Laundry treating appliance with closure mounted dispenser
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsEthan HARBRECHT, Douglas MIKKELSEN
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a washing machine including a cabinet defining a housing with internal components of a conventional automated clothes washer, a door mounted to the cabinet where it moves along a path of travel to selectively close an access opening to the cabinet, and a dispenser formed integrally with the rear face of the door. The dispenser includes a plurality of reservoirs. Each reservoir utilizes a siphon that has a siphon cap with at least one baffle extending laterally relative to the rear face to retard the flow of liquid within the reservoir.
Claims20
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior with an opening providing access to the interior;
- a treating chamber located within the cabinet and accessible by the opening;
- a closure movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively open/close the opening and having a rear face confronting the treating chamber when the closure closes the opening;
- a dispenser provided on the rear face and having at least one open-top reservoir with a siphon tube fluidly coupled to the treating chamber;
- a siphon cap received in the open-top of the reservoir and extends around the siphon tube and having at least one baffle extending into the reservoir;
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- a window located on the dispenser and providing a view of at least a portion of the open-top reservoir.
A household appliance for treating an article according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior with an opening providing access to the interior;
- a treating chamber located within the cabinet and accessible by the opening;
- a closure movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively open/close the opening and having a rear face confronting the treating chamber when the closure closes the opening;
- a dispenser provided on the rear face and having at least one open-top reservoir with a siphon tube fluidly coupled to the treating chamber;
- a siphon cap received in the open-top of the reservoir and extends around the siphon tube, at least one baffle extending into the reservoir and laterally relative to the rear face, and a funnel closing the open-top of the reservoir;
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- a window located on the dispenser and providing a view of at least a portion of the open-top reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.