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Household cleaning appliance with a dispensing system operable between a single use dispensing system and a bulk dispensing system

  • US 10,138,587 B2
  • Filed: 04/06/2016
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A household cleaning appliance configured to execute a cleaning cycle on an article, comprising:

  • a cabinet defining an interior;

    a rotatable drum located within the interior and defining a treating chamber for receiving an article for treating and wherein a rotational axis of the rotatable drum is vertical; and

    a dispensing system configurable to operate with either single use dispensing functionality or bulk dispensing functionality based on user selection;

    whereinthe dispensing system includes;

    a single use dispensing chamber located within the cabinet, wherein the single use dispensing chamber is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, and wherein the single use dispensing chamber stores a single dose of treating chemistry that the dispensing system dispenses to the treating chamber as part of the execution of the cleaning cycle;

    a bulk dispensing chamber configured to store multiple doses of a liquid treating chemistry; and

    a treating chemistry meter fluidly coupled with the bulk dispensing chamber and the single use dispensing chamber, wherein the treating chemistry meter is configured to control dosing of the treating chemistry from the bulk dispensing chamber to the single use dispensing chamber as part of the execution of the cleaning cycle;

    wherein the treating chemistry meter is configured to dispense at least one of the multiple doses of the liquid treating chemistry into the single use dispensing chamber such that the single use dispensing chamber is provided with bulk dispensing functionality to define a bulk dispensing system.

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