Abstract: A surgical pillow is provided for supporting, cushioning and positioning a patient while in a prone position on an operating table during rectal surgery. The pillow comprises an elongated, self-sustaining, flexible body unit of compressible material having shape return memory. The body unit is provided with an indented upper face defined by a longitudinally extending, centrally located channel and chamfered downwardly inclined patient positioning surfaces on opposite sides of the central channel. Converging, inclined side surfaces of the body unit are configured and strategically located to accommodate the axilla areas of a patient while the patient is supported on the body unit. A removable cover that substantially conforms to the configuration of the body unit is provided in full covering relationship to the body unit.

Abstract: A bed assembly provides an enlarged sleeping surface area as compared to a standard Queen sized bed. Specifically, in the disclosed bed assemblies, the sleeping surface area is about 64 inches to about 68 inches wide and about 77 inches to about 82 inches long. This can be accomplished by providing both a mattress and a foundation having the appropriate, enlarged sleeping surface area, or by combining an enlarged mattress with a foundation having at least one standard Queen size surface. The mattress and foundation can be fit into a bed frame made of a suitable size to fit the bottom surface of the foundation (i.e., either “enlarged” or standard Queen size). Preferably, the enlarged sleeping surface of the bed may be between about 65 inches to about 67 inches wide and about 78 inches to about 80 inches long. This enlarged sleeping surface area provides a more comfortable and restful sleep for two occupants.

Abstract: To assure the mixing of detergent into a wash solution during an initial portion of a wash cycle in a clothes washing machine, particularly a horizontal axis or tumble-type washing machine, an additional operational step is employed wherein an inner tub or wash basket of the machine is rotated at a higher than normal speed to create a turbulence for the purpose of mixing and distributing the wash solution. Most preferably, this additional step occurs shortly after the washing machine has been filled with water for a programmed washing operation.

Abstract: A shoe edge processing machine comprises means (26, 27) of gripping a shoe along an axis (31) virtually perpendicular to the shoe, shoe processing means (16), relative movement means (12, 22) for the shoe and processing means for causing these processing means (16) to travel the edge of a shoe held in the gripping means (26, 27). Advantageously the gripping axis (21) rotates to cause the entire peripheral edge of the shoe torn under the processing head. Powered jaws (42, 43) provide positioned means for the shoe to allow its correct gripping by the gripping means (26, 27).

Abstract: A monocoque fiber reinforced plastic composite modular bridge structure and fabrication method are described in which, in a preferred embodiment, one or more bridge modules of selected length and cross-section are fabricated by applying composite fabric over a mandrel of substantially the intended shape of the module, enclosing the mandrel and composite in a vacuum bag, infusing the fabric with resin, preferably utilizing the vacuum assisted resin transfer molding process, allowing the resin and fabric to cure, and applying finishing operations to the module for installation at a bridge site.

Abstract: A brush core and method of making a brush core are provided. The brush core is configured to be implemented in substrate preparation systems. The brush core is connected between a first end and a second end of a non-rotating shaft. A motor is contained within the brush core for rotating the brush core around the non-rotating shaft. The first end and the second end are each capable of being adjusted to calibrate and position the brush core. The calibrated position of the brush core can be set to compensate for a skewed substrate, or to achieve a desired pressure application profile over the substrate.

Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning and sanitizing footwear includes a container for disinfectant liquids which container has an upwardly open U-shaped channel tack-welded to the bottom panel of the container in which channel at least one brush is removably attached. The brush is adapted to remove debris from the bottom of footwear while a pair of inwardly facing brushes are provided for cleaning the sides of the footwear. Preferably, a scraper blade is attached to one end panel of the container. Outwardly extending flanges are provided on opposed surfaces of the container for manual grasping and lifting of the device. Optionally, a pair of laterally extending L-shaped brackets is attached opposite sides of the container are provided for to stabilizing the device during use.

