# US 5,341,660 A · Dispenser-disbributor for liquid detergent for washing machines

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- Number: US 5,341,660 A
- Document ID: US5341660A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/037,443
- Filed: 1993-03-26
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1992-06-26
- Assignees: Mira Lanza S.p.A.
- Inventors: Fabrizio Berveglieri
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5341660A

## CPC

- D06F 39/024: {mounted on the agitator or the rotating drum; Free body dispensers}
- D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES

## Abstract

Dispenser-distributor provided with a device for the local application of the liquid detergent. The device consists of an aperture let into the top part of the side surface of the dispenser-distributor whose orifice is intercepted by a circular-sectioned element rotatably supported about pins engaged in two recesses positioned on the rim of the aperture.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dispenser-distributor for liquid detergent for insertion into a drum of a washing machine together with laundry to be washed comprising:
a hollow base member having a side surface and a top which meet at a corner;
a main opening in said top of said base member through which the liquid detergent is poured into said base member and from which the liquid detergent freely exits said base member; and
an applicator means for applying the liquid detergent in said base member selectively to a desired portion of a component of the laundry, said applicator means including
an aperture provided in said corner and defined by a surrounding rim,
an element of circular cross section located in said aperture in said corner which substantially fills said aperture and which extends from outwardly from said aperture for application to a component adjacent said side or said top, said element including pins at opposite sides thereof, and
opposed recesses in said rim in which said pins are received for mounting said element for rotation about said pins such that the liquid detergent in said hollow base member is spread onto the desired portion of the component of the laundry by rolling said element along a surface of the component.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A dispenser-distributor as claimed in claim 1 wherein said element is a cylinder.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A dispenser-distributor as claimed in claim 1 wherein said element is a sphere.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A dispenser-distributor as claimed in claim 1 wherein said corner is about 90.degree. inside and said element is exposed for spreading the detergent over the remaining about 270.degree. of said corner.