HOUSEHOLD CLEANING APPLIANCE WITH A DISPENSING SYSTEM OPERABLE BETWEEN A SINGLE USE DISPENSING SYSTEM AND A BULK DISPENSING SYSTEM
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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 drum is vertical; and
a dispensing system, comprising;
a non-bulk dispensing system that is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber;
a drawer storing multiple doses of a liquid treating chemistry, where the drawer is configured to be slideably moveable between an opened position and a closed position, where the drawer is within the cabinet; and
a treating chemistry meter operable to couple the drawer to the non-bulk dispensing system when the drawer is in the closed position to control the dosing of the liquid treating chemistry from the drawer to the non-bulk dispensing system such that the non-bulk dispensing system is provided with functionality of a bulk dispensing system.
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Abstract
In a household cleaning appliance configured to execute a cleaning cycle on an article, having a non-bulk dispensing system that stores a single dose of treating chemistry that the dispensing system dispenses to the treating chamber in total as part of the execution of the cleaning cycle, the method includes adding bulk dispensing functionality to the non-bulk dispensing system for operating the dispensing system as a bulk dispensing system.
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1. A household cleaning appliance configured to execute a cleaning cycle on an article, comprising:
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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 drum is vertical; and a dispensing system, comprising; a non-bulk dispensing system that is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber; a drawer storing multiple doses of a liquid treating chemistry, where the drawer is configured to be slideably moveable between an opened position and a closed position, where the drawer is within the cabinet; and a treating chemistry meter operable to couple the drawer to the non-bulk dispensing system when the drawer is in the closed position to control the dosing of the liquid treating chemistry from the drawer to the non-bulk dispensing system such that the non-bulk dispensing system is provided with functionality of a bulk dispensing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a laundry treating appliance configured to execute a cleaning cycle on a laundry article, having a non-bulk dispensing system including at least one non-bulk laundry aid compartment fluidly coupled to a treating chamber, wherein the at least one non-bulk laundry aid compartment stores a single dose of treating chemistry that the dispensing system dispenses to the treating chamber in total as part of the execution of the cleaning cycle, a method comprising:
adding bulk dispensing functionality to the non-bulk dispensing system by including a drawer, storing multiple doses of a liquid treating chemistry, within a cabinet of the laundry treating appliance wherein the drawer is fluidly coupled to the non-bulk dispensing system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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