Treating agent shooting apparatus of laundry machine
First Claim
1. A treating agent dispensing apparatus of a laundry machine having a tank comprising:
- storage means for storing an amount of a treating agent;
a treating agent dispensing vessel rockable between a dispensing stand-by position wherein a treating agent is reservably received and a dispensing position wherein the reserved treating agent is discharged into the tank;
driving means for rocking said treating agent dispensing vessel from said dispensing stand-by position to said dispensing position;
a control member movable between an original position, a treating agent feed position, and a dispensing vessel return position intermediate said original and said feed positions, said control member including a control lever rockable around a horizontal axis, said conrol lever rocking to engage said treating agent dispensing vessel as said control member is moved to said treating agent feed position, thereby responsively rocking said dispensing vessel to said dispensing stand-by position;
interlocking means operatively connected with said control member to be moved thereby when said control member is moved from said original position to said return position for rocking said treating agent dispensing vessel and returning said dispensing vessel from said dispensing position to said dispensing stand-by position; and
treating agent feeding means operatively connected with said control member to be moved thereby when said control member is moved from said vessel return position to said treating agent feed position for feeding a predetermined amount of treating agent from said treating agent storage means into said treating agent dispensing vessel while said dispensing vessel is in said dispensing stand-by position.
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Abstract
A treating agent dispensing apparatus of a laundry machine comprises a dispensing vessel rockable between a dispensing stand-by position wherein a treating agent is reservably received and a dispensing position wherein the reserved treating agent is discharged into a tank, a control lever movable between an original position, a treating agent feed position and vessel return and intermediate position, an interlocking mechanism moved by the control lever when the control lever is moved from the original position and to the vessel return position, whereby the dispensing vessel is rocked from the dispensing position to the dispensing stand-by position, and a treating agent feeding mechanism moved by the control lever when the control lever is moved from the vessel return position to the treating agent feed region, whereby a predetermined amount of treating agent from a storage source is fed into the dispensing vessel located in the dispensing stand-by position.
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14 Claims
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1. A treating agent dispensing apparatus of a laundry machine having a tank comprising:
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storage means for storing an amount of a treating agent; a treating agent dispensing vessel rockable between a dispensing stand-by position wherein a treating agent is reservably received and a dispensing position wherein the reserved treating agent is discharged into the tank; driving means for rocking said treating agent dispensing vessel from said dispensing stand-by position to said dispensing position; a control member movable between an original position, a treating agent feed position, and a dispensing vessel return position intermediate said original and said feed positions, said control member including a control lever rockable around a horizontal axis, said conrol lever rocking to engage said treating agent dispensing vessel as said control member is moved to said treating agent feed position, thereby responsively rocking said dispensing vessel to said dispensing stand-by position; interlocking means operatively connected with said control member to be moved thereby when said control member is moved from said original position to said return position for rocking said treating agent dispensing vessel and returning said dispensing vessel from said dispensing position to said dispensing stand-by position; and treating agent feeding means operatively connected with said control member to be moved thereby when said control member is moved from said vessel return position to said treating agent feed position for feeding a predetermined amount of treating agent from said treating agent storage means into said treating agent dispensing vessel while said dispensing vessel is in said dispensing stand-by position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A treating agent dispensing apparatus for a laundry machine of the type having a tank, said apparatus comprising:
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storage means for storing a quantity of treating agent therein; a treating agent dispensing vessel including means permitting said vessel to be pivotal about a first axis between a dispensing stand-by position wherein a predetermined amount of treating agent is reserveably contained in said vessel and a dispensing position wherein said treating agent contained in said vessel is discharged into said tank; control means pivotally moveable about a second axis between a first position, an intermediate position and an end position, said control means including lever means engaging a portion of said vessel to responsively pivot said vessel to said dispensing stand-by position when said lever means is pivotally moved from said first position to said intermediate position; treating agent feeding means for providing operative communication between said storage means and said veseel, said feeding means being operable in response to pivotal movement of said lever means between said intermediate position and said end position to discharge said predetermined amount of treating agent from said storage means into said vessel; and retaining and releasing means operatively connected to said vessel for retaining said vessel in said dispensing stand-by position and for releasing said vessel to permit pivotal movement thereof to said dispensing position at a preselected time during the operation of said laundry machine to discharge said predetermined amount of said treating agent into said tank at said predetermined time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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