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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GRAVITY TO PRECISELY DOSE DETERGENT IN A WASHING MACHINE

  • US 20150330013A1
  • Filed: 05/16/2014
  • Published: 11/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An appliance for washing clothes, comprising:

  • a detergent storage tank;

    a drum;

    a diverter valve comprising;

    a detergent inlet in fluid communication with the detergent storage tank;

    an air vent in fluid communication with ambient air; and

    a detergent outlet; and

    wherein the diverter valve has an energized state wherein the detergent inlet is open and the air vent is closed, and a de-energized state wherein the detergent inlet is closed and the air vent is open; and

    a flow meter in fluid communication with the diverter valve and the drum.

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