Door wash aid dispenser for a laundry treating appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9115461-B2
Application number	US-201113332754-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2011
Priority date	Dec 21, 2011
Publication date	Aug 25, 2015
Grant date	Aug 25, 2015

Abstract

A laundry treating appliance may include a door supporting a wash aid dispenser. The door may be mounted for movement relative to a treating chamber and include a projection extending from a lower portion of the door on a side of the door facing the treating chamber. A wash aid receptacle for holding wash aid chemistry may be provided on the projection for dispensing of the wash aid chemistry into the treating chamber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laundry treating appliance for treating a laundry load according to at least one cycle of operation, the appliance comprising:
a drum at least partially defining a treating chamber with an open face;
a door mounted for movement relative to the drum to selectively close the open face, the door having a frame, and a planar window mounted within the frame, the planar window being planar over its entirety and having a planar interior window surface exposed to the treating chamber when the door is closed;
a projection extending from a lower portion of the planar interior window surface on a side of the door facing the treating chamber, the projection having a top surface exposed to the treating chamber when the door is closed; and
a wash aid receptacle provided on the top surface and configured to hold at least a single dose of wash aid.

2. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 , further comprising a laundry baffle extending from the door on the side of the door facing the treating chamber inhibiting the laundry load from reaching the open face of the treating chamber when the drum is rotated, with the projection comprising part of the laundry baffle.

3. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 2 wherein the laundry baffle defines a laundry flow path along which the laundry moves when the drum rotates, and the wash aid receptacle is located in the laundry flow path.

4. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 3 wherein the laundry baffle comprises a ring having a varying depth, with a smaller depth at an upper portion of the ring and a larger depth at a lower portion of the ring defining the projection, to form the laundry flow path such that the laundry moves around the outside of the ring to the upper portion of the ring, enters the ring at the upper portion, and falls onto the projection.

5. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 2 wherein the door comprises a window, the projection extends from a lower portion of the laundry baffle, and the laundry baffle surrounds the window such that the wash aid receptacle is viewable from the side of the door not facing the treating chamber.

6. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 wherein the planar window comprises a translucent window.

7. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 6 wherein the projection is mounted to at least one of the frame and/or the window.

8. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 6 wherein the wash aid receptacle is visible through the window.

9. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 wherein the projection is arcuate, and the surface on which the wash aid receptacle is provided is a generally planar upper surface of the projection.

10. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 , further comprising a cabinet that houses the drum and a bellows coupling the drum to the cabinet, wherein the projection extends from a part of the door that seals with the bellows when the door is closed.

11. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 10 wherein the projection projects farther into the treating chamber than the part of the door that seals with the bellows when the door is closed.

12. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 , further comprising a liquid dispenser positioned to supply liquid into the treating chamber along a liquid flow path.

13. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 12 wherein the wash aid receptacle is located within the liquid flow path when the door is closed.

14. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 wherein the projection further comprises a liquid guide on the surface configured to direct liquid collected on the surface to the wash aid receptacle.

15. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 14 wherein the liquid guide comprises at least one channel formed in the surface and extending toward the wash aid receptacle.

16. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 15 wherein the liquid guide comprises a plurality of the channels.

17. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 14 wherein the liquid guide is formed by the surface being inclined downward toward the wash aid receptacle.

18. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 17 wherein the liquid guide comprises at least one channel formed in the inclined surface and extending toward the wash aid receptacle.

19. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 wherein the wash aid receptacle comprises an arcuate depression surrounded by a peripheral lip.

20. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the wash aid is dispensed from the wash aid receptacle without need for a water supply directed at or to the wash aid receptacle.

21. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the wash aid is dispensed from the wash aid receptacle responsive to at least one of laundry and/or recirculated water moving in the treating chamber.

22. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the projection extends from the bottom of the interior planar window surface on the side of the door facing the treating chamber.

23. The laundry treating appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the projection extends from the bottom of the frame on the side of the door facing the treating chamber.

Assignees

• Anderson Colin T
• Garza De Leon Fabian
• Lindquist Michael K
• Whirlpool Co

Inventors

• Anderson Colin T
• Garza De Leon Fabian
• Lindquist Michael K

Classifications

• D06F37/28 Primary

  Doors; Security means therefor · CPC title

• D06F39/02

  Devices for adding soap or other washing agents · CPC title