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The present invention discloses a disposable scrubbing product for use in household cleaning or personal care applications. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a cleaning tool including a handle and a rigid base to which the scrubbing product of the present invention may be attached to form a convenient cleaning tool. The scrubbing product of the invention is a multi-layer laminate product and generally includes at least two distinct layers, an abrasive layer and an absorbent fibrous layer such as a layer tissue made from papermaking fibers, a layer of coform, an airlaid web, or combinations thereof. The abrasive layer is formed primarily of polymeric fibers in a disordered or random distribution as is typical of fibers deposited in meltblown or spunbond processes so as to form an open, porous structure. In one embodiment, the abrasive layer comprises multifilamentary aggregate fibers. In one embodiment, the absorbent fibrous layer is an uncreped, through dried paper web.

A drill assembly and method for reducing plunge of a drill bit upon breaking through a workpiece. The drill assembly contains a motor to advance and retract the drill bit, the motor is controlled by a control unit in a feedback loop to achieve a desired stiffness. The control unit determines when the drill bit breaks through the workpiece and stops or retracts the movement of the drill bit.

The present invention discloses a disposable cleaning product for use in household cleaning or personal care applications. The cleaning product of the invention is a multi-layer laminate product and may include at least two distinct layers, an abrasive layer and an absorbent layer. The absorbent layer contains a sponge-like member optionally in combination with a plurality of cellulosic fibrous webs. The sponge-like member can be made from various materials. For example, in one embodiment, the sponge-like member comprises one or more layers of a spunbond web containing crimped, bicomponent filaments.

Apparatus comprising a member (6) arranged to revolve about a remote centre of motion (O) and a base link (3) coupled to a mounting fixture (1). A first link (4) and a second link (5) are pivotably coupled to the member at respective distances (L1, L2) from the remote centre of motion (O) and are translatable relative to the base link (3) along a first direction and at a fixed ratio of displacement. The ratio of said respective distances equals said fixed ratio of displacement, enabling the member (6) to revolve about the remote centre of motion. The apparatus is characterised in that it comprises means (7) for generating translational motion of a first element (37) and of a second element (57) along parallel but opposite directions. The means for generating translational motion is provided on the first link (4) and is arranged to provide motion parallel to the first direction. The base link is fixed in a position, the first element (37) is fixed to the base link (3) and the second element (57) is fixed to the second link (5), such that generation of said translational motion of the first element (37) and of the second element (57) enables the first link (4) and the second link (5) to translate relative to the base link (3) with said fixed ratio of displacement.

An improved needle assembly is provided. A distal portion of the needle can be formed of a first material which does not interfere with MRI imaging of a tissue receiving port disposed in the distal needle portion. A proximal needle portion can be formed of a second, different material. The proximal needle portion can provide strength and stiffness.

A micro-flexure is provided for achieving secondary actuation in an actuator of a disk drive. The micro-flexure is a separate element which attaches to a standard flexure. A slider mounts to the micro-flexure. Piezoelectric elements attach to the micro-flexure to provide the motive force for displacing the micro-flexure during secondary actuation. The secondary actuation is thereby achieved by isolating movement at the slider.

The invention discloses a shear wall with an inbuilt continuous-row steel tube concrete core column and a soft steel energy consumption bond and a manufacturing method thereof, belonging to the field of steel tube concrete combined shear wall. The shear wall comprises a combined steel tube concrete frame and a shear wall body, wherein the shear wall body comprises a steel tube concrete core column and a soft steel energy consumption bond, and the left end and the right end of the steel plate energy consumption bond are fixedly connected with the core column and the steel tube concrete frame; two sides of the continuous-row core column are provided with longitudinal and transverse mat reinforcements, and reinforcements on two sides are connected by binding rebars; soft steel energy consumption short steel plates the strength of which is smaller than that of the steel plate are arranged between the core columns and between the core column and a frame column, thus greatly improving the ductility and the flexural rigidity of the shear wall; meanwhile, because the short steel plate is equivalent to a connecting beam, the effect of invisible 'strong column and week beam' can be realized; and the soft steel energy consumption bond, the concrete wall body, the frame column and the core column jointly form three defensive lines of a lateral force resisting system. The invention adopts the steel tube concrete core column and the soft steel energy consumption bond as the lateral force resisting system, improves the vertical rigidity and the bearing capacity of the shear wall, has the advantages of convenient construction and shortened construction period and is more economical.

A method of processing a wafer having a plurality of streets formed on the front surface in a lattice pattern and a plurality of devices formed in a plurality of areas sectioned by the plurality of streets, comprising an adhesive tape amounting step for mounting the front surface of the outer peripheral portion of an adhesive tape having an adhesive layer on the front surface and a plurality of via holes onto an opening of an annular frame to cover it; a frame fixing step for placing the rear surface of the adhesive tape mounted on the annular frame on the chuck table for suction-holding a workpiece of a processing machine and fixing the annular frame; a wafer affixing step for placing the wafer on the front surface of the wafer affixing area of the adhesive tape, suction-holding the adhesive tape on the suction-holding area of the chuck table by exerting suction-force to the suction-holding area, and sucking the wafer to affix it to the front surface of the adhesive tape; and a processing step for processing the wafer along the streets.