Abstract: A device with a handle, for securing a sponge, mesh sponge or other medium with a string or cord attached, and used for the purpose of bathing, massaging or applying a substance to ones body and more precisely to ones back or other hard to reach areas of the body. An improved back and/or body scrubber which holds a common mesh sponge or similar item, and allows for its quick installation and removal. The invention is comprised of a handle (7), which acts as a housing to contain plug (2), spring (3), finger pilot (4), finger (5), and pusher (6). Along with cap (9), these components work together as a spring-loaded unit for the purpose of pulling and holding a mesh sponge, or similar item, by its string or cord, into head (1) through a slot in the side of head (1). The purpose of the bell or cone shaped head (1) is to gather and push forward the folds or surfaces, of a mesh sponge or similar item, creating a wide and stable surface suitable for scrubbing or washing ones body.

Abstract: A wiper apparatus suitable to wipe the window pane of laterally elongated type, which is provide with a reversible wiper motor 2; a reciprocally rotating output shaft 2a; a circular shaped rotary housing 3 fixed to the output shaft; a stationary gear 4 disposed coaxially around about the output; an idler gear 5 meshed with the stationary gear and supported rotatably on the rotary housing; an output gear 6 meshed with the idler gear and supported rotatably on the rotary housing; and a pivot shaft 20 fixed to the output gear and connected with a wiper member 7, 8; the gears 4, 5 and 6 are housed in the rotary housing 3.

Abstract: A mounting assembly adapted to removably secure a vacuum cleaner to a support includes a mounting rack. The mounting rack has a surface located at its upper end that supports the vacuum cleaner in a suspended state. The mounting assembly also includes a retaining clip connected to the mounting rack. The retaining clip is movable between a first position and a second position. The retaining clip engages an outwardly extending portion of the vacuum cleaner in the first position, and disengages the outwardly extending portion in the second position.

Abstract: A squeegee assembly of a floor surface treatment apparatus has an elongate frame member and a flange depending therefrom intermediate opposite ends of the frame member. A front squeegee blade, a spacer and a rear squeegee blade are arranged with the front squeegee blade nearer the flange than the rear squeegee blade and the spacer disposed intermediate the front and rear squeegee blades. A single clamping band abuts against the rear squeegee blade and has a quick-release mechanism selectively operable between an unclamped configuration and a clamped configuration in which the clamping band is releasably secured to the frame member and generally clamps the rear squeegee blade, the spacer and the front squeegee blade between the clamping band and the flange of the frame member. The rear blade extends lengthwise outward beyond the ends of the frame member.

Abstract: An obturator (1) for an opening (10) has a collar (2) comprising a peripheral lip (3) adapted to come into abutment on a face (10a) of the opening (10), and several teeth (6) mounted pivotally on the collar (2) and adapted to come into abutment on an opposite face of the opening (10) in a locked position of the obturator (1). The teeth (6) are also fixed to a flange (12) mounted pivotally on a pusher (8), the pusher (8) being adapted to pivotally move the flanges (12) between an unlocked position and a locked position of the obturator (1). The obturator is used notably for sealing closing an opening in a motor vehicle body.

Abstract: A device for restraining movement of a door which includes a housing, a foot and pedal pivotally mounted at least partially within the housing, and a first cog portion on the foot and a second cog portion on the pedal. The device is arranged such that the first and second cog portions are engaged whereby pivoting the pedal causes the entire foot to rotate between a non-restraint position where the foot is not in contact with the ground, and a restraint position where the foot is in contact with the ground.

