Laundry treating appliance and method of control
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsEmmanuel F. Gonzaga, Fernando Raiss Martins
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
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.
Claims14
A method of dispensing a treating chemistry using centrifugal force within a laundry treating appliance having a second basket defining a second laundry treating chamber that is at least partially provided within an open top of a first basket defining a first laundry treating chamber, the method comprising:
- rotating a centrifugal dispenser that is carried by the second basket and spaced apart from a rotational axis of the second basket and includes 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, and 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, 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, wherein the rotating is at a speed great enough such that centrifugal force moves the treating chemistry from the holding pocket to the transfer pocket;
- slowing the rotation of the centrifugal dispenser until the treating chemistry flows by gravity into the dilution pocket;
- and
- rotating the centrifugal dispenser at a speed great enough such that centrifugal force moves the treating chemistry out of the dilution pocket.
A method of dispensing treating chemistry using centrifugal force within a laundry treating appliance having a second basket defining a second laundry treating chamber that is at least partially provided within an open top of a first basket defining a first laundry treating chamber, the method comprising:
- rotating a centrifugal dispenser that is carried by the second basket and spaced apart from a rotational axis of the second basket and includes 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 a 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, and 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, 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 a rotational axis, and the outer transferring wall at least partially forms the drain outlet wherein the rotating is at a speed great enough such that centrifugal force moves treating chemistry from the holding pocket to the transfer pocket;
- slowing the rotation of the centrifugal dispenser until the treating chemistry flows by gravity into the dilution pocket;
- and
- rotating the centrifugal dispenser at a speed great enough such that centrifugal force moves the treating chemistry out of the dilution pocket.
A method of dispensing treating chemistry using centrifugal force within a laundry treating appliance having a second basket defining a second laundry treating chamber that is at least partially provided within an open top of a first basket defining a first laundry treating chamber, the method comprising:
- rotating a centrifugal dispenser that is carried by the second basket and spaced apart from a rotational axis of the second basket and adapted to be received within a 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, wherein the rotating is at a speed great enough such that centrifugal force moves treating chemistry from the holding pocket to the transfer pocket;
- slowing the rotation of the centrifugal dispenser until the treating chemistry flows by gravity into the dilution pocket;
- and
- rotating the centrifugal dispenser at a speed great enough such that centrifugal force moves the treating chemistry out of the dilution pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.