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Laundry treating appliance with cleaning system for residual treating chemistry

  • US 8,875,548 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2010
  • Issued: 11/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a laundry treating appliance comprising a treating chemistry dispensing system having a dispenser and a removable cartridge defining a reservoir having a first connector releasably coupled to a second connector on an inlet of a pump for the dispenser, the method comprising directly spraying at least one of the first connector of the removable cartridge for the laundry treating appliance or the second connector of the pump for the laundry treating appliance with a cleaning fluid, wherein the spraying of the cleaning fluid at least partially removes any residual treating chemistry on the at least one of the first or second connectors for the laundry treating appliance and the directly spraying is done when the reservoir is uncoupled from the inlet.

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