Electronic driving-type display apparatus for an electric washing machine
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsYoshitoyo Nishite, Fumio Torita, Naotaka Ikeda
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Abstract
An electronic driving-type status display apparatus for an electric washing machine comprises a display control circuit for outputting display signals of the progress of the washing operation and abnormalities and a display which has an electronic driving-type display element driven by the display signal from the display control circuit to display the progress of the washing operation and abnormalities. The apparatus is particularly suitable for an electronically-controlled washing machine and can display abnormalities of the washing operation without any errors.
Claims5
An electronic driving-type display apparatus for an electric washing machine comprising:
- display control means for sequentially outputting first display data, during a washing operation by a washing machine main body, for dividing the washing operation into a predetermined number of process cycles and displaying them, and for outputting second display data when an abnormality occurs during said washing operation by the washing machine main body, for displaying said abnormality in correspondence with the process cycles;
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- display means, which has an electronic driving-type display including a predetermined number of patterns of display having character and figure display patterns for selectively displaying the predetermined number of process cycles and abnormality and for receiving said first and second display data from said display control means and driving the patterns of said display corresponding to said received first and second display data.
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