Abstract: A cover for temporarily covering a hinge, the hinge having a first portion for mounting on a fixed surface and a second portion for mounting on a door, the second portion hingedly attached to the first portion, the hinge having a first position wherein the first and second portions are perpendicular to one another, and a second position wherein the first and second portions are parallel to one another. The hinge cover includes a first member having a raised central channel, first left and right flanges, and a first vertical flange for resiliently engaging at least one vertical surface of the first hinge portion. A second member includes a raised channel, second left and right flanges, and a second vertical flange for resiliently engaging at least one vertical surface of the second hinge portion, the second body portion raised channel adapted for receiving a portion of the first member raised central channel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening plate to fasten a hinge arm of a furniture hinge to a carrier wall consisting of an elongated base plate having at least two boreholes to receive fastening elements, of a cover plate covering the base plate at least in part and being guided in a transversely displaceable manner thereon, and of an eccentric to displace the cover plate with respect to the base plate. In accordance with the invention, the base plate has in the region of its boreholes, which serve to receive fastening elements, collar-like edges which connect to tang-like extensions. The collar-like edges penetrate elongate apertures provided in the cover plate and the tang-like extensions are bent down with respect to the collar-like edges so that they overhand the lateral edges of the elongate apertures.

Abstract: A structure is designed to fasten detachably the handle and the working part of a hand tool. The structure includes a fastening base located at one end of the handle, a fastening end located at one end of the working part, and a fastening device. The fastening end is detachably fastened to the fastening base in conjunction with the fastening device. As the fastening device is turned such that two planar surfaces of the fastening device are aligned with two side walls of an open end of the retaining hole of the fastening end of the working part, the fastening device can be moved out of the retaining hole so as to enable the handle and the working part to separate from each other.

Abstract: A closed loop push/pull system of the present invention employs a hot shelf tower dryer and a plurality of fans uniquely positioned throughout portions of the cotton gin to direct and recirculate air through the cotton gin. Because the system employs a hot shelf tower dryer, the conventional introduction and circulation of hot air from a burner and fan assembly, after the primary burner, is no longer necessary. Instead, the hot shelf tower dryer provides heat to the cotton through its heated shelves, this heat being provided to and circulated between the shelves by a burner and fan assembly. Since this heated air is not directly exposed to the cotton, it may be recirculated between the shelves of the tower dryer and the burner and fan assembly. By limiting conventional drying methods and by recirculating the air streams conveying the cotton, the system reduces the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere.

Abstract: The instant invention is directed to an arrangement for forming a stable fiber web having high loft and high resilience. The arrangement includes a cabinet receiving opened and blended fibers connected with a fiber web forming chute which receives the opened and blended fibers from the cabinet. The forming chute includes a first and second wall and fiber contacting elements which assist in urging the fibers through and out an exit of the chute in an evenly distributed condition while forming the fiber web. The fiber contacting elements include a fiber inter-engaging device associated with at least one of the first and second walls, said inter-engaging device acting said outer fibers causing these fibers to inter-engage creating a stable outer surface over the fiber web.

Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning an all-steel sawtooth arrangement of a swift of a card has adjacently arranged sawtooth wire sections, wherein between two adjacent sawtooth wire sections a groove of the all-steel sawtooth arrangement is formed, respectively. The grooves extend from the tooth tips of the sawtooth wire sections to the groove bottom. The cleaning device has one or more cleaning elements for removing foreign particles from the grooves, wherein the cleaning element comprises a cleaning portion that is placed against the groove bottom of a groove and follows the groove when the all-steel sawtooth arrangement is moved in rotation to thereby remove foreign particles from the groove bottom.

Abstract: To connect a connection element (12) to one end (10A, 10B) of the strip (10) from which the swaging ring is made, the connection element is placed against said end in such a manner that at least one anchor edge (14) of the connection element (12) is in register with said end, and pressure is exerted on the connection element (12) so as to displace the material of said end (10A, 10B) of the strip that lies beneath the connection element (12) while forming a fixing member (15) in said end that is suitable for co-operating with said anchor edge so as to hold together the connection element and said end of the strip.

Abstract: The cable fastening device of the present invention is for use in cooperation with a cable having a first lug mounted on a first end and a second lug mounted towards an opposite second end. The fastening device is for releasably fastening the first and second ends of the cable together with the cable snugly around a bundle of elongate objects such as logs. The fastening device includes a rigid housing having an elongate channel therein. The channel extends from a first end wall of the housing to a second and opposite end wall of the housing. A pair of side walls extends along the channel so as to define a channel opening and a channel cavity between the pair of side walls and the first and second end walls. A first cantilevered member extends into the cavity from a first side wall of the pair of side walls. A second cantilevered member extends into the cavity from a second side wall of the pair of side walls.

Abstract: A snap-type buckle is disclosed including a buckle portion having a front surface and a rear surface and including an upper eyelet and a lower eyelet for receiving a strap, a recess extending through the rear surface, and a plurality of tabs located proximate the rear surface and extending radially inwardly. A button portion is configured for attachment to the strap and includes a step for engagement with the tabs of the recess. An embodiment of the snap-type buckle includes an aperture in the buckle portion to facilitate removal of the button portion from the buckle portion. Another embodiment of the snap-type buckle includes a spring arm extending across the recess proximate the front surface to facilitate removal of the button portion from the buckle portion.

Abstract: A swivel hook is described that is comprised of a hook body and a swivel connector. The hook body has a generally uniform thickness and is stamped from a sheet of material. A hook member formed at a first end and a longitudinally oriented stem, having a generally rectangular cross-section, formed at a second opposite end of the hook body. The swivel connector is pivotally securable over the stem and formed from a forged metal. The swivel connector has a generally circular bore of a size exceeding the rectangular cross-section of the stem such that the stem may be received through the bore to secure the swivel connector to the hook body while permitting rotational movement of the swivel connector about the stem. Also described is a method of constructing a swivel hook.

Abstract: A security clutch for a jewelry post with a circumferential groove includes a housing with a post receiving aperture extending therethrough and two access ports through a side wall. A pair of interlocking C-shaped lock members each include an inner free end that carries a lug anchor and an outer free end that serves as a trigger. The lug anchors are spring-biased by a spring toward one another to thereby urge the triggers outward through their respective access ports. The inner free ends are also urged toward one another by the forces of the spring to slidably reside in the post receiving aperture of the housing into locking engagement with the circumferential groove of the jewelry post residing in the post receiving aperture.

Abstract: A cremation container foldable into a compact configuration for shipping purposes and unfoldable and erectable at its destination comprises a bottom, a pair of side walls pivoted relative to the bottom, a pair of end walls pivoted relative to the bottom, an angle interconnecting adjacent end edges of adjacent ones of the side and end walls, and a cover removably positionable atop the pair of side walls and end walls. Each angle includes slotted legs which receive adjacent end edges of adjacent ones of the side and end walls. Each slotted leg of each angle includes a dowel pin extending transversely therethrough, and a top edge of each of the adjacent end edges of the adjacent ones of the side and end walls includes a notch therein for receiving a respective dowel pin. Handles are secured to the side base mold frame members. Each of a pair of covers comprises opposed sides and opposed ends and a depending lip secured to each opposed side but to only one end.

Abstract: A casket ornament display plaque and associated methods for memorializing a deceased individual. The casket ornament display plaque comprises a decorative board, a casket ornament attached to the board, and indicia attached to the board identifying a deceased to be memorialized. The casket ornament is one having been removed from a casket in which the deceased was displayed. The indicia may be a nameplate bearing the name of the deceased, a photograph of the deceased, or both. A method for memorializing a deceased comprises displaying a casket containing the deceased therein, the casket having at least one selectively removable ornament, removing the ornament from the casket, affixing the ornament to a display plaque and presenting the display plaque and ornament to survivors of the deceased so that the deceased can be remembered by displaying the plaque and ornament.

Abstract: Improvements in Hydroenhancement efficiency are obtained by operating a manifold in relative movement to fabric transported under the manifold so as to deliver a low energy to the fabric per pass in multiple passes on the fabric. This results in greater enhancement efficiency and reduction in wasted energy, and also improves fabric coverage and reduces fabric shrinkage. The low-energy per pass, multiple-pass approach can be implemented with improved hydroenhancing equipment of reduced equipment size and cost which simulate multiple passes on the fabric. Embodiments employ a manifold or manifold system that is reciprocated, oscillated, or rotated to simulate multiple passes on the fabric. Other variations for improving hydroenhancement include angling the manifold at a diagonal to the fabric travel direction, using a high density number of double rows of jets to eliminate interference patterns.

