Door structure for washing appliance

• US 3,289,896 A
• Filed: 10/18/1965
• Issued: 12/06/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Donald S. Cushing
• Original Assignee: Donald S. Cushing
• Inventors: Cushing, Donald S.
• Application Number:
  US04/496,948
• Time in Patent Office: 414 Days
• US Class Current: 222/154
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4418 in the form of liquids A47L15/4409, A47L15/4436, A47L15/4445 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/0007 for discrete indicating and measuring G01F23/02 - G01F23/28 take precedence

Claims

1. A DOOR STRUCTURE FOR THE WASH CHAMBER OF A WASHING APPLIANCE COMPRISING:

(A) A DOOR PIVOTAL ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS BETWEEN CLOSED AND OPEN POSITIONES, (B) DISPENSER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID DOOR AND INCLUDING A LIQUID STORAGE CHAMBER, AND (C) HOLLOW INDICATOR MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID STORAGE CHAMBER AND HAVING A TRANSPARENT PORTION DISPOSED ABOVE A PREDETERMINED SUPPLY DEPLETION LEVEL IN SAID STORAGE CHAMBER WHEN SAID DOOR IS IN SAID CLOSED POSITION BUT BELOW SAID STORAGE CHAMBER WHEN SAID DOOR IN SAID OPEN POSITION, (D) SAID TRANSPARENT PORTION BEING VISIBLE FROM OUTSIDE THE WASHING APPLIANCE WHEN SAID DOOR IS IN SAID CLOSED POSITION, (E) SAID INDICATOR MEANS AND SAID STORAGE CHAMBER HAVING AT LEAST ONE POINT OF COMMUNICATION IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID STORAGE CHAMBER WHEN SAID DOOR IS IN SAID OPEN POSITION WHEREBY SAID INDICATOR MEANS IS ADAPTED TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY FILLED WITH LIQUID FROM SAID STORAGE CHAMBER WHEN SAID DOOR IS IN SAID OPEN POSITION, (F) SAID INDICATOR MEANS AND SAID STORAGE CHAMBER HAVING A POINT OF COMMUNCIATION AT SAID SUPPLY DEPLETION LEVEL WHEN SAID DOOR IS IN SAID CLOSED POSITION WHEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY ALL THE LIQUID IN SAID INDICATOR MEANS IS FREE TO FLOW INTO SAID STORAGE CHAMBER WHEN THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID IN SAID STORAGE CHAMBER DROPS BELOW SAID PREDETERMINED SUPPLY DEPLETION LEVEL.