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Automatically controlled washing machine

  • US 8,448,480 B2
  • Filed: 06/02/2008
  • Issued: 05/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automatically controlled washing machine, comprising:

  • a tub;

    a detergent dispensing facility disposed in an upper machine space of the automatically controlled washing machine, the detergent dispensing facility having at least one chamber for hand-dosed addition of a portion of one of a powder detergent and a liquid detergent and at least one supply channel to supply fresh water to the at least one chamber;

    at least one storage container disposed in the upper machine space to store one of liquid detergent aid and gel-type detergent aid;

    an automatic dosing facility assigned to the at least one storage container, the automatic dosing facility to automatically dose the one of the liquid detergent aid and the gel-type detergent aid stored in the at least one storage container, and the automatic dosing facility having a transfer line to supply a dose of the one of the liquid detergent aid and the gel-type detergent aid to the tub of the automatically controlled washing machine;

    wherein the at least one supply channel has a bypass having an inlet side and an outlet side; and

    wherein the inlet side of the bypass is fluidly connected to the supply channel and the outlet side of the bypass is fluidly connected to the transfer line.

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