Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Tsuyoshi Matsumoto

Masanobu Tanigawa

Hiroyasu Nakagawa

Haruhiko Murakami

Junzo Kashihara

Hiroyuki Iida

Masaru Kakumae

Hiroko Tanaka

A drum type drying/washing machine performs drying without the flow of cooling water during a predetermined period of time or a period of time determined in accordance with an amount of clothes. After the passage of the period of time, the machine starts the flow of the cooling water so as to perform drying with cooling-dehumidication. The drum type drying/washing machine, at the initial stage of the drying operation, also performs not only the heating of clothing, but also the rotating of a drum at a high speed to dehydrate the clothing. A drum type drying/washing machine rotates a drum at an almost a maximum rotational rate at which, in a low speed rotation, materials to be processed can roll over in the drum; or at a rotational rate above which, in the low speed rotation, the materials to be processed as a whole stick to the inner peripheral wall of the drum. Further, the drum is accelerated to a high speed rotation only when an output from an unbalance detecting device is a predetermined level or less.

Drum type drying/washing machine

A drum type washing machine includes a plurality of injection nozzles for linearly injecting a washing liquid toward laundry in a drum which is rotatable about a horizontal shaft. The drum type washing machine includes decision unit for deciding an amplitude of vibration which is detected based on vibration detected at a predetermined low rotation speed and a controller for controlling a drive unit that applies a driving force of forward/reverse rotation to a drum to correct localization of laundry in the drum. A drum type dryer includes a refrigerating cycle provided to an air-circulating line between a discharge port and a hot air supply port of a drum, and performs air-conditioning of outer air. A drum type washing machine includes a controller for controlling a drive unit to rotate a drum once or the plural number of times at a high speed to dehydrate laundry heated by hot air in an initial period of drying.

Drum type washing machine and dryer

An exercise management machine which measures the individual's pulse and is provided with an indicator to inform the user of an exercise program that is suited to the individual and/or an indicator to inform the individual of the results of exercise, and if possible, an indicator to instruct the user to train according to the prescribed program, from warming up, training to cooling down, and keeps the individual informed of his/her ongoing status.

Exercise and training machine with microcomputer-assisted training guide

A foldable weighing scale of strain gauge type comprising a pair of scale components of generally identical construction and shape. Each of the scale components comprises a platform, a base, and a strain inducing plate having at least one strain gauge. The scale components are hingedly connected together for movement between unfolded and folded positions and are held in an unfolded position when the scale is to be used for the weight measurement.

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Kitakatsuragi-gun, Japan

Tsuyoshi Matsumoto