Hitachi, Ltd.

Yosuke Nagano

Yoshihiro Ohta

Toshifumi Koike

Manabu Wakabayashi

Hiroshi Kanai

Tohru Sampei

Tamotu Shikamori

Hiroshi Ohsugi

Takeo Sonobe

Isao Utsugi

Katuhumi Takagishi

Tomiyoshi Satoo

A washing machine in which a plurality of display image parts (ID&equals;0 to 9) are disposed and displayed, on the basis of a display/arrangement structure, on the display surface of a display unit in which a transparent pressure-type touch panel is mounted, so as to form a display/operation unit which enables display and operation/instruction by depression. Thus, a user can change the layout of the display/operation unit and washing operations freely.

Washing machine, display/operation panel, and household appliance with the display/operation panel

An ion removes provided between a feed water valve for supplying water to an outer tub and a detergent supply case and an upper portion from the outer tub includes a cylindrical vessel in which sodium type strong acid positive ion exchange resin is filled up, a salt water vessel provided above the cylindrical vessel, and a salt vessel provided in the salt water vessel for receiving salt to enable plural regeneration of an ion exchange resin. Salt from the salt vessel is dissolved in water supplied to the salt water vessel and salt water having a concentration of about 10% is generated. After completion of every washing feed water cycle and every rinsing feed water cycle with an interval, the salt water is caused to flow into the ion exchange resin and the ion exchange resin is automatically regeneration-processed.

Washing machine

A rotary disk including a recording and reproducing sheet, and a hub formed of hard material secured to a central portion of the sheet. The hub comprises a center opening adapted to receive a main spindle of a turntable of disk driving means, two planar surfaces arranged in an intersecting relation to each other and formed on a projecting wall portion of the center opening, and a resilient member located in a position facing the two planar surfaces for pressing the spindle against the two planar surfaces. Even if the recording and reproducing sheet of the rotary disk is a thin magnetic sheet, there is no risk of damage of the sheet. When the rotary disk is set on the turntable, the center of rotation of the rotary disk and the center of rotation of the turntable can be automatically brought into alignment with each other.

Removable disk construction

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Hitachi, Japan

Yosuke Nagano