A firearm barrel having barrel flutes on the outer surface of the barrel where the barrel flutes are undercut relative to an outward radial vector from the center of the barrel at an arcuate radial distance that exceeds the arcuate radial distance of an undercut produced by a straight walled flute cutter such that the barrel flutes are hyper-undercut.

The invention discloses paper for packaging a carrier tape and a preparation method thereof. The paper and the preparation method are characterized in that the thickness of the paper for packaging the carrier tape is 0.25mm-1.00mm, the thickness deviation is plus or minus 0.02mm, the compactness is 0.80-0.95g/cm<3>, the moisture content is 6.0%-9.0%, the deflection is greater than or equal to 30mN.m, the peel strength between all the layers is greater than or equal to 80ftlb/1,000in2, the critical wax rod strength of a surface layer is greater than or equal to 18A, and the residual rate of burrs (soft flocks) greater than 0.1mm in a carrying hole punched by using a punching mould is less than 5/1000. According to the paper for packaging the carrier tape and the preparation method thereof, by utilizing short fiber paper pulp subjected to pulp grinding treatment, and adding and spraying a high-molecular polymer resin adhesive, dry-strength resin, wet-strength resin, a stiffening agent, a sizing agent and the like into the paper pulp and between made wet paper sheet layers, a three-dimensional network structure is formed by bonding paper pulp fibers with various polymer resin macromolecules, so that paper boards have relatively high interlayer bonding strength, surface strength and stiffness, and the fibers are easier to cut off during punching to reduce the production of the soft flocks, so as to meet the quality requirements for the packaging the carrier tape.

A robotic arm comprising a plurality of segments, each comprising articulated links, and means for causing each segment to bend so the arm can follow a serpentine path. A helical spring is provided coaxially with the arm to urge the links to an initial datum position, and to distribute the bending over the links of each segment.

The invention discloses a steel pipe concrete-steel support-steel plate outer packed concrete shear wall and making method thereof, belonging to a shear wall and making method thereof. The shear wall is composed of steel pipe concrete frame columns (1) and concrete shear wall boards embedded with a steel plate (2), and is characterized in that the two ends of the shear wall are provided with steel pipe concrete frame columns (1), the frame beam is provided with a section steel beam (4), and the steel plate (2) embedded in the shear wall is provided with a steel support (3). Compared with the conventional shear wall, the shear wall of the invention has large initial rigidity, high bearing ability, slow attenuation for bearing force and rigidity, good whole shock resistance and energy consumption performance, stable shock resistance performance, and reduced bottom shearing sliding destroy.

The invention discloses a steel pipe concrete-steep support-steel plate combine shear wall and making method thereof, belonging to the field of building construction. The steel pipe concrete-holed steel plate-concrete combine shear wall is characterized in that: the shear wall is composed of steel pipe concrete frame columns (1) and steel plate concrete shear wall boards, and the frame beam is provided with a section steel beam (3). A steel plate (2) embedded in the shear wall is provided with an opening, the two sides of the steel plate (2) are provided with steel bar nets composed of transverse steel bars (4) and longitudinal steel bars (5), and the steel bar nets at two sides of the steel plate (2) are tied by steel tie bars (7) at the opening on the steel plate (2). Compared with the conventional shear wall, the shear wall of the invention has large initial rigidity, high bearing ability, slow attenuation for bearing force and rigidity, good whole shock resistance and energy consumption performance, stable shock resistance performance, and reduced bottom shearing sliding destroy.

A flexible stent having a waveform pattern formed from a sheet of biocompatible material and into a tubular shape for maintaining the patency of a lumen such as in a coronary vessel. The waveform pattern of the stent is formed from a flat sheet of malleable, biocompatible material by, for example, photochemically etching the sheetbiocompatible material and leaving a framework or plurality of closed cells. The waveform pattern is formed into a tubular shape around a deflated, delivery catheter balloon with segments of the closed cells being interposed only overlapping a reinforcing member extending longitudinally along the stent. The stent material is treated to reduce the coefficient of friction of the material and to aid in the radial expansion of the stent with the balloon. Radiopaque markers are positioned at the ends of the stent to aid the physician in positioning the stent at an occlusion site.

A rotary device according to an aspect of the invention includes: a sleeve having an inner cylindrical surface, a first end portion and a second end portion at respective ends of the inner cylindrical surface; a shaft that is accommodated in the inner cylindrical surface in a manner rotatable relative to the inner cylindrical surface; a fluid present in a space between the shaft and the sleeve; a first pump portion formed in a middle portion of the inner cylindrical surface and configured to cause the fluid to flow toward the first end portion by the relative rotation of the shaft and the sleeve; a first radial narrow gap formed at a region of the inner cylindrical surface on a side of the first end portion with respect to the first pump portion; and a first circulation path communicated with the first pump portion.