Laundry treating appliance with dispenser having multiple lids

• US 10,584,438 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2017
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Original Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Inventors: Beaudreault, James J., Bhardwaj, Gaurav, Brown, Adam, Gijare, Pushkar P., Lyons, Eamon C., Viguier, Thibaut
• Primary Examiner(s): Tate-Sims, Cristi J
• Application Number:
  US15/486,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20180298543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,062 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 37/04 adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis
• 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 39/028 Arrangements for selectively supplying water to detergent compartments

Abstract

A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet, a treating chamber, and a treating chemistry dispenser provided with the cabinet and fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The dispenser includes multiple compartments for treating chemistry, including multiple powder chemistry compartments and multiple liquid chemistry compartments. A cover for the dispenser includes a first lid selectively covering the multiple power chemistry compartments and a second lid selectively covering the multiple liquid chemistry compartments.

Claims

1. A laundry treating appliance comprising:

a cabinet comprising a treating chamber;

a treating chemistry dispenser provided with the cabinet and fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, the treating chemistry dispenser comprising;

multiple powder chemistry compartments configured to receive and dispense powder chemistry, the multiple powder chemistry compartments each having a water inlet positioned to flush treating chemistry through an open bottom portion by gravity;

multiple liquid chemistry compartments configured to receive and dispense liquid chemistry, the multiple liquid chemistry compartments each having a siphon duct to dispense the liquid chemistry by a water siphon; and

a cover comprising;

a first lid selectively covering the multiple powder chemistry compartments;

a second lid selectively covering the multiple liquid chemistry compartments, the first and second lids independently openable; and

a single hinge pin on which both the first and second lids are mounted for independent movement between a closed and open position about an axis of rotation defined by the hinge pin;

wherein one of the first and second lids has a clearance fit with the hinge pin such that the one of the first and second lids will rotate relative to and freely about the hinge pin and the other one of the first and second lids has an interference fit with the hinge pin such that the other one of the first and second lids will rotate with the hinge pin such that the hinge pin will rotate along with the other one of the first and second lids.

2. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1, wherein the first lid includes markings indicating the type of treating chemistry to load in each of the multiple powder chemistry compartments and the second lid includes markings indicating the type of treating chemistry to load in each of the multiple liquid chemistry compartments.

3. The laundry treating appliance of claim 2, wherein the first and second lids each include an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface, wherein the markings are provided on both the outer surface and inner surface of the first and second lids.

4. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1, wherein the treating chemistry dispenser further comprises a dispenser container in which the multiple powder chemistry compartments and multiple liquid chemistry compartments are provided, and wherein the first and second lids are coupled with the dispenser container.

5. The laundry treating appliance of claim 4, wherein the treating chemistry dispenser comprises first and second hinge barrels receiving the hinge pin, and wherein the first hinge barrel comprises a first knuckle provided on the dispenser container and a second knuckle provided on the first lid, and the second hinge barrel comprises a third knuckle provided on the dispenser container and a fourth knuckle provided on the second lid.

6. The laundry treating appliance of claim 5, wherein the first and third knuckles of the dispenser container have a clearance fit with the hinge pin such that the hinge pin is rotatable relative to the dispenser container.

7. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1, wherein at least one of the multiple powder chemistry compartments is further adapted to receive and dispense liquid treating chemistry.

8. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1, wherein the multiple powder chemistry compartments are arranged in juxtaposition with the multiple liquid chemistry compartments and the first lid is arranged in juxtaposition with the second lid.

9. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1, wherein each of the multiple powder chemistry compartments and the multiple liquid chemistry compartments are adapted to receive a single dose of treating chemistry for one cycle of operation of the laundry treating appliance.

10. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1, wherein at least one of the multiple powder chemistry compartments has a dispensing opening fluidly coupled to the treating chamber and at least one of the multiple liquid chemistry compartments has the siphon fluidly coupled to the treating chamber.

11. The laundry treating appliance of claim 10 wherein at least one of the powder chemistry compartments has an open bottom.

12. The laundry treating appliance of claim 11 wherein the multiple powder chemistry compartments are arranged in a first group, the multiple liquid chemistry compartments are arranged in a second group, and the first and second groups are linearly arranged.