Abstract: A washing machine includes a wash tub, a water-supply mechanism for supplying water into the wash tub, and a disposition section in which a solid antimicrobial agent containing an organic compound having a nitrogen-halogen atomic combination is disposed. The disposition section is provided in the water-supply mechanism. The antimicrobial agent is brought into contact with water thereby to release hypohalogenous acid into the water.

Abstract: An automatic washing machine includes a water tub having a bottom with a through hole, a rotating tub rotatably mounted in the water tub, an electric motor including a rotor and mounted on an underside of the water tub, a hollow tub shaft rotatably mounted on the bottom of the water tub so as to extend through the hole of the water tub, the tub shaft having an upper end connected to the rotating tub and a lower end with an outer circumferential face formed with a sliding guide, a boss mounted on a central portion of the rotor so as to be located below the tub shaft, the boss including an upper portion formed with an annular connecting portion having a diameter larger than a diameter of the tub shaft, an agitator shaft rotatably mounted inside the tub shaft and having an upper end connected to the agitator and a lower end connected to the boss, a cylindrical clutch having an inner circumferential face formed with an annular engaging portion engaging the sliding guide, the clutch being fitted with the lower end

Abstract: A washing machine includes a wash tub, a water-supply mechanism for supplying water into the wash tub, and a disposition section in which a solid antimicrobial agent containing an organic compound having a nitrogen-halogen atomic combination is disposed. The disposition section is provided in the water-supply mechanism. The antimicrobial agent is brought into contact with water thereby to release hypohalogenous acid into the water.

Abstract: A communicating system has at least two air conditioning machines which are connected to a primary interface and a secondary interface, respectively. The primary interface is connected to a primary remote controller having a display. The secondary interface is connected to a secondary remote controller having a display and the primary interface. When the state of all air conditioning machines is to be changed by a command from the primary remote controller, firstly all displays are caused to display the now run mode of the air conditioning machines substantially at the same time. After that, the operating states of the air conditioning machines are a predetermined interval.

Abstract: A microcomputer-based control device for an air conditioner to which a replaceable air filter is attached includes a DC power supply section for converting an AC voltage to a DC voltage, an air-conditioning control unit connected to the DC power supply and including a microcomputer, a control unit resetting circuit for delivering an initial reset signal to the control unit when a voltage to be supplied to the control unit from the DC power supply section has risen to a value at which the control unit is operable, an operation section connected to the air-conditioning control unit for setting an operating condition of the control unit, a non-volatile memory connected to the control unit so that data of a cumulative air-conditioning operation time period stored in the control unit is written into and read out of the non-volatile memory, a display for displaying an image indicative of a replacing time of the air filter when the cumulated airconditioning operation time period has reached a predetermined time peri