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7299732 Honeycomb removal  
Honeycomb removal comprises directing a nozzle at the surface of a substrate at an angle of less than about 90° such that the water will strike the substrate at the base of the honeycomb, parallel...
7299533 Process for lapping ring and pinion gears  
A method for processing a gear set through a lapping operation that includes: providing a lapping machine tool having a first spindle and a second spindle, the second spindle being rotatable about...
7297286 Methods for resist stripping and other processes for cleaning surfaces substantially free of contaminants  
A method for manufacturing an article having polymeric residue that is to be removed during the manufacture of the article is disclosed. The article is introduced into a controlled environment of a...
7297188 Floor finishing and dust collection apparatus  
Sanding and screening are steps in floor finishing that produce large quantities of fine dust which is difficult to remove and which plugs porous filter elements of dust collection systems. Dust...
7297170 Method of using abrasive product  
The invention provides a method and apparatus for making an abrasive product comprising providing a substantially horizontally deployed flexible backing having a first surface bearing an at least...
7297049 Sanding rope and applications thereof  
A disposable sanding device is fabricated as a continuous rope-like article which is adapted for selective segmentation and application as a plurality of serially arranged disposable hand sanding...
7297048 Apparatus and methods for dispensing particulate media  
A particulate media/fluid delivery system comprises a tank for containing a supply of particulate media, preferably an abrasive powder. A modulator is disposed upstream of the tank for modulating...
7297047 Bubble suppressing flow controller with ultrasonic flow meter  
A method and apparatus for the delivery of slurry solution comprising an ultrasonic flow meter positioned between a fluid preparation manifold and a slurry delivery arm, and a shutoff valve...
7297046 Constant spindle power grinding method  
The depth of cut and the headstock velocity of a grinding machine are controlled during the last rotation of finish grinding to maintain a substantially constant load on the grinding wheel spindle...
7296956 Machine-tool or production machine with head-up display  
A machine-tool production machine is disclosed, with a workspace that can be viewed by an operator through a window or transparent pane, whereby the window or transparent pane can be used with a...
7296339 Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head  
A method and system for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head is disclosed. The method and system include providing a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) uniformity structure...
7296338 Method and apparatus for providing a reverse air bearing surface head with trailing shield design for perpendicular recording  
A method and apparatus for providing a reverse air bearing surface head with trailing shield design for perpendicular recording. A reverse air bearing surface head for perpendicular recording is...
7296337 Notched trailing shield for perpendicular write head  
During fabrication of a perpendicular write head in a wafer, at least two sides of a write pole are defined (e.g. by ion milling) while a third side of the write pole is protected by a masking...
7295886 Target lens shape measuring apparatus, eyeglass lens processing system having the same, and eyeglass lens processing method  
A method of processing an eyeglass lens includes: a first step of obtaining an actual three-dimensional target lens shape from a rim of an eyeglass frame; a second step of obtaining a...
7294300 Grinding plate for an electric hand grinder, and method of producing the same  
A grinding plate for an electric hand grinder has a plate member having an upper plate surface with an upper plate edge, a lower plate surface with a lower plate edge for placement of a grinding...
7294158 Abrasive product, method of making and using the same, and apparatus for making the same  
The invention provides a method and apparatus for making an abrasive product comprising providing a substantially horizontally deployed flexible backing having a first surface bearing an at least...
7294049 Method and apparatus for removing material from microfeature workpieces  
Methods and apparatus for removing materials from microfeature workpieces. One embodiment of a subpad in accordance with the invention comprises a matrix having a first surface configured to...
7294048 Abrasive article  
An abrasive article includes a substrate having opposed first and second surfaces, a make coat on at least a portion of the first surface, abrasive mineral particles on at least a portion of the...
7294047 Sander device  
A sander device includes a housing pivotally attached to a supporting base and rotatable between a horizontal position and a vertical position, a driven roller and an idle roller rotatably disposed...
7294046 Method for dressing a grinding worm  
A method for dressing an essentially cylindrical grinding worm on a machine suitable for continuous generation grinding in the diagonal method. The dressing tool is an essentially cylindrical gear...
7294045 Apparatus and method for edge processing of a glass sheet  
An apparatus for edge processing of a glass sheet, the apparatus including a shroud, a finishing member and a wiping device. The finishing member is substantially enclosed by the shroud. The...
7294044 Slurry composition and method for polishing organic polymer-based ophthalmic substrates  
The present invention provides a slurry composition and method for polishing organic polymer-based ophthalmic substrates. The slurry composition according to the invention includes an aqueous...
7294043 CMP apparatus and process sequence method  
A CMP apparatus and process sequence. The CMP apparatus includes multiple polishing pads or belts and an in-line metrology tool which is interposed between adjacent polishing pads or belts in the...
7294042 Method and apparatus for abrasive recycling and waste separation system  
The present invention provides a method of handling abrasive solids materials used in an abrasive cutting procedure which jets a high-pressure abrasive slurry through a nozzle ( 7 ) onto a work...
7294041 Moving head for semiconductor wafer polishing apparatus  
Disclosed herein is a moving head for a semiconductor wafer polishing apparatus. The semiconductor wafer polishing apparatus has a table on which a polishing pad is formed, and the moving head...
