Dispensing system for a laundry treating appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsEric A. Gallagher, James Jeffery, Guy M. Kazmierzak, Eric Osler, Bruno T. Ramasco, Guy Stormo
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance with a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treating and a liquid supply system fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The liquid supply system includes a water supply system and a dispensing system. The dispensing system includes a faucet, a support structure, one or more drawers, and one or more dispenser outlets for providing treating liquid and treating chemistries. Components of the dispensing system can be activated, e.g. for pretreating laundry items, for use as a utility sink, or during an automatic cycle of operation.
Claims12
A dispensing system for a laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a dispensing support structure for dispensing water, the dispensing support structure having a first base structure and a second base structure that are separated by a dividing wall;
- a dispenser drawer selectively positioned within the dispensing support structure above the second base structure and having a treating chemistry reservoir for dispensing a treating chemistry;
- a faucet defined by the first base structure and having a water outlet defined within a rear wall, the faucet extending from the rear wall to a fluid outlet proximate a processing chamber;
- a pump in communication with the dispenser drawer and the faucet via the rear wall of the dispensing support structure, wherein the pump selectively activates to draw the treating chemistry from the treating chemistry reservoir of the dispenser drawer via a dispenser drawer outlet in the rear wall and to the faucet via a dispenser outlet defined within the rear wall;
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- a user interface operably coupled to a valve that dispenses the water, the user interface also comprising an actuator coupled to the pump that selectively dispenses the treating chemistry from the treating chemistry reservoir.
A dispensing system for a laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a dispensing support structure for dispensing water, the dispensing support structure having a faucet conduit and a dispenser conduit;
- a dispenser drawer selectively positioned above a base of the dispensing support structure and adjacent to the dispenser conduit, the dispenser drawer having a treating chemistry reservoir for dispensing a treating chemistry;
- a rear wall attached to the dispensing support structure and having a water outlet coupled with the faucet conduit and a dispenser outlet coupled with the dispenser conduit, the faucet conduit and the dispenser conduit extending through the dispensing support structure to a fluid outlet proximate a processing chamber;
- a pump in communication with the dispenser drawer and the dispenser conduit via the rear wall of the dispensing support structure, wherein the pump selectively activates to draw the treating chemistry from the treating chemistry reservoir of the dispenser drawer via a dispenser drawer outlet in the rear wall and to the dispenser conduit via the dispenser outlet;
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- a user interface operably coupled to a valve that dispenses the water, the user interface also comprising an actuator coupled to the pump that selectively dispenses the treating chemistry from the treating chemistry reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.