Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnetic head slider from a flying surface pattern formed on one surface of a long and slender rectangular parallelepiped slider block having a plurality of thin film magnetic head elements aligned in a row. The method includes preparing an arrangement jig including a guide plate and an adhesive rubber plate which adheres onto a lower surface of the guide plate by its adhesive force. The method also includes placing blocks in the accommodation holes on the guide plate in such a manner that the surface of each block on which a pattern is formed is directed upward and each block is fixed by the adhesive force of the rubber plate. The rubber plate is then peeled off after an upper surface of the arrangement jig has been set upside down. Pouring and penetrating hardening liquid into clearances formed between the accommodation holes on the guide plate and the blocks is the next step. The guide plate is then fixed onto a base plate and a pattern is formed on the surface of each block.

Abstract: A magnetic head slider producing apparatus includes a rotary lapping member having a lapping surface, a work member having a surface, and an elastic member fastened to the surface of the work member. The elastic member has [adhesion properties] adhesive characteristics. Magnetic head sliders each have a back surface, and rail surfaces in which magnetic heads are embedded. The back surface of each of the magnetic head sliders is in contact with the elastic member, and the magnetic head sliders are adhesively held by the elastic member [due to the adhesion thereof]. The work member is positioned so that the rail surface of each of the magnetic head sliders comes into contact with the lapping surface of the rotary lapping member.

Abstract: An optoelectrical particle detection apparatus comprising concave and convex reflectors spaced from each other by a predetermined distance, a laser source for emitting a laser beam and introducing the laser beam between the concave and convex reflectors, the concave and convex reflectors and the laser source being arranged so that the laser beam is multi-reflected at a much closer pitch to form a laser beam curtain in which the multi-reflected beam segments are overlapped with respect to each other to enhance a light intensity thereof, and an optoelectrical detector for receiving light scattered due to a presence of particles in the laser beam curtain, whereby the presence of particles can be detected in the laser beam curtain with a high probability and a high sensitivity.

Abstract: A device for the measurement of a temperature in a relatively low range having the lower limit of below 100.degree. C. is proposed. The device is suitably used for measuring a temperature of a substrate 4 during a sputtering treatment in a vacuum environment. Infrared rays radiated from the substrate 4 in a vacuum chamber 1 are collected by an optical lens 13 mounted in a freely movable probe 10 via a mirror (15) provided in a hood 14 attached to a front end of the probe (10) for deflecting the incident rays to the lens 13. The collected rays are led outside the chamber 1 to a sensor through a fluoride fiber 8 optically connected to the lens 13. The fiber 8 is enveloped in an air-tight manner within a metal bellows 9.

Abstract: A magnetic disk storage apparatus includes an air-tight enclosure containing a drive mechanism for rotating magnetic disks coated with a lubricant material and a flying head assembly. A lubricant evaporating source is arranged inside the enclosure and exposed to the flow of hot air produced by rotation of the disks whereby the lubricant is evaporated and the enclosure is filled with lubricant vapor to suppress the evaporation and consumption of the lubricant layers coated on the magnetic disks. The lubricant evaporating source may be positioned on the inside wall of the enclosure, on a dummy surface of the disks, or on a portion exposed to the circulating hot air flow inside the enclosure. The surface on which the lubricant evaporating source is coated may be of a porous or rough structure to accelerate the evaporation of the lubricant of the source and provide a strong adhesion of the lubricant material to the surface.