What is claimed is:
1. A suspension for disc drive, comprising:
a base plate;
a load beam attached to the base plate; and
a flexure attached to the load beam and adapted to be fitted with a head portion,
the load beam including: a rigid body portion which is formed as a separate member from the base plate and to which the flexure is fixed; and a spring portion formed of a spring member which connects the rigid body portion and the base plate together and which has a spring constant lower than that of the body portion.
2. A suspension for disc drive according to claim 1, wherein said rigid body portion of said load beam is formed of a light metal or synthetic resin.
3. A suspension for disc drive according to claim 1, wherein said load beam is a laminated member that is made up of at least two kinds of materials including a light metal.
4. A suspension for disc drive according to claim 3, wherein said load beam is a laminated member that is made up of an aluminum-based metal plate and a stainless steel plate.
5. A suspension for disc drive according to claim 1, wherein said load beam is a laminated member that is made up of an aluminum-based metal plate and a stainless steel plate, said base plate is a laminated member that is made up of an aluminum-based metal plate and a stainless steel plate, and said spring member is formed of stainless steel and laser-welded to both the stainless steel plate of the load beam and the stainless steel plate of the base plate.
6. A suspension for disc drive according to claim 1, wherein said base plate is an arm-type long base plate and is made as a laminated member that is made up of at least two kinds of materials including a light metal.
7. A suspension for disc drive according to claim 1, wherein said flexure and said spring portion are formed of one integral sheet.
8. A method for manufacturing a suspension for disc drive, comprising:
a process for manufacturing a semi-finished suspension product integrally including a base plate, a rigid body portion of a load beam, and a pair of connecting portions connecting the base plate and the rigid body portion;
a process for fixing a spring member, formed independently of the semi-finished suspension product, to the base plate and the rigid body portion of the semi-finished product; and
a process for cutting off the connecting portions, projecting individually from the opposite sides of the spring member, from the base plate and the rigid body portion after the spring member is fixed to the semi-finished suspension product.
9. A method for manufacturing a suspension according to claim 8, wherein the distance between said pair of connecting portions is greater than the width of the spring member.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus for the slicing of food products such as sausage, ham, cheese and the like comprising a device for the supply of the products (8) to be sliced to a cutting plane (2) defined by a rotating cutting blade (3) and by a cutting edge (4) cooperating therewith and provided at the end of the product supply path (1) as well as a transport system for a paper web (6) which is drawn off from a dispensing roll (5), is supplied to the cutting plane (2) and is fed in pre-determinable dependence on the cutting sequence such that the cutting blade (3), when cutting off a product slice, can also cut off a section from the paper web (6) which falls together with the cut-off slice as an intermediate layer onto a collection surface (9) for the sliced products, characterized in that
the transport system for the paper web (6) includes a station (7) for the transverse perforation of the paper web (6) and in that the paper feed is controlled or regulated such that the transverse perforation lies in the cutting plane (2) in each paper cutting step.
2. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the station (7) for the transverse perforation has at least one perforating roll which is arranged adjacent to the cutting plane (2).
3. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the transport system for the paper web (6) and the station (7) are arranged beneath the product supply path (1) for the transverse perforation.
4. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the perforating roll is made such that the webs remaining in the transverse direction between the openings have a minimum width required for the further transport of the paper web (6).
5. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the cutting blade (3) only cuts through the webs of the perforation remaining between the openings in each cutting of the paper web (6).
6. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the blade (3) consists of a scythe-like blade.
7. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the blade (3) consists of a planetarily revolving circular blade.
8. An apparatus for the slicing of food products such as sausage, ham, cheese and the like comprising a device for the supply of the products (8) to be sliced to a cutting plane (2) defined by a rotating cutting blade (3) and by a cutting edge (4) cooperating therewith and provided at the end of the product supply path (1) as well as a transport system for a paper web (6) which is drawn off from a dispensing roll (5), is supplied to the cutting plane (2) and is fed in pre-determinable dependence on the cutting sequence such that the cutting blade (3), when cutting off a product slice, also cuts off a section from the paper web (6) which falls together with the cut-off slice as an intermediate layer onto a collection surface (9) for the sliced products, characterized in that
the paper web (6) has transverse perforations spaced apart in the running direction and in that the paper feed is controlled or regulated such that the transverse perforation lies in the cutting plane (2) in each paper cutting step.