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7189150 System and method for edge blending hard drive head sliders  
A system and method are disclosed for edge blending hard drive head sliders by oscillating abrasive lapping tape across the edges of multiple sliders simultaneously. Lapping tape is inserted...
7189149 Method of truing chamfering grindstone and chamfering device  
A truing method for a chamfering grindstone for performing chamfering work on a peripheral edge of a plate-shaped object, comprising the steps of: performing chamfering work on a truing grindstone...
7189148 Polishing apparatus  
A polishing apparatus includes a polishing jig. The polishing jig includes an elastic balloon member, a fixture, and a fluid supply portion. The fixture airtightly closes the rear opening portion...
7189147 Lens layout block device  
This apparatus includes a unit for adhering an elastic seal to a lens holder, a unit for causing the lens holder, to which the elastic seal is adhered, to hold a lens, a pivotal arm, an arm driving...
7189146 Method for reduction of defects in wet processed layers  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for wet processing of a conductive layer using a degassed process solution such as a degassed electrochemical deposition solution, a degassed...
7189145 Method of and apparatus for producing roll  
A belt grinding is integrated with an electroerosion machine for contouring the working surface of a mill roll and providing a texture thereon. The belt grinder can superfinish the roll and remove...
7189144 Centerless grinding apparatus and centerless grinding method  
A centerless grinding apparatus ( 10 ) includes an outer diameter surface grinding wheel ( 11 ) for grinding the outer diameter surface of a work ( 1 ) of a substantially cylindrical shape, a...
7189143 Machine for superfinishing by honing  
A honing machine for super finishing workpieces, e.g. by honing using a tool spindle ( 7 ), can be rotatably driven and can receive a tool. A motor rotates the tool spindle, the tool spindle ( 12 )...
7189142 Sharpening-trimming assembly  
The present invention relates to a sharpening-trimming assembly comprising a base ( 20 ), a casing ( 30 ) mounted on said base ( 20 ), the casing ( 30 ) having at least two insertion slots ( 40, 40...
7189141 Polishing pad with transparent window having reduced window leakage for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus  
The polishing pad for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus and method of making the same has a polishing pad with a bottom layer, a polishing surface on a top layer and a transparent sheet of...
7189140 Methods using eddy current for calibrating a CMP tool  
Methods and apparatus are provided for calibrating a chemical mechanical polishing (“CMP”) tool having a polishing station with a platen, an eddy current probe disposed within the platen, a...
7189139 Polishing apparatus  
A polishing apparatus can detect completion of initialization of a polishing pad quantitatively. The polishing apparatus has a polishing table having a polishing pad attached thereto and a...
7187859 Method and apparatus for manufacturing contact lenses  
The present invention is directed towards adhering a contact lens button on a fixture for use in shaping, forming and/or otherwise configuring a contact lens. For example, in accordance with one...
7186174 Sanding block holder  
Apparatus 10 discloses a sanding block holder incorporating locking tabs 22 used to lock the removable side wall 20 into a compressing state upon the sanding block 16 . To release...
7186173 Tool particularly for milling operations  
A tool, particularly for milling operations, capable of being driven in rotation about its own main axis. The tool has a core provided with a plurality of abrasive elements extending from the core...
7186172 Spring force adapter for round blade for a grinder  
A blade-mounting adaptor for a power tool has a blade-mounting stud on which the blade is mounted at a first end. The blade is mounted upon the stud in a manner such that it is capable of axial...
7186171 Composite retaining ring  
A two part retaining ring is described that has a lower ring and an upper ring. The lower ring contacts a polishing surface during chemical mechanical polishing. The upper surface and the lower...
7186170 Device and method for severing welds  
A milling cutter or grinding tool for severing welds on body sheets is provided. The tool includes an essentially circular-cylindrical cutting wheel having cutting edges at least on the...
7186169 Angle positioning tool and hand-scaler grinding device using same  
The object of the present invention is to provide an angle setting tool for setting the blade section of a hand scaler at a predetermined angle during sharpening of the scaler, and a hand scaler...
7186168 Chemical mechanical polishing apparatus and methods for chemical mechanical polishing  
The present invention provides a deformable pad useful for chemical mechanical polishing (“CMP”), a CMP apparatus incorporating the deformable pad of the present invention, and methods for...
7186167 Suspended abrasive waterjet hole drilling system and method  
A suspended abrasive waterjet narrow kerf cutting method is reconfigured to simultaneously drill multiple, closely-spaced holes in a target, including holes in confined non line-of-sight locations....
7186166 Fiber embedded polishing pad  
A polishing pad having a body comprising fibers embedded in a matrix polymer formed by a reaction of polymer precursors. The loose fibers define and the precursors were mixed first with curatives,...
7186165 Apparatus and method for sequentially polishing and loading/unloading semiconductor wafers  
A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus and method for polishing semiconductor wafers utilizes multiple wafer carriers that are transferred to different positions about a polishing pad to...
7186164 Processing pad assembly with zone control  
An electrochemical mechanical processing station having a zoned polishing pad assembly is provided. The zoned polishing pad assembly includes a conductive layer coupled to an upper layer having a...
7183213 Chemical mechanical polishing pad and chemical mechanical polishing method  
A chemical mechanical polishing pad. The pad contains a water-insoluble matrix and Water-soluble particles dispersed in the water-insoluble matrix material and has a polishing surface and a...
7182882 Method of improving chemical mechanical polish endpoint signals by use of chemical additives  
A method for buffering a chemical mechanical polish chemical slurry is disclosed. Buffering the slurry reduces buildup of local acidic areas at the interface between the polished metal and the...
7182720 Machine tool  
A machine tool has a support table provided on an upper surface of a bed to support a work, a Z-axis saddle, a machining unit mounted on the Z-axis saddle and provided with a machining head, a...
7182682 Apparatus for making a surface treating article  
An apparatus for making a surface treating article, and in one embodment for making a plurality of surface treating articles. The apparatus includes an attaching means for attaching a fastener to a...
7182681 Sanding tool  
A hand-held, manually-operated, sanding tool for use with a replaceable sheet-like abrasive material, such as sandpaper, includes a base member and clamping mechanisms pivotally connected with...
7182680 Apparatus for conditioning processing pads  
Embodiments of a flexible pad conditioner for conditioning a processing pad are provided. The pad conditioner includes an arc-shaped member having an abrasive bottom surface configured for...
7182679 Conical point sharpener  
A conical point sharpener for sharpening conical shaped points such as fishhooks, needles, surgical instruments includes a handle, a mandril with an abrasive material coating fixed to one end of...
7182678 Clamping device for the exact manual resharpening of knife blades on a whetstone  
A clamping device is provided for the exact manual resharpening of knife blades ( 6 ) on a whetstone ( 5 ). The knife blade ( 6 ) is mounted in the clamping device ( 9 ) and at least one support...
7182677 Chemical mechanical polishing pad for controlling polishing slurry distribution  
A polishing pad for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus has a body with a polishing surface having a radius, a central region, and a peripheral region. The polishing surface has a plurality...
7182676 Machining apparatus and machining method of work end face, roller and roller bearing  
A machining apparatus 10 of an end face of a roller includes a rotatable inner disk 11 , a cage 14 having a pocket portion 13 for holding a plurality of rollers 12 at predetermined...
7182675 Apparatus for abrading the region of intersection between a branch outlet and a passageway in a body  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for abrading the inner surface at the intersection region of a branch outlet with the wall of a body having a passageway. Using abrasive flow machining, it is...
7182674 Coolant delivery apparatus for machine tool  
A coolant delivery apparatus for a machine tool wherein the position of the coolant delivery apparatus is controllable such that coolant may be delivered to the machining contact zone of a tool...
7182673 Method and apparatus for post-CMP cleaning of a semiconductor work piece  
A method and apparatus are provided for post-CMP cleaning of a semiconductor work piece. The method comprises the steps of subjecting the work piece to a first cleaning composition having one of an...
7182672 Method of probe tip shaping and cleaning  
Methods are provided for shaping, maintaining the shape of, and cleaning a probe tip using a pad such as a multi-layer adhesive and abrasive pad. The multi-layer adhesive and abrasive pad may be...
7182671 Blasting apparatus and blasting method  
The present invention provides a lasting apparatus which is provided with an ejection device, which ejects blast media, and a recovery device, which sucks and recovers ejected and used blast media,...
7182670 CMP pad having a streamlined windowpane  
A chemical mechanical polishing pad ( 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 ) that includes a translucent windowpane ( 220, 320, 404, 516, 524, 604 ) that allows optical measurements to be made using light...
7182669 Methods and systems for planarizing workpieces, e.g., microelectronic workpieces  
Planarizing workpieces, e.g., microelectronic workpieces, can employ a process indicator that is adapted to change an optical property in response to a planarizing condition. This process indicator...
7182668 Methods for analyzing and controlling performance parameters in mechanical and chemical-mechanical planarization of microelectronic substrates  
Methods and apparatuses for analyzing and controlling performance parameters in planarization of microelectronic substrates. In one embodiment, a planarizing machine for mechanical or...
7182557 Rail grooming machine and method of use  
An apparatus having a mounting body, a support having a first end and a second end. The first end of the support being pivotally secured to the mounting body for pivotal movement about a...
7182080 Apparatus and method for finishing stone tiles  
The present invention relates to several embodiments of tools for finishing stone particularly stone tiles. The first embodiment is a production table on which a plurality of tiles can be secured...
7181944 Method and device for shaping structural parts by shot blasting or peening  
A structural part includes a plate-shaped base body and ribs that extend longitudinally approximately parallel to one another, and that are joined integrally to and protrude orthogonally from the...
7181829 Method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head  
A main magnetic pole layer is formed on an insulating layer flattened into a high-flatness surface, and a yoke layer having a large film thickness is formed under the main magnetic pole layer...
RE39492 Method for sharpening bedknives  
A method of sharpening bedknives for reel type mowers by installing sets of locator surfaces in a bedknife grinder, grinding the surfaces with the grinder to be aligned and parallel, installing a...
7179159 Materials for chemical mechanical polishing  
A polishing article and method for manufacturing a polishing article for use in a chemical mechanical polishing process is disclosed. The polishing article has a plurality of polishing material...
7179158 Belt sander eraser attachment  
A Belt Sander Eraser Attachment is disclosed. The attachment is configured to be attached to a conventional belt sander such that it provides the operator with the ability to remove built up...
7179157 Bench grinder  
The present invention discloses a workshop unit for use as a grinding center that includes a support frame having a drive motor and a multi-station tool mounted thereto. Particularly, the grinding...