abstract: With negative pressure sliders having step bearings, there are variations in flying height resulting from variations in shape factors, such as the step bearing depth. In order to achieve lower flying height, it is considered necessary to reduce the variation in flying height caused by the variation in curvature of the air bearing surface and the variation in flying height caused by the variation in the shapes of the step bearings. The curvature of the air bearing surface of the slider can be observed in the pre-cut row bar condition or in a unit product condition. Shape data of the magnetic head slider can be input, such as the step bearing depth, etc., so as to calculate the predicted flying height of the slider An arithmetic processing unit calculates an adjusted target curvature from the difference between the predicted flying height and the target flying height.

Abstract: With negative pressure sliders having step bearings, there are variations in flying height resulting from variations in shape factors, such as the step bearing depth. In order to achieve lower flying height, it is considered necessary to reduce the variation in flying height caused by the variation in curvature of the air bearing surface and the variation in flying height caused by the variation in the shapes of the step bearings. The curvature of the air bearing surface of the slider can be observed in the pre-cut row bar condition or in a unit product condition. Shape data of the magnetic head slider can be input, such as the step bearing depth, etc., so as to calculate the predicted flying height of the slider An arithmetic processing unit calculates an adjusted target curvature from the difference between the predicted flying height and the target flying height.

Abstract: A process for producing an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a step of coating a light-sensitive layer on an electroconductive base, a step of removing part or all of oxidants present from an air atmosphere by an oxidants removing unit, a step of dealing with a coating solution for forming the light-sensitive layer in the air atmosphere from which concentration of oxidants is suppressed by the step of removing part or all of oxidants present, and a step of suppressing variation in the concentration of oxidants in the air atmosphere, wherein the step of dealing with the coating solution for the light-sensitive layer includes at least one of the steps of preparing the coating solution for forming the light-sensitive layer, applying the light-sensitive layer and drying an applied coating.

Abstract: A magnetic disk device, which is provided with a magnetic head slider mounted with a magnetic head and a magnetic disk, and of which the magnetic head slider has the possibility of contacting the magnetic disk at the vicinity of the magnetic head,

Abstract: In a magnetic disk unit having a load/unload function of a magnetic head for a magnetic disk, the magnetic disk and the magnetic head are prevented from contacting with each other and damage thereto is avoided by utilizing a shallow dual-step subambient pressure slider and carrying out loading/unloading at a rotational speed lower than a rated rotational speed of the normally operated magnetic disk at which writing and reading (R/W) data to and from the magnetic disk by the magnetic head is done.

Abstract: A dip coating method, in which a cylindrical member is dipped in a coating solution in a coating solution tank and the coating solution is coated on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member by the cylindrical member being raised, includes the steps of: making the coating solution always overflow from the coating solution tank; dipping the cylindrical member into the coating solution through an opening portion of a cover which is provided above a surface of the coating solution in the coating solution tank, and which has the opening portion through which the cylindrical member can pass, and which has a plurality of plates which are disposed at intervals in a vertical direction; and raising the cylindrical member.

Abstract: This invention aims at improving the breeding activity of boars, especially at preventing the reduction of fertilization capacity in the hot season. Particularly, this invention provides a method for improving the breeding activity of boars with the use of a feed for breeding boars which contains saccharides mainly composed of oligosaccharides.

Abstract: A negative pressure flying head slider includes an air bearing surface of a substantially rectangular shape disposed in opposed relation to a rotating magnetic disk. One side rail of the slider is adapted to be located at an outer periphery-side of the magnetic disk when the slider is mounted on a magnetic disk device, and has an inflow-side side rail portion which is disposed at an air inflow end-side of the slider, extending generally parallel to the longitudinal direction of the slider, and an outflow-side side rail portion which is disposed at an air outflow end-side of the slider, extending in a direction of a yaw angle. The angle of the outflow-side side rail portion with respect to the inflow-side side rail portion is greater than the maximum value of an absolute value of the yaw angle. The slider further includes a recess defined by a cross rail and the side rails, and a slit formed in the cross rail to permit the recess to communicate with the air inflow end of the slider.

