An exercising apparatus for permitting individual body building and conditioning exercising is disclosed. A platform is yieldably mounted in a supporting frame for movement in the vertical direction. A plurality of horizontal bars are mounted on the frame vertically above the platform. An exerciser stands on the platform and exerts pressure or force against the horizontal bars. The force is transmitted through the body to the platform which moves vertically downward.

A split transfer sleeve for use in conjunction with expanding arbors and chucks is disclosed. The transfer sleeve is so constructed that, upon completion of the expansion or contraction of the sleeve to engage a workpiece, the sleeve work engaging surface is a continuous and uninterrupted surface.

A shut-off assembly has a tubular member supported thereby for connection to a fixed conduit of a pump pedestal so that the tubular member may move with respect to the shut-off valve assembly both axially and pivotally relative to its axis.

A magnetic disc drive assembly comprises a disc drive housing defining a drive chamber. A desiccant housing in the drive chamber is joined to the bottom wall of the disc drive housing. The desiccant housing has end walls and side walls extending along a width and a length, respectively, of the desiccant housing, the length being oriented substantially parallel to the length of the drive chamber to form a structural beam for the disc drive housing. The desiccant housing has a top opening between ...

The present invention is a method of measuring and reporting a product application rate for a mobile product applicator. Machine parameter data, such as the speed of the applicator and a measurement of an amount of crop product applied by the mobile product applicator, is collected. Based on the collected machine parameter data, an application rate is determined. The application rate is displayed on a visual display device, such as a computer screen, on-the-go in near real time.

A first layer of magnetic material is deposited onto a substrate to form a bottom pole of an inductive transducer. A second layer of magnetic material is plated on the first layer of magnetic material within the pole tip region to form a bottom pole extension. A layer of non-magnetic metal is then plated on the bottom pole extension to form the gap. A third layer of magnetic material is then plated on the gap layer to form the top pole extension. In one form of the invention, a mask is employed ...

A mask forms a top magnetic pole piece of an inductive magnetic head having a layer of insulating material over a hill region and a gap region on a wafer. The mask comprises a layer of photolithographic material on the insulating material and a waste region of the wafer and includes a first aperture exposing the insulating material to define a paddle region of the pole piece over the hill region and a trench over the gap region. A second aperture is connected to the first aperture to define a fe...

A conductor assembly electrically connects a transducer supported on an E-block to a flex circuit mounted to the E-block. A conductor strip has a plurality of electrical conductors connected to the transducer. A fin is coupled to the plurality of conductors. The fin engages a slot on the E-block, and a plurality of conductive tabs are electrically connected to respective ones of the electrical conductors. The tabs extend from the slot and rigidly engage tabs on the flex circuit to prevent the fi...

A three-phase generator boost circuit for augmenting the back electromotive force produced by a spindle motor of a disk drive is disclosed. First and second nodes provide normal connection to a source of DC voltage for the spindle motor and a second motor connected between the first and second nodes. A commutator is connected to a sequencer to operate the spindle motor. In the event of catastrophic shutdown, two of the lower commutator switches are operated to short circuit the two stator coils ...

A high resolution, low noise glide height test slider is provided to detect irregularities on a surface of a rotatable disc. A slider body is arranged to be supported by a support structure in predetermined spaced relation to the surface of the disc as it is rotating. A piezoelectric element on the slider body senses vibration forces acting on the slider body. The slider is electrically isolated from external noise sources.