Abstract: A washing machine in accordance with the present invention includes a mounting member disposed between a stator and a bearing housing. Thus, when a motor is rotated according to an operation of the washing machine, the transmission of vibration, which is generated by a repulsive force of the stator, to the bearing housing can be reduced efficiently. Accordingly, a tub coupled to the bearing housing can be prevented from vibrating due to the vibration of the stator, and noise due to the vibration of the tub can be reduced.

Abstract: An induction melting furnace having an asymmetrical sloping bottom. The melting furnace includes: an induction coil member provided on the melting furnace so as to melt waste contained in the furnace by vitrification; a bottom unit provided in a lower part of the melting furnace, the bottom unit asymmetrically sloping downward in a direction toward a glass discharge port that is formed through the bottom unit; and a cooling member integrated with the bottom unit. Due to the asymmetrical sloping bottom of the furnace, waste in the furnace can be completely melted and can be easily discharged to the outside and, accordingly, the time and cost required to treat the waste are reduced and this improves work efficiency when treating the waste. Further, due to the insulation material, the melting furnace can be protected from electric damage that may be caused by electric arc.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for displaying medical images using a virtual patient model. The apparatus includes a processor, the processor includes an image acquisition unit, a captured body part determination unit, a determination unit, and a display (control) unit. The image acquisition unit acquires one or more medical images of a patient. The captured body part determination unit determines the captured body part of each of the acquired one or more medical images. The determination unit determines a human body model diagram corresponding to unique information of the patient among a plurality of predetermined human body model diagrams. The display unit places and displays the one or more medical images on the determined captured body parts of the determined human body model diagram.

Abstract: A molten glass discharging device provided in the bottom of a melting furnace of a waste vitrification apparatus so that the device can control the melting or cooling of a molten material. The molten glass discharging device, which is provided in the bottom of the furnace and controls discharging of a molten material, includes: an induction heating unit (110) having a discharging passage (10) along a discharging port formed in the bottom of the melting furnace; an induction coil (120) provided outside the induction heating unit (110); and a cooling unit (130) supporting the induction heating unit (110) and having a cooling conduit through which a cooling fluid circulates. The device can realize repeated discharging of the molten material by induction heating or cooling of the induction heating unit. Further, even when glass is adhered to the discharging port, the adhered glass can be easily discharged from the furnace.

Abstract: An induction melting furnace having an asymmetrical sloping bottom. The melting furnace includes: an induction coil member provided on the melting furnace so as to melt waste contained in the furnace by vitrification; a bottom unit provided in a lower part of the melting furnace, the bottom unit asymmetrically sloping downward in a direction toward a glass discharge port that is formed through the bottom unit; and a cooling member integrated with the bottom unit. Due to the asymmetrical sloping bottom of the furnace, waste in the furnace can be completely melted and can be easily discharged to the outside and, accordingly, the time and cost required to treat the waste are reduced and this improves work efficiency when treating the waste. Further, due to the insulation material, the melting furnace can be protected from electric damage that may be caused by electric arc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal sector and a cold crucible induction melter having the same. The cold crucible induction melter includes a wall formed of a plurality of metal sectors insulated by an insulator. Each metal sector includes an outer curved portion which forms an outer surface of the wall and is convex outward relative to the wall, an inner planar portion which forms an inner surface of the wall, and a side planar portion which connects the outer curved portion to the inner planar portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal sector and a cold crucible induction melter having the same. The cold crucible induction melter includes a wall formed of a plurality of metal sectors insulated by an insulator. Each metal sector includes an inner curved portion which forms an inner surface of the wall and is convex inward relative to the wall, an outer planar portion which forms an outer surface of the wall, and a side planar portion which connects the inner curved portion to the outer planar portion.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing liquid droplet microarrays, including: providing a lower substrate on which microstructures are patterned; providing an upper substrate to which one or more liquid path lines and a liquid reservoir are linked at both sides thereof; placing the upper substrate over the lower substrate; and arranging liquid droplets in microarrays on the structures of the lower substrate by allowing a liquid contained in the liquid reservoir to flow though the liquid path lines. Provided also are liquid droplet microarrays obtained by the method, a device for delivering a material including the liquid droplet microarrays, and a method for delivering a material through the device.

Abstract: A washing machine having a damper-supporter, comprises: an outer case having a receiving space therein; a tub installed in the outer case; a damper having one end connected to the tub so as to perform a relative motion; and a damper-supporter spaced from the outer case so as to be vibration-isolated therefrom, for supporting another end of the damper. Accordingly, vibration and noise can be reduced by preventing vibration of the tub from being transmitted to the outer case through the damper.

