Dispenser optimization for easier closing
AssigneeBSH Home Appliances Corporation
InventorsJanusz Sendor, Scott Tarcy
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Abstract
A detergent dispenser for dispensing detergent in a domestic appliance, the detergent dispenser comprising a housing, a container defined in said housing and adapted to store detergent, a movable cover adapted to close and seal the container, and at least one extension depending from the cover, said at least one extension adapted to clear detergent from a perimeter of the container as the cover moves.
Claims34
A detergent dispenser for dispensing detergent in a domestic appliance, the detergent dispenser comprising:
- a housing;
- a container defined in said housing and adapted to store detergent;
- a movable cover adapted to close and seal the container;
- and
- at least one extension depending from the cover, said at least one extension adapted to clear detergent from a perimeter of the container as the cover moves.
A method for filling detergent in a container of a detergent dispenser of a domestic appliance, the dispenser having a cover with at least one extension depending therefrom, the method comprising:
- pouring detergent into the container;
- and
- closing the cover over the container such that any detergent spilled around a perimeter of the container is swept clear by the at least one extension.
A cover for closing a container of a detergent dispenser, said cover adapted to seal detergent in said container, the cover comprising:
- at least one extension depending from the cover in a direction of the container and adapted to follow a portion of a perimeter of the container when the cover moves between open and closed positions, wherein the at least one extension is adapted to push detergent away from a perimeter of the container when the cover is moved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.