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Detergent dispenser

  • US 6,773,668 B1
  • Filed: 04/17/2000
  • Issued: 08/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for dispensing a use solution from a solid detergent into a washing machine, comprising the steps of:

  • a. placing a solid detergent having a bottom in a dispenser, the dispenser having a chamber, the chamber defining a cavity and including a water inlet and a water outlet, and the cavity being configured and arranged to receive the solid detergent;

    b. supplying water to the water inlet of the dispenser, wherein the water is supplied to a level within the cavity of the chamber thereby having contact with the solid detergent;

    c. flooding the cavity with water from the bottom of the solid detergent;

    d. dissolving a relatively small portion of the solid detergent in the water and forming a use solution, the solid detergent being dispensed completely over more than one flooding of water within the cavity; and

    e. releasing the use solution from the dispense via the water outlet, wherein the use solution flows out of the chamber through the water outlet and into the washing machine.

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