Device for rotating a transducer of an ultrasonic probe

1. A device for rotating a transducer of an ultrasonic probe, comprising:

a drive motor;

a pulley rotatably driven by the drive motor;

a pair of wire-ropes wound around the pulley, a first end of each of the pair of wire-ropes coupled to the pulley;

a rotatable transducer having a plurality of ultrasonic elements, the transducer including a wire-rope guide mounted to each side of the transducer for guiding a respective one of the pair of wire-ropes; and

a buffer spring mounted opposite to each wire-rope guide, each buffer spring coupled to a second end of each of the pair of wire-ropes and the transducer,

wherein a pair of wire-rope holes extend through the transducer,

wherein each of the wire-ropes passes through one of the pair of wire-rope holes so that the second end of each of the wire-ropes is coupled to a corresponding buffer spring, and

wherein the pulley includes:

a wire-rope holder protruded from the pulley concentrically, the wire-ropes being wound around the wire-rope holder;

a via hole formed from a periphery to a center of the wire-rope holder for inserting the first end of each of the wire-ropes thereto;

a screw hole formed from a surface of the pulley to the via hole; and

a screw fastened in the screw hole for fixing the first end of each of the wire-ropes inserted in the via hole.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein a pressing member is interposed between the first end of each of the wire-ropes and the screw in the screw hole, the pressing member having a larger cross-sectional area than the screw.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein pin guides having a cylindrical cross-section is formed adjacent to one ends of the wire-rope holes.