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Device for repeated, automatic metering of doses of a powdered detergent in water-conducting cleaning machines

  • US 5,413,259 A
  • Filed: 11/23/1993
  • Issued: 05/09/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a water-conducting cleaning machine having a processing vessel, a device for repeated, automatic metering of doses of a powdered detergent, comprising:

  • a detergent holder having an interior and an outlet opening;

    a metering and dispensing device disposed below said outlet opening and having at least one indentation with an interior for receiving individual doses of a powdered detergent from said outlet opening and for feeding the individual doses to the processing vessel in a dispensing position thereof;

    a duct communicating with said metering and dispensing device;

    a compressed air generator connected with said duct and communicating with said metering and dispensing device through said duct, said compressed air generator generating a flow of compressed air continuously acting upon the interior of said detergent holder and acting upon the interior of said indentation in the dispensing position thereof for ejecting the detergent from the interior of said indentation with the compressed air.

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