Method for automatically flushing a bulk dispensing system in a cleaning appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsMichael Stephen Hendrickson, Michael T. Dalton
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Abstract
A household cleaning appliance includes a bulk dispensing system configured to receive a removable cartridge containing multiple doses of treating chemistry and configured to deliver a charge of treating chemistry from the cartridge to a treating chamber and a water supply configured to be selectively coupled to the bulk dispensing system to flush at least a portion of the bulk dispensing system.
Claims12
A method for operating a household cleaning appliance having a treating chamber and a bulk dispensing system having a removable cartridge configured to contain a treating chemistry, the bulk dispensing system configured to deliver a charge of treating chemistry to the treating chamber, the method comprising:
- determining a removal of the cartridge;
- and
- flushing at least a portion of the bulk dispensing system when it is determined the cartridge is removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.