Laundry treating appliance with closure mounted dispenser

• US 10,253,443 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2016
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Original Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Inventors: Harbrecht, Ethan, Mikkelsen, Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Perrin, Joseph L.
• Application Number:
  US15/137,198
• Publication Number:
  US 20170306550A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,079 Days
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 37/28 Doors; Security means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/02 Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/022 in a liquid state D06F39/024 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/14 Doors or covers; Securing means therefor

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a washing machine including a cabinet defining a housing with internal components of a conventional automated clothes washer, a door mounted to the cabinet where it moves along a path of travel to selectively close an access opening to the cabinet, and a dispenser formed integrally with the rear face of the door. The dispenser includes a plurality of reservoirs. Each reservoir utilizes a siphon that has a siphon cap with at least one baffle extending laterally relative to the rear face to retard the flow of liquid within the reservoir.

Claims

1. A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising:

a cabinet defining an interior with an opening providing access to the interior;

a treating chamber located within the cabinet and accessible by the opening;

a closure movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively open/close the opening and having a rear face confronting the treating chamber when the closure closes the opening;

a dispenser provided on the rear face and having at least one open-top reservoir with a siphon tube fluidly coupled to the treating chamber; and

a siphon cap received in the open top of the reservoir and extends around the siphon tube; and

at least one baffle extending laterally from the siphon cap relative to the rear face within the reservoir to retard the flow of liquid within the reservoir.

2. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the closure moves along a path of travel and the at least one baffle is transverse to the path of travel.

3. The laundry treating appliance of claim 2 wherein the at least one baffle comprises at least two baffles.

4. The laundry treating appliance of claim 3 wherein the at least two baffles are on opposite sides of the siphon tube when the siphon cap is received in the open top.

5. The laundry treating appliance of claim 4 wherein the at least two baffles comprise a third baffle extending from the laterally extending baffle.

6. The laundry treating appliance of claim 5 wherein the siphon cap further comprises a funnel received in the open top of the reservoir.

7. The laundry treating appliance of claim 6 wherein the funnel has at least one opening fluidly coupling the funnel to the reservoir.

8. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the at least one baffle comprises another baffle extending from the laterally extending baffle.

9. The laundry treating appliance of claim 8 wherein the another baffle is transverse to the laterally extending baffle.

10. The laundry treating appliance of claim 8 wherein the laterally extending baffle spans the width of the reservoir.

11. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the siphon cap further comprises a funnel received in the open top of the reservoir.

12. The laundry treating appliance of claim 11 wherein the funnel has at least one opening fluidly coupling the funnel to the reservoir.

13. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the dispenser comprises multiple reservoirs with siphon tubes and a siphon cap for each siphon tube.

14. The laundry treating appliance of claim 13 wherein the multiple reservoirs are arranged side-by-side.

15. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 further comprising a hinge mounting the closure to the cabinet and the hinge has a generally vertical axis.

16. A household appliance for treating an article according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising:

a cabinet defining an interior with an opening providing access to the interior;

a treating chamber located within the cabinet and accessible by the opening;

a closure movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively open close the opening and having a rear face confronting the treating chamber when the closure closes the opening;

a dispenser provided on the rear face and having at least one open-top reservoir with a siphon tube fluidly coupled to the treating chamber; and

a siphon cap received in the open top of the reservoir and extends around the siphon tube, at least one baffle extending into the reservoir from the siphon cap and laterally relative to the rear face to retard the flow of liquid within the reservoir, and a funnel closing the open top of the reservoir.

17. The household appliance of claim 16 wherein the at least one baffle extends the width of the reservoir.

18. The household appliance of claim 17 wherein the at least one baffle comprises another baffle oriented generally transverse to the laterally extending baffle.