Abstract: Colored patterning of a web-shaped nonwoven or a composite made of a nonwoven and a fabric or knit is achieved by water jet needling. The nonwoven provided as the upper layer of two layers is provided with one or more colors or is colored or printed itself and is placed on a second nonwoven or a woven or one that has a different color. Then both layers are subjected to the water jets that displace the fibers, with the colored fibers in the first layer being displaced into the second layer to produce a pattern on the underside of the second layer. It is also possible, instead of colored fibers in the nonwoven of the upper layer, to move them when they are not colored into a second layer that can have any color.

Abstract: A method of producing a surface acoustic wave device by use of a flip chip process, includes the steps of forming on a piezoelectric substrate at least one interdigital transducer and a plurality of electrode pads electrically connected to the interdigital transducer, forming bumps on the respective electrode pads, and providing an insulating film at a region other than a region where the bumps are formed.

Abstract: Apparatus for manufacturing a bone dowel includes a machine base with tracks on a surface thereof. Modules configured to slide in the tracks may include a module for a high speed rotary tool, a collet module, a vise module and a threading module. A vise module may include a base configured to slide in the tracks of the machine base, a frame configured to slide on the vise module base, two opposing vise jaws held within the frame, a spring device between the vise jaws, and a press that sits on top of the vise jaws within the frame. A bone dowel manufactured using the apparatus may include smoothed ends, a slot on one end, a canal running through the dowel perpendicular to the long axis, a hole running through the dowel along the long axis, and threads on the outer surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cutting equipment, which automatically cuts hard plastic pipes produced from an extruder, having a table, an input V shape leading wheel, an input fixing clamp apparatus mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a bearing transmission mechanism, an output fixing clamp apparatus mechanism, a V shape leading plate, a leading wheel, a cuttings collector, and an electric control system, which are assembled to a novel means of a hard pipe cutting machine.

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 tool to assist in the installation of a waste disposer beneath a kitchen sink includes a central, threaded shaft with a flared bottom end supporting a lift plate which is cocked on the shaft so that it may be inserted into the top of the waste disposer. The tool further contains a threaded stabilizing plate which mates with the threaded shaft, and which is inserted and retained in the top of the sink strainer, so that the shaft and lift plate extend through the sink strainer and into the waste disposer beneath. When the lift plate is straightened on the shaft, and the shaft rotated relative to the stabilizing plate, the waste disposer is drawn up until it engages the adapter on the sink strainer, to which it attaches.

Abstract: A method of converting a truck sleeper cab to a day cab comprising the steps of: providing a frame-mounted truck cab having a frame-mounted sleeper cab secured to the rearward end thereof; cutting through the boot which interconnects the sleeper cab to the truck cab; removing the sleeper cab from the truck cab to create first and second openings at the rearward end of the truck cab; providing a roof panel which is designed to close the first opening; providing a back panel which is designed to close the second opening created by the removal of the sleeper cab from the truck cab; and securing the back panel and the roof panel to the truck cab to close the first and second openings whereby the truck cab has the appearance of a day cab.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of repairing the damage of the outside plate panel of a vehicle. The method includes the steps of: (a) marking points at a damaged part of the vehicle panel, the points being distributed from the central part to the outer edge parts of the damaged part; and (b) pulling out the marked panel at the points successively from the outer points to the inner points of the points.

Abstract: A method of making snap type hook-and-eye fasteners for garments such as brassieres in which the fabric halves are injection molded on respective tapes, the tapes are covered with brushed fabric which is welded to the tapes along longitudinal welds having gaps in them. The tapes are cut across at the gaps leaving pockets into which parts of the garment can be introduced to secure the tapes on the garments.

