Integrated single dose and bulk dispenser for a laundry treating appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsKEVIN B. AYERS, SETH E. BIXBY, RICHARD K. GRESENS, SAYER J. MURPHY, ANNA C. SCHELLING
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a treating chamber and a dispenser fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The dispenser has a single dose reservoir, a bulk dispensing reservoir, and an overflow fluidly coupling the single dose reservoir to the bulk dispensing reservoir.
Claims20
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation, the laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a treating chamber;
- a bulk treating chemistry reservoir;
- a dispenser fluidly coupled to the treating chamber and movable between an opened position and a closed position, the dispenser comprising:
- a single dose reservoir having at least a bottom wall and a side wall;
- a funnel having an inlet and an outlet fluidly coupled to the bulk treating chemistry reservoir;
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- an overflow provided within the bottom wall or the side wall and fluidly coupling the single dose reservoir to the funnel such that the overflow overlies the opening in the opened position wherein the bulk treating chemistry reservoir can be filled by overfilling the single dose reservoir into the funnel.
A dispenser movable between an opened position and a closed position, the dispenser comprising:
- a single dose reservoir having at least a bottom wall and a side wall;
- a bulk treating chemistry reservoir located remotely from the single dose reservoir;
- a funnel having an inlet and an outlet, with the outlet fluidly coupled to the bulk treating chemistry reservoir;
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- an overflow provided within the bottom wall or the side wall and fluidly coupling the single dose reservoir to the funnel such that the overflow overlies the inlet in the opened position, wherein the bulk treating chemistry reservoir can be filled by overfilling the single dose reservoir into the funnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.