Solid detergent dispenser for a washing machine
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsRahul Bharath Jairam, Daniel Davis Anderson, Steven James Lundberg, Thomas David LaVenture, Marvin Harris York, Michael Patrick Kremer
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Abstract
A system for dispensing a detergent solution from a solid detergent into a dishwasher includes a dispenser that can collect water sprayed into the dishwasher and use the collected water to produce the detergent solution by dissolving a portion of the solid detergent, controlling the amount of the detergent solution produced, and releasing the produced detergent solution between cleaning cycles. The dispenser can perform these functions automatically without being electrically powered.
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A system for dispensing a detergent solution from a solid detergent into a dishwasher, the system comprising:
- a mounting plate configured to be installed on an interior wall of the dishwasher;
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- a dispenser configured to be detachably attached to the mounting plate, the dispenser including:
- a detergent chamber configured to accommodate the solid detergent;
- a liquid inlet in fluid communication with the detergent chamber, the liquid inlet configured to collect water sprayed into the dishwasher and to allow the collected water to enter the detergent chamber to form the detergent solution by dissolving a portion of the solid detergent;
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- a liquid outlet in fluid communication with the detergent chamber and configured to release the formed detergent solution from the detergent chamber.
A system for dispensing a detergent solution from a solid detergent into a dishwasher, the system comprising:
- a mounting plate configured to be installed on an interior wall of the dishwasher;
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- a dispenser configured to be detachably attached to the mounting plate, the dispenser including:
- a detergent chamber configured to accommodate the solid detergent;
- a liquid inlet in fluid communication with the detergent chamber, the liquid inlet configured to collect water sprayed into the dishwasher and to allow the collected water to enter the detergent chamber to form the detergent solution by dissolving a portion of the solid detergent;
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- a liquid outlet in fluid communication with the detergent chamber and configured to release the formed detergent solution from the detergent chamber,
- wherein the detergent chamber is configured to hold multiple rectangular tablets of the solid detergent providing for production of the detergent solution for multiple cleaning cycles performed by the dishwasher, the multiple cleaning cycles each including washing and rinsing periods.
A system for dispensing a detergent solution from a solid detergent into a dishwasher, the system comprising:
- a mounting plate configured to be installed on an interior wall of the dishwasher;
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- a dispenser configured to be detachably attached to the mounting plate, the dispenser including:
- a detergent chamber configured to accommodate the solid detergent;
- a liquid inlet in fluid communication with the detergent chamber, the liquid inlet including one or more openings and configured to collect water sprayed into the dishwasher and to allow the collected water to enter the detergent chamber to form the detergent solution by dissolving a portion of the solid detergent, the number of the one or more openings determined to control an amount of the water to be collected for forming a desirable amount of the detergent solution;
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- a liquid outlet in fluid communication with the detergent chamber and configured to release the formed detergent solution from the detergent chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.