Abstract: The invention relates to method for producing a hollow body (26) from sheet metal, especially from aluminum or aluminum alloys. According to the inventive method, a substantially flat sheet metal blank (4) is provided. At least one wall intermediate element (8) which is produced as one piece with the sheet metal blank (4) is folded and/or bent into several substantially superimposed layers. Marginal areas (16, 18) of the sheet metal blank (4) are placed closely side by side, preferably they are placed on top of one another in such a manner that they overlap to some degree, and they are connected to one another. The sheet metal blank (4) and the folded wall intermediate element (8) are subjected to a hydraulic or pneumatic internal high pressure so that the folded wall intermediate element (8) is freely unfolded to form the hollow body (26).

Abstract: In a medium fixing method of fixing one or a plurality of mediums on a shaft while the one or plurality of mediums each having a circular opening portion in a substantially center are stacked and the shaft is inserted into the opening portions, the mediums are fixed to the shaft while the mediums into which the shaft is inserted are guided with a fluid.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a frame, a mobile platform and first and second linearly-actuated slides supported on a base connected to the frame. The first and second slides are movable along a line defining a first axis. The apparatus may include a first driving connector movably coupled to the first slide and to the mobile platform, and a second driving connector movably coupled to the second slide and to the mobile platform, such that the mobile platform is displaceable within at least two degrees of freedom defined by linear motions along the first axis and a second axis, the second axis being coplanar and orthogonal to the first axis. An end effector may be also coupled to the mobile platform, the end effector having an axis aligned in a direction defined by the second axis. The end effector may comprise, for example, a tool or a gripper.

Abstract: An armature for a selectively engageable and disengageable coupling and a method of making the armature are provided. The armature includes a substantially annular body that is disposed about a first axis. The body may be formed by stamping or fine-blanking. One side of the body is hardened through a nitriding process. A grinding wheel is then applied at an angle to the same side of the body along a diametrical line of the body extending perpendicular to the first axis. As a result, the body is configured so that the thickness of the body increases as the distance from the diametrical line increases. In particular, the thickness of the body varies along each cross-section taken along the line from a minimum thickness at the innermost portion of the cross-section to a maximum thickness at the outermost portion of the cross-section. The inventive armature reduces galling, and the resulting noise, that occur during burnishing of couplings incorporating the armature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for depositing metal on a substrate. More particularly, one embodiment of the metal deposition cell comprising a cell base, an anode, and a cell top. The cell base at least partially defines an interior recess. The anode mounted within the interior recess to the cell base. The cell top is removably mounted to the cell base. In one embodiment, a method of removing a modular metal deposition cell from a deposition cell mount is provided. The modular metal deposition cell comprises a cell top and a cell bottom. The method comprises: unfastening a fastener that secures the cell top to the cell bottom, and also fastens the cell top and the cell bottom to the deposition cell mount. The cell top or the cell bottom are then removed from the deposition cell mount.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented that improve the efficiency of stator production by connecting stator coil leads to final attachment devices before the coils are inserted into a stator core. After coil insertion, the final attachment devices are merely mounted to the stator receiving the stator core, eliminating most if not all post-coil-insertion lead identification and manipulation processes. The final attachment devices can be terminal receivers that include a plurality of is wire sockets for receiving a plurality of coil leads. Coil leads are connected to final attachment devices during the coil winding stage. Such connections add little or no additional time to the winding stage.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator of a rotary electric machine includes: a step of forming a plurality of conductor segments each having at least a straight leg; a step of inserting the plurality of conductor segments into each of the slots in a plurality of radially aligned layers so that the straight legs can extend outside an end of the stator core; a step of stratifying the straight legs in radially aligned layers to correspond to the layers in the slots; a step of holding each of the stratified portions at grip portions; a step of circumferentially shifting each of the grip portions in a prescribed circumferential direction of the stator core; and a step of axially shifting each of the grip portions separately from another in an axial direction of the stator core to locate those of the grip portions to be connected adjacent to each other.

Abstract: An integrated filter for a disk drive includes a recirculation filter, a chemical filter, and a breather filter within a single filter cartridge. The filter are mounted within a support structure that is adapted for easy insertion into a disk drive. The support structure includes a base portion that fits within a recessed pocket in a baseplate of the disk drive. The disk drive includes structures for channeling air flow into the integrated filter structure during disk drive operation.

