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Household cleaning appliance with a single water flow path for both non-bulk and bulk dispensing

  • US 10,231,597 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2016
  • Issued: 03/19/2019
  • 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 treating chamber located within the interior for receiving the article for cleaning;

    a dispensing system having multiple dispensing cups fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, with a first of the multiple dispensing cups defining a single use dispenser;

    a bulk treating chemistry reservoir configured to hold multiple liquid treating chemistry doses for respective ones of multiple cleaning cycles and having an outlet fluidly coupled to at least one of the multiple dispensing cups to define a bulk dispenser and wherein the bulk treating chemistry reservoir is configured to dispense multiple liquid treating chemistry doses;

    a single water flow path supplying water to the dispensing system to flush treating chemistry to the treating chamber; and

    a water diverter selectively fluidly coupling the single water flow path to any of the multiple dispensing cups.

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