Provided are a dishwasher and a method of supplying water in the dishwasher. The dishwasher includes a tub enclosing a washing chamber, a sump holding washin g water to be supplied to the tub, and an air brake assembly having a steam generating uni t that heats the washing water to be supplied to the tub.

A plasma display panel, includes a first substrate, a second substrate positioned in parallel to the first substrate, a plurality of barrier ribs between the first and second substrates, the plurality of barrier ribs defining a plurality of discharge cells, a plurality of pixels between the first and second substrates, each pixel having three discharge cells arranged in a triangular shape, and a p...

The plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are disposed substantially in parallel with each other with a predetermined distance therebetween; a plurality of address electrodes disposed on the first substrate; a first dielectric layer disposed covering the address electrodes; a plurality of barrier ribs having a predetermined height from the first dielectric lay...

The present invention aims to optimize image quality for a conventional scan (axial scan) or a cine scan or a helical scan of an X-ray CT apparatus by a data acquisition system having a limited number of channels. The optimum view numbers determined or defined by image quality to be determined depending upon the positions of the respective channels at image reconstruction are determined by a sampl...

Processes for continuous production of a thin metal strip, in particular a steel hot strip, directly from a metal melt and with a strip cast thickness of <10 mm by the roll-casting process. The cast metal strip is fed for in-line thickness reduction, and then to a storage device. To achieve a high-quality, hot-rolled metal strip with flatness tolerances comparable to those which can currently be a...

A footwear (100) comprising a base (105) and a retainer being coupled to the base for forming a cavity and an opening (110) thereto. The footwear further comprises a heel counter (102) being coupled to at least one of the base and the retainer. The heel counter is biased in an up position (106) and a down position (108). When a foot interacts with the heel counter, the heel counter is positioned a...

A seedlayer for a magnetic recording medium, the seedlayer formed over a substrate from a sputter target comprised of tantalum (Ta) and an alloying element. The solubility of the alloying element in a body centered cubic tantalum (Ta) phase does not exceed 10 atomic percent at room temperature, and the alloying element has a mass susceptibility of less than or equal to 1.5 × 10 - 7 ¢ ...

An elastically unstrained crystalline material layer is formed by providing a pair of crystalline layers (1, 2) adjacent each other, where one layer is elastically strained under tension and the other layer is elastically strained in compression; and diffusing the layers so that the differences between the respective compositions of the two layers reduces progressively until they are the same, the...

The invention provides a sputter target material. The sputter target material comprises an alloy system comprising Cr-C, Cr-M-C or Cr-M 1 -M 2 -C, wherein C comprises at least 0.5 and as much as 20 atomic percent; M comprises at least 0.5 and as much as 20 atomic percent and is an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W; M 1 comprises at least 0.5 and as ...

A method of updating a plurality of USB devices is provided. Firmwares of the USB devices are updated by discriminating the USB devices using their unique device interface IDs. Accordingly, a plurality of USB devices of the same product family can be discriminated using device interface IDs and thus the firmwares of the USB devices can be updated at the same time.

A dual bearing reel has a plurality of friction plates that are arranged so as to contact an end portion of a spool shaft, a cap member that is detachably mounted on a boss portion and a spring member. A friction force is adjusted by press fitting the friction plates onto the end portion of the spool shaft 16 with the spring member. The spring member is fixed and mounted on the boss portion to pro...

Process for preparation of a paraffin isomerisation cata- lyst comprising a mixture of a Group IVB metal oxide, a Group VIB metal oxide, a Group IIIA metal oxide and a Group VIII metal, the process comprising the steps of (a) contacting a hydroxide of the Group IVB metal with an aqueous solution of an oxyanion of the Group VIB metal to provide a mixture, (b) drying the mixture to provide a dry pow...

A certain combination of an oil-soluble fatty acid ester of a polyhydric alcohol and an oil-soluble fatty acid amide act as appropriate friction- modifying agents, which when added to a lubricating oil, exhibit good brake anti-chatter characteristics.

A highly reliable semiconductor device and a method fabricating the same are provided, the semiconductor device having a low resistance electrode structure. The semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulation film formed on a semiconductor substrate. A storage node electrode is formed on the interlayer insulation film. A protection film is formed on the storage node electrode and includes a...

A washing system for cleaning within a washing zone comprising at least one inlet capable of fluid communication with a feed water; at least one treatment zone in fluid communication with the at least one inlet, said at least one treatment zone comprising a water softening zone, an electrolysis zone, a dosing zone and combination thereof; and at least one outlet in fluid communication the at least...

A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) having a structure that improves the brightness and the efficiency of the PDP includes: a first substrate; a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate; barrier ribs arranged between the first and second substrates to define a plurality of discharge cells together with the first and second substrates; at least one first discharge electrode arranged on the fi...

A pinhole type imaging device of the present invention includes a pinhole type aperture stop which allows advancing of light ray into an optical system and imaging, and at least one lens which is attached to the pinhole type aperture stop. Accordingly, an imaging device where it is realized that all imaging results of subjects positioned at different photographing distances are sharp, which has a ...

In accordance with the present disclosure, a method and system for logging recoverable errors in an information handling system is disclosed. The system includes a central processing unit, a chipset coupled to the central processing unit, and at least one chipset memory unit coupled to and associated with the chipset. The system also includes a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), and a memory u...