Dispensing device
AssigneeMiele & Cie. KG
InventorsFabian Hils, Dirk Wegener
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Abstract
In an embodiment the present invention provides a dispensing device for introducing a pourable detergent in metered amounts into a treatment chamber of a program-controlled cleaning appliance, in particular a dishwasher, the dispensing device including: a supply container for holding the detergent, the supply container having a reservoir chamber and a metering chamber terminating in a dispensing opening, the metering chamber being provided by a metering element that is movably disposed within the supply container and is movable from a non-metering position to a metering position; and a carrier unit which is rotatable by a motor and is configured to replaceably receive the supply container.
Claims11
A dispensing device for introducing a pourable detergent in metered amounts into a treatment chamber of a program-controlled cleaning appliance, in particular a dishwasher, the dispensing device comprising:
- a supply container configured to hold the detergent, the supply container having a reservoir chamber, a dispensing opening, and a metering element including a metering chamber, the metering element being movably disposed within the supply container;
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- a carrier unit which is rotatable by a motor and is configured to replaceably receive the supply container,
- wherein an insertion of the supply container into the carrier unit moves the metering element from a non-metering position to a metering position in which the metering chamber provides a communication between the reservoir chamber of the supply container and the dispensing opening so as to provide a flow path of the detergent from the reservoir chamber into the treatment chamber of the appliance.
A dispensing device for introducing a pourable detergent in metered amounts into a treatment chamber of a program-controlled cleaning appliance, in particular a dishwasher, the dispensing device comprising:
- a supply container configured to hold the detergent, the supply container having a reservoir chamber and a metering chamber terminating in a dispensing opening, the metering chamber being provided by a metering element that is movably disposed within the supply container and is movable from a non-metering position to a metering position;
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- a carrier unit which is rotatable by a motor and is configured to replaceably receive the supply container,
- wherein the carrier unit has an actuating unit configured to cooperate with the metering element, and
- wherein the actuating unit comprises a pin which, when the supply container is inserted in the carrier unit, extends through an opening provided in the supply container on a carrier unit side thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.