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Solid detergent dispensing system

  • US 5,262,132 A
  • Filed: 09/24/1992
  • Issued: 11/16/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In combination an elongate solid detergent bar and an apparatus for dissolving said elongated solid detergent bar and dispensing dissolved detergent said combination comprising:

  • an outer wall, an elongated chute spaced from said outer wall and having an open top and an open bottom and having a cross-sectional configuration;

    a planar support beneath said elongated chute spaced from said open bottom providing a gap of a predetermined height between said elongated chute and said planar support;

    a solid detergent bar having a cross-sectional configuration substantially the same as the cross-sectional configuration of said elongated chute, said solid detergent bar resting in said elongated chute supported by said planar support whereby only a lower cross-sectional portion of said solid detergent bar is exposed at said gap, said lower cross-sectional portion having a thickness equal to said predetermined height;

    means to project water at said gap and drain beyond said gap;

    whereby said exposed portion of said solid detergent bar at said gap is dissolved by water projected at said gap and as said exposed portion is dissolved and removed by water flowing toward said drain, fresh solid detergent bar advances into said gap to provide a new lower cross-sectional portion of said solid detergent bar.

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