Abstract: A mouth piece unit (6) for a semi-closed type breathing device (1) in which when pressing down a start button (102), the entirety of a movable assembly (70) moves and an external opening (73) opens, whereby a mouth piece (62) is caused to protrude, allowing a diver to hold it in his/her mouth. Since the movable assembly (70) is held at that position even if the start button (102) is restored, an inhalation gas supply valve (21) is held in an open state by an engagement bar (74), whereby the supply of inhalation gas is continued. When the mouth piece (62) comes out of the mouth of the diver, the movable assembly (70) is restored and the external opening (73) is automatically closed, thereby preventing water from entering the inside therethrough from the outside.

Abstract: A mouthpiece unit (6) of a semiclosed-circuit breathing apparatus (1) includes a inhaled/exhaled air circulation chamber (61), an inhalation gas supply opening (71) for providing a constant flow of fresh breathing gas from a breathing gas cylinder, a mouthpiece (62) attached to an external opening (65), and manually operated members (75, 76) that are maintained at an initial position by a resilient force and can be moved to a first operating position against the resilient force. In an interlocking operation, movement of the manually operated members to the first operating position is accompanied by opening of an external opening (65) by a valve (101). A first lever (73) opens and closes the gas supply opening (71) in conjunction with the opening and closing operation of the valve (101).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a convenient and economical method for improving the rate of raising newborn piglets from the pregnancy of the sow to the weaning of the piglets. The method reduces the incidence of premature piglets and increases the lacteal yield of breeding sows by feeding the breeding sows a feed containing saccharides mainly composed of oligosaccharides.

Abstract: A micromilling device includes a milling chamber, a sorter located in the milling chamber for sorting solid material, nozzles for injecting a stream of solid particles to be milled into the chamber in a predetermined path, and impact elements positioned in the path for impacting the stream of solid material.

Abstract: An injection control method for an injection molding machine uses a step of filling a molten resin into a mold with an injection screw incorporated in a heating cylinder while changing an injection speed of the injection screw at a plurality of positions, and a dwell pressure application step of applying a pressure into the mold after filling. A predetermined filling pressure for determining a closing degree of a check valve is preset. The filling step includes comparing stroke information concerning an actual position of the injection screw with information concerning a reference position of the injection screw when one of pieces of information concerning a filling pressure, that changes in the filling step, reaches the predetermined filling pressure, and adjusting a subsequently performed change operation based on a difference between two pieces of information.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing bisphenol A of good heat stability by heat-treating bisphenol A containing a very small amount of impurities in a molten state at 185.degree. to 220.degree. C. for 5 to 60 minutes in an oxygen-free atmosphere and the process yields bisphenol A of good heat stability which shows reduced coloration when heated. Bisphenol A prepared by this process has excellent properties relating to color and is particularly suitable as raw material for the manufacture of polycarbonates where the requirement for color is strict.

Abstract: A micromilling device includes a milling chamber, at least one nozzle for injecting a stream of solid particles to be milled into the chamber in a predetermined path, and impact elements positioned in the path for impacting the stream of solid particles.

Abstract: In an ophthalmological measurement method and apparatus, a laser beam of predetermined diameter is projected to the eye fundus and movement of a speckle pattern formed by light scattered by blood cells in blood vessel is detected by a photosensor as fluctuation in speckle light intensity to produce a speckle signal. The speckle light intensity will fluctuate more rapidly with a smaller output from the photosensor when cell velocities are high, while a low cell travel speed will decrease the lowering of the output therefrom. The speckle signal thus mirrors the travel speed of the blood cells in the eye tissues. The differences in the speckle signal are used to identify the blood vessel for automatic tracking of the blood vessel or for measurement of its diameter.

Abstract: In an ophthalmological measurement method and apparatus, a laser beam of predetermined diameter is projected to the eye fundus and movement of a speckle pattern formed by light scattered by blood cells in blood vessel is detected by a photosensor as fluctuation in speckle light intensity to produce a speckle signal. The speckle light intensity will fluctuate more rapidly with a smaller output from the photosensor when cell velocities are high, while a low cell travel speed will decrease the lowering of the output therefrom. The speckle signal is integrated to produce an integrated speckle signal which is evaluated in terms of a rate of change to discriminate edges of a blood vessel. The integrated speckle signal is used to identify the blood vessel for automatic tracking of the blood vessel or for measurement of its diameter.