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Detergent dispensing system for clothes washing machine or the like

  • US 4,862,711 A
  • Filed: 09/29/1988
  • Issued: 09/05/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A detergent dispensing system for a clothes washing machine, comprising:

  • (a) a single detergent container for selectively containing one of a plurality of kinds of powdered detergents which differ from one another in degree of detergency;

    (b) discharging means associated with the single detergent container so that a powdered detergent contained in the detergent container is discharged to an area communicating to a washing member while in a washing operation;

    (c) driving means for driving said discharging means so that said discharging means performs a detergent discharging operation;

    (d) a manually operated switch operatively associated with a plurality of displays corresponding to the detergency degrees of the plurality of powdered detergents to be selectively contained in the detergent container, said manually operated switch generating a signal in accordance with a desirable detergency degree when any one of the displays is selected; and

    (e) control means comprising a microcomputer provided with a storage unit having a data table for storing data of detergent feed amount in accordance with the respective degrees of detergency of the detergents to be selectively contained in said detergent container, said microcomputer operating to read out said data from the data table in response to the signal supplied thereto from the manually operated switch, thereby controlling the driving means so that an amount of detergent defined by the data read out is discharged.

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