Abstract: A process of forming a combination-type thin film magnetic head on a wafer is disclosed wherein plural polished amount-monitoring elements are formed at the same time as formation of the members which constitute the inductive-type thin film magnetic head. The plural polished amount-monitoring elements each have a different distance from the inside edge opposite to he air bearing surface of the joined surface between a pair of electrode members to the standard position of the zero-throat height. After the magneto-resistive-effective-type thin film magnetic head is formed, the wafer is cut into plural bars, each having plural arranged combination type thin film magnetic head units.

Abstract: A merged magnetic head has a top first pole tip layer and a bottom second pole tip layer which are located entirely between an air bearing surface and a coil layer. A write gap layer separates the pole tip layers from one another at the ABS. A zero throat height (ZTH) defining layer is located adjacent the top gap layer between the pole tip layers and is recessed from the ABS so as to further separate the pole tip layers from one another at a location recessed from the ABS so as to define the zero throat height of the write head where the first and second pole pieces first commence to separate from one another after the ABS.

Abstract: A method to repair a permanently sealed air data tube by identifying at least one area of a strut component of said air data tube wherein said strut component may be broached to provide access to internal components accommodated generally within the interior portion of said tube; broaching said strut component and a probe component in areas generally consistent with those portions identified as providing manipulative access to internally accommodated components; removing said internally accommodated components; refurbishing the internal surface areas of the vacated air data tube; inspecting exterior surfaces and said internally accommodated components; determining air data tube components requiring replacement wherein said determination is made by choosing from a group of some or all of the used air data tube components including, but not limited to, a strut component, one or more heating element component(s), a probe component, one or more static line component(s), one or more static line fitting component(s

Abstract: An integrated wafer level board/card assembly method combines wafer level packaging, testing and assembly process. The integrated process includes the steps of first wafer sorting, laser repairing, second wafer sorting, wafer level burn-in, wafer level packaging, final testing, wafer sawing and board/card assembly. Information including wafer mapping and yield data of a process step is used as the input data to a next process step. Burn-in circuits and internal probing pads are built in the dice of the wafer to enable wafer level burn-in. A wafer cassette is used to move wafers between steps. Probers are used as the primary equipment in many steps to provide automatic wafer loading and testing. A multi-chip module die bonder, an IR re-flow system and an open/short tester form an automatic in-line system to accomplish the step of assembling a plurality of integrated circuit chips on a PC board.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a bearing onto a shaft is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base plate and a support mounted to and extending upward from the base plate. The support is capable of supporting a shaft. The shaft has a shoulder, a tapered surface adjacent to the shoulder and a threaded portion adjacent to the tapered surface. A shim is positioned on the shaft adjacent to the shoulder and a bearing is positioned adjacent to the shim. The bearing has an inner race, an outer race and a plurality of roller elements positioned there between. The bearing is mounted onto the shaft by a lock nut which is secured to the threaded portion of the shaft and which contacts the inner race of the bearing. The apparatus further includes a motor mounted to the base plate. The motor has an output shaft which is axially aligned with and connectable to the outer race of the bearing. The motor is capable of rotating the outer race of the bearing at a predetermined speed.

Abstract: A part mounting system requires a relatively small floor space for installation. A bonding apparatus (50) includes a temporary-bonding unit (51) that bonds a plurality of FPCs to which ACFs are attached, respectively, successively to a glass substrate positioned by an aligning apparatus (40), and a permanent-bonding unit (52) that bonds the plurality of FPCs temporarily bonded to the glass substrate simultaneously by heating. Each of the temporary-bonding unit (51) and the permanent-bonding unit (52) has a pair of pressing devices respectively for pressing the glass substrate and the FPC from above and from below the glass substrate. Each pressing device is capable of selectively applying either a bonding pressure or a backup pressure to the glass substrate and the electronic part.