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US 10,519,589 B2Granted
Laundry treating appliance detergent dispenser
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsBenjamin A. Beres, Paul E. Brownie, Eric A. Gallagher, Guy M. Kazmierzak, Andrew C. Kubasiak
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening to the interior, a treating chamber located within the interior and accessible through the access opening, a dispenser having a drawer with at least one chemistry container and a faucet, and a water supply fluidly coupled to the faucet.
Claims20
A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening to the interior;
- a treating chamber located within the interior and accessible through the access opening;
- a pre-treatment faucet having an actuator accessible by a user and an outlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, the pre-treatment faucet configured for pre-treating a laundry item prior to the laundry treating appliance beginning an automatic cycle of operation;
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- a treating chemistry dispenser having at least one container, wherein:
- at least one container directs a pre-treatment water flow from a water supply to the outlet of the pre-treatment faucet through the at least one container of the treating chemistry dispenser in response to user actuation of the actuator, and wherein the pre-treatment faucet can dispense water mixed with treating chemistry;
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- at least one container dispenses treating chemistry during operation of the laundry treating appliance.
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A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior and having a shroud defining an access opening to the interior;
- a basket located within the interior, the basket having an open top and rotatable about a vertical axis;
- a faucet having an outlet located within the shroud;
- a treating chemistry dispenser drawer carrying the faucet, the treating chemistry dispenser drawer having containers and slidable relative to the shroud between a first position, where at least one of the containers underlies the shroud, and a second position, where the at least one of the containers extends at least partially beyond the shroud and overlies the basket;
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- a pre-treatment water supply comprising:
- a water line fluidly coupled to at least one of the containers;
- a conduit coupling the at least one of the containers to the outlet of the faucet;
- a valve;
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- an actuator accessible by a user, wherein actuation of the actuator controls an opening/closing of the valve to control a supply of water to the outlet of the faucet via the at least one of the containers of the treating chemistry dispenser drawer, and wherein the faucet can dispense water mixed with treating chemistry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.