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US 10,648,120 B2Granted
Laundry treating appliance and method of control
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsEmmanuel F. Gonzaga, Fernando Raiss Martins
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a laundry treating appliance dispense treating chemistry into a rotating basket. A dispenser can be a centrifugal dispenser adapted to move or dispense treating chemistry based upon rotational movement of a basket. The dispenser can include a holding pocket to hold a volume of treating chemistry, a transferring pocket to centrifugally receive the treating chemistry, and a dilution pocket to dilute the treating chemistry and dispenser the treating chemistry.
Claims18
A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior with an access opening;
- a tub located within the interior and defining a liquid chamber with a first open top facing the access opening;
- a first basket rotatable about a rotational axis and at least partially located within the liquid chamber and defining a first laundry chamber having a second open top;
- a removable second basket assembly including a second basket defining a second laundry chamber and at least partially located within the first laundry chamber and having a third open top, the removable second basket assembly having an upper ring defining a top wall with a dilution pocket defined therein and having a dilution pocket centrifugal outlet fluidly coupled to at least one of the liquid chamber and the second laundry chamber;
- a motor drivingly coupled to the first basket to rotate the first basket about the rotational axis;
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- a centrifugal dispenser adapted to be received within the dilution pocket, the centrifugal dispenser including a holding pocket having a radially outer wall at least partially defining a holding pocket centrifugal outlet and a transfer pocket located radially exterior of the holding pocket and defined in part by an outer transferring wall spaced from the radially outer wall, the transfer pocket having at least a portion fluidly coupled to the holding pocket centrifugal outlet, wherein the transfer pocket includes a drain outlet fluidly coupled to the dilution pocket.
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A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior with an access opening;
- a tub located within the interior and defining a liquid chamber with a first open top facing the access opening;
- a first basket rotatable about a rotational axis and at least partially located within the liquid chamber and defining a first laundry chamber having a second open top;
- a second basket defining a second laundry chamber and at least partially located within the first laundry chamber and having a third open top;
- a motor drivingly coupled to the first basket to rotate the first basket about the rotational axis;
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- a centrifugal dispenser carried by the second basket and comprising:
- a holding pocket having a radially outer wall at least partially defining a first centrifugal outlet;
- a transfer pocket located radially exterior of the holding pocket and defined in part by an outer transferring wall spaced from the radially outer wall of the holding pocket, the transfer pocket having at least a portion fluidly coupled to the first centrifugal outlet, wherein the transfer pocket has a drain outlet;
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- a dilution pocket defined at least in part by an inner dilution wall and an outer dilution wall, that is radially exterior from the inner dilution wall, the dilution pocket fluidly coupled to the drain outlet and having a second centrifugal outlet at least partially formed by the outer dilution wall, the second centrifugal outlet fluidly coupled to at least one of the liquid chamber and the second laundry chamber, the dilution pocket including a dilution pocket inlet within the inner dilution wall, the dilution pocket inlet is located below the second centrifugal outlet relative to a radius extending from the rotational axis.
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A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior with an access opening;
- a tub located within the interior and defining a liquid chamber with a first open top facing the access opening;
- a first basket rotatable about a rotational axis and at least partially located within the liquid chamber and defining a first laundry chamber having a second open top;
- a second basket defining a second laundry chamber and at least partially located within the first laundry chamber and having a third open top;
- a motor drivingly coupled to the first basket to rotate the first basket about the rotational axis;
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- a centrifugal dispenser carried by the second basket and comprising:
- a holding pocket having a radially outer wall at least partially defining a first centrifugal outlet, wherein the radially outer wall is provided at a first angle relative to the rotational axis;
- a transfer pocket located radially exterior of the holding pocket and defined in part by an outer transferring wall spaced from the radially outer wall of the holding pocket, the transfer pocket having at least a portion fluidly coupled to the first centrifugal outlet, wherein the transfer pocket has a drain outlet;
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- a dilution pocket defined at least in part by an inner dilution wall and an outer dilution wall, that is radially exterior from the inner dilution wall, the dilution pocket fluidly coupled to the drain outlet and having a second centrifugal outlet at least partially formed by the outer dilution wall, the second centrifugal outlet fluidly coupled to at least one of the liquid chamber and the second laundry chamber, wherein the outer transferring wall extends at least partially into the dilution pocket, the outer transferring wall is provided at a second angle relative to the rotational axis, and the outer transferring wall at least partially forms the drain outlet.
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A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior with an access opening;
- a tub located within the interior and defining a liquid chamber with a first open top facing the access opening;
- a first basket rotatable about a rotational axis and at least partially located within the liquid chamber and defining a first laundry chamber having a second open top;
- a second basket defining a second laundry chamber and at least partially located within the first laundry chamber and having a third open top;
- a motor drivingly coupled to the first basket to rotate the first basket about the rotational axis;
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- a centrifugal dispenser carried by the second basket and comprising:
- a holding pocket having a radially outer wall at least partially defining a first centrifugal outlet;
- a transfer pocket located radially exterior of the holding pocket and defined in part by an outer transferring wall spaced from the radially outer wall of the holding pocket, the transfer pocket having at least a portion fluidly coupled to the first centrifugal outlet, wherein the transfer pocket has a drain outlet;
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- a dilution pocket defined at least in part by an inner dilution wall and an outer dilution wall, that is radially exterior from the inner dilution wall, the dilution pocket fluidly coupled to the drain outlet and having a second centrifugal outlet at least partially formed by the outer dilution wall, the second centrifugal outlet fluidly coupled to at least one of the liquid chamber and the second laundry chamber, wherein a first body defines the holding pocket and the transfer pocket and a second container defines the dilution pocket and the first body is received within the second container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.