Patent ID: 8240175

Claim:
A drum type washing machine comprising: a cabinet; an insertion panel secured to a front of the cabinet; a front panel secured to a front of the insertion panel; an operation unit mounted to the front panel for selection of a washing course; a control unit mounted on a back side of the front panel for controlling the drum type washing machine according to a washing course received from the operation unit; a display unit panel positioned on an upper side of the front panel; and a display unit mounted to the display unit panel for displaying the washing course received at the operation unit, wherein the display unit panel is detachably mounted to the insertion panel, the display unit includes a display unit connector projected from the back side of the display unit toward the control unit, the control unit includes a control connector projected from the back side of the control unit toward the display unit, the display unit connector and the control connector are connected once the display unit panel and the insertion panel are joined together, and the display unit connector and the control connector are disconnected once the display unit panel is separated from the insertion panel.