7294040 Method and apparatus for supporting a microelectronic substrate relative to a planarization pad  
A method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, one surface of the microelectronic substrate is engaged with a planarizing pad and the opposite surface of the...
7294039 Polishing system with in-line and in-situ metrology  
A computer-implemented method for process control in chemical mechanical polishing in which an initial pre-polishing thickness of a substrate is measured at a metrology station, a parameter of an...
7294038 Process control in electrochemically assisted planarization  
In one embodiment, a pad assembly for electro-processing a substrate is provided which includes a first conductive layer having a working surface adapted to contact the substrate during a polishing...
7293448 Abrasion resistance testing apparatus  
An abrasion resistance testing apparatus tests the abrasion resistance of a test sample. The apparatus has an abrading device in fluid communication with a pneumatic system. The abrading device...
7293337 Machining apparatus  
A machining apparatus for conducting at least one of a cutting process and a grinding process, comprises a stationary base; and a working device mounted on the stationary base and having a degree...
7291799 Electrode dressing template  
Disclosed are various embodiments of an EDM electrode dressing template comprising a body made of an electrically conductive material. Bonded to the body is a pad with an electrically conductive...
7291280 Multi-step methods for chemical mechanical polishing silicon dioxide and silicon nitride  
The present invention provides a method for polishing silica and silicon nitride on a semiconductor wafer comprising the steps of planarizing the silica with a first aqueous composition comprising...
7291188 Polishing cloth and method of manufacturing semiconductor device  
A polishing cloth used in the chemical mechanical polishing treatment comprises a molded body of (meth)acrylic copolymer having an acid value of 10 to 100 mg KOH/g and a hydroxyl group value of 50...
7291063 Polyurethane urea polishing pad  
The present invention relates to an article for altering a surface of a workpiece, or a polishing pad having a window. In particular, the polishing pad includes a polyurethane urea material wherein...
7291062 Manual power grinder, in particular a battery-powered manual power grinder  
A manual power grinder has a housing, a motor received in the housing, a grinding disk driven by the motor and located on an underside of the motor, a drive shaft arranged so that the drive shaft...
7291061 Manual power grinder, in particular a battery-powered manual power grinder  
A manual power grinder has a housing, a motor received in the housing, a grinding disc driven by the motor and located on an underside of the motor; a drive shaft arranged so that said drive shaft...
7291060 Apparatus for screw-polishing with abrasive and method thereof  
The present invention is applied in the fields of precise transmission devices, bio-medical devices and military-use devices to polish a surface of an object by an abrasive carried by the rotating...
7291059 Process and apparatus for cutting sheet glass  
A process for cutting a sheet glass includes a first step of forming a groove conformed to a cutting shape in one surface of a sheet glass by a water jet, and a second step of forming a groove in...
7291058 Method and apparatus for improving media flow  
The flow of media in shot peening, blast cleaning, and similar equipment is improved by applying a time varying magnetic field to the media to thereby degauss the media, allowing the media to flow...
7291057 Apparatus for polishing a substrate  
A method of polishing substrates enables the size of a polishing table to be reduced. A surface of a substrate to be polished is brought into contact with a polishing surface of a polishing table...
7291056 Method and system for cleaning glass surface of pavement light or reflector  
A method and a system for cleaning the glass surface of an object, such as a surface light, a run way guide light, or a reflector, installed on various pavements or roads, by propelling a cleaning...
7291055 Wafer polishing method and apparatus  
The present invention provides a wafer polishing method and a polishing apparatus which are capable of preventing peripheral sags of a wafer due to polishing and then manufacturing the wafer,...
7290325 Methods of manufacturing magnetic heads with reference and monitoring devices  
According to one aspect, an exemplary method for manufacturing a magnetic head includes forming a plurality of magnetoresistive devices, a reference device, and a monitoring device, where the...
7290304 Apparatus for cleaning internal components of electronic equipment  
A cleaning apparatus with an integrated cleaning sheet for cleaning the internal working components of a piece of electronic equipment along a predetermined media path. The cleaning apparatus...
7288165 Pad conditioning head for CMP process  
In a first aspect, a first apparatus is provided for a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process. The first apparatus includes (1) a rotatable member; (2) an end effector adapted to receive and...
7288022 Water-driven tool  
A portable water-driven rotary tool for drilling, grinding and polishing concrete and stone that provides for high torque and that uses water pressures as the power source, the tool including a...
7288021 Chemical-mechanical polishing of metals in an oxidized form  
The invention provides a method for polishing a substrate comprising a metal in an oxidized form, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a substrate comprising a metal in an oxidized...
7288020 Method of blasting process  
Disclosed is a blast processing method for removing a deposit adhered onto a surface of a ceramic heater formed of aluminum nitride by blowing a blasting material onto the surface. Abrasive grains...
7288019 Method of changing the surface wettability of polymer materials  
The present invention belongs to the field of surface modification of solid materials, specifically relates to a method of changing the surface wettability of polymer materials. The method of the...
7287445 Apparatus for precision steeling/conditioning of knife edges  
An apparatus for manually steeling or conditioning the edge of a knife blade comprises a precision angle guide attached to a manual sharpening steel. The angle guide establishes a guiding surface...