Abstract: A laundry machine includes a cabinet and a tub is provided in the cabinet for holding washing water. A drum is rotatably provided in the tub, and a motor is provided at a rear of a tub for rotating the drum, where the motor includes a stator provided at a rear wall of the tub and a rotor. A transfer preventive unit provided at least at one of the stator and the tub to change a vibration/noise transfer function between the stator and the tub.

Abstract: A method of calibrating a parameter to measure the back electromotive force (BEMF) of a voice coil motor (VCM), and a method and apparatus to use the calibrating method to perform unloading control. The calibration method includes: reading servo data and measuring a BEMF value while seeking two predetermined points on a disk, and storing the servo data and the BEMF value, generating an actual velocity curve of a head using the stored servo data, and an estimated velocity curve of the head using the stored BEMF value and adjusting a parameter related to a BEMF measurement to align the actual velocity curve of the head with the estimated velocity curve of the head.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a suspension apparatus and a resonance avoiding method of a drum-type washing machine. The method adjusts elastic moduli of elastic members before a drum reaches a resonance speed during a dehydration cycle of the washing machine. If the rotating speed of the drum exceeds the resonance speed, the method returns the elastic moduli of the elastic members to an initial state, thereby preventing generation of resonance.

Abstract: A mechanism for mounting a motor driving a drum to a tub of a washing machine, and a washing machine using the same are provided. The mechanism includes a motor located on the outer surface of a tub; at least one fixing member passing through a part of the motor and then fixed to the tub to fix the motor to the tub; and at least one isolator provided between the motor and the fixing member to prevent the fixing member from directly contacting the motor to prevent the vibration of the motor from being transmitted to the tub through the fixing member.

Abstract: A washing machine in accordance with the present invention includes a mounting member disposed between a stator and a bearing housing. Thus, when a motor is rotated according to an operation of the washing machine, the transmission of vibration, which is generated by a repulsive force of the stator, to the bearing housing can be reduced efficiently. Accordingly, a tub coupled to the bearing housing can be prevented from vibrating due to the vibration of the stator, and noise due to the vibration of the tub can be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a damper for washing machines. The damper comprises a cylinder and a piston interactively coupled to each other in a state wherein the cylinder is connected to a tub and the piston is connected to a base, a first friction member provided around the piston for generating a frictional force when the piston moves inside the cylinder, a slider coupled to the piston inside the cylinder so as to move together with the piston if the piston moves beyond a predetermined displacement range, and a second friction member provided around the slider for generating a frictional force when the slider moves inside the cylinder. The damper configured as stated above generates different damping forces according to the vibration degrees of the tub, thereby effectively attenuating the vibration of the tub.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a damper for use in a drum type washing machine, which can support a tub of the washing machine and absorb vibration of the tub. The damper comprises a cylinder, a piston partially inserted inside the cylinder, and a fixed damping member and movement prevention means, which are installed around an inserted portion of the piston inside the cylinder so that they are spaced apart from each other, and adapted to allow the piston to be stably supported inside the cylinder even in case that a tub of the washing machine vibrates in a non-axial direction of the cylinder and piston, thereby restricting a relative angular rotation of the cylinder and piston and preventing rubbing and collision caused between a lower end of the cylinder and the piston.

Abstract: The present invention provides a washer, damper thereof, and control method thereof, by which noise is reduced by adjusting a damping force of the damper in a manner of turning on/off power of the damper according to an oscillation frequency of a vibrating body such as a washer. The control method reduces noise by supplying power to a damper in an excessive vibration state of a vibrating body such as a washer or by cutting off the power supplied to the damper in a normal vibration state of the vibrating body.

Abstract: A method for compensating an offset of a disk drive which is accomplished by recording actual spin jitter while performing track following, extracting a DC component from a recorded actual spin jitter, and compensating for an offset of a spindle speed based on an extracted DC component.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus to write and inspect servo information on a disc drive and minimize an effect on servo information written in adjacent tracks caused by a gap erase field, and write servo information on the disc drive and perform servo information inspection and defect processing. The method includes sequentially writing servo information toward a track having skew ‘0’ at from outer surface in an outer region of the disc, and sequentially writing the servo information toward the track having skew ‘0’ from an inner surface in an inner region, and after writing of the servo information is completed, inspecting the servo information written in a track at a predetermined distance from the track having skew ‘0’, and determining whether the servo information is correctly written.

Abstract: A method of calibrating a parameter to measure the back electromotive force (BEMF) of a voice coil motor (VCM), and a method and apparatus to use the calibrating method to perform unloading control. The calibration method includes: reading servo data and measuring a BEMF value while seeking two predetermined points on a disk, and storing the servo data and the BEMF value, generating an actual velocity curve of a head using the stored servo data, and an estimated velocity curve of the head using the stored BEMF value and adjusting a parameter related to a BEMF measurement to align the actual velocity curve of the head with the estimated velocity curve of the head.