Laundry treating appliance detergent dispenser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10519587-B2
Application number	US-201715443240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2017
Priority date	Feb 27, 2017
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening to the interior, a treating chamber located within the interior and accessible through the access opening, a dispenser having a drawer with at least one chemistry container and a faucet, and a water supply fluidly coupled to the faucet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laundry treating appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening to the interior;
a treating chamber located within the interior and accessible through the access opening;
a treating chemistry dispenser having a drawer with at least one container and the drawer having a faucet with an outlet, wherein the drawer is moveable between a first position and a second position and the outlet is in fluid communication with the treating chamber; and
a water supply fluidly coupled to the faucet and having an actuator accessible by a user, wherein actuation of the actuator controls a supply of water from the water supply to the faucet through the dispenser drawer, and wherein the faucet can dispense water mixed with treating chemistry.

2. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 further comprising a shroud defining the access opening.

3. The laundry treating appliance of claim 2 wherein the drawer moves relative to the shroud.

4. The laundry treating appliance of claim 3 wherein the drawer forms part of the shroud.

5. The laundry treating appliance of claim 2 wherein the actuator is located on the shroud.

6. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the treating chamber is rotatable about a rotational axis.

7. The laundry treating appliance of claim 6 wherein the rotational axis is either horizontal or vertical.

8. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the actuator is located on one of the cabinet and the drawer.

9. The laundry treating appliance of claim 8 wherein the actuator is located on the drawer.

10. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the drawer comprises a second container least partially defining the faucet.

11. The laundry treating appliance of claim 10 wherein the water supply is fluidly coupled to the second container.

12. The laundry treating appliance of claim 11 wherein the second container comprises an aperture defining the outlet.

13. The laundry treating appliance of claim 12 wherein the aperture is located on one of a bottom or side of the container.

14. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the water supply further comprises a water line with a valve and the actuator controls an opening/closing of the valve.

15. The laundry treating appliance of claim 14 wherein the actuator is a switch.

16. A laundry treating appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining an interior and having a shroud defining an access opening to the interior;
a basket located within the interior, the basket having an open top aligned with the access opening and rotatable about a vertical axis;
a treating chemistry dispenser having a drawer slidable relative to the shroud and the drawer having a faucet with an outlet, the drawer being slidable between a first position, where the outlet underlies the shroud, and a second position, where the outlet extends beyond the shroud and overlies the basket; and
a water supply comprising a water line fluidly coupled to the faucet, a valve fluidly coupled to the water line, and an actuator accessible by a user, wherein actuation of the actuator controls an opening/closing of the valve to control a supply of water to the faucet through the dispenser drawer, and wherein the faucet can dispense water mixed with treating chemistry.

17. The laundry treating appliance of claim 16 wherein the actuator is located on one of the shroud and the drawer.

18. The laundry treating appliance of claim 17 wherein the faucet comprises a container in the drawer and the container is fluidly coupled to the water line.

19. The laundry treating appliance of claim 18 wherein the outlet comprises at least one of a flood wall or an aperture in the container.

20. The laundry treating appliance of claim 19 wherein the aperture is located in at least one of a bottom or side of the container.

21. The laundry treating appliance of claim 16 wherein the drawer further comprises a container for holding treating chemistry.

Assignees

• Whirlpool Co

Inventors

• Beres Benjamin A
• Brownie Paul E
• Gallagher Eric A
• Kazmierzak Guy M
• Kubasiak Andrew C

Classifications

• D06F23/04

  and rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis · CPC title

• D06F39/02 Primary

  Devices for adding soap or other washing agents · CPC title

• D06F37/24

  in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis · CPC title

• D06F39/04

  Heating arrangements · CPC title

• D06F2204/088

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic