Washing machine treatment medium dispensing drawer
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1. An automatically controlled washing machine, comprising:
- a machine body;
a dispensing mechanism, arranged in the machine body to dispense powdered, liquid or gel-form laundry treatment media, said dispensing mechanism including a drawer with no bottom floor surface and at least one container having a bottom to hold the laundry treatment media, the drawer being accessible from a front of the machine body via a front handle and has a guide frame connected to the front handle and provided with at least one window-like recess forming a through-opening in the guide frame such that the guide frame has an open bottom, the guide frame including an edge at a perimeter of the through-opening, the through-opening being structured and dimensioned for insertion therethrough of the at least one container such that the container is suspended into the through-opening from the edge of the guide frame and at least a portion of the at least one container'"'"'s weight is supported by the edge of the guide frame; and
a device to automatically feed laundry treatment medium from the container into a treatment process.
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Abstract
An automatically controlled washing machine has a machine body and a dispensing mechanism which is arranged in the machine body and intended to dispense powdered, liquid or gel-form laundry treatment media. The dispensing mechanism includes a drawer which is accessible from a front of the machine body via a front handle. The drawer has a guide frame which is connected to the front handle and has at least one window-like recess for insertion of at least one container which accepts laundry treatment media and is connectable to the guide frame. A device automatically feeds laundry treatment medium from the container into a treatment process.
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1. An automatically controlled washing machine, comprising:
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a machine body; a dispensing mechanism, arranged in the machine body to dispense powdered, liquid or gel-form laundry treatment media, said dispensing mechanism including a drawer with no bottom floor surface and at least one container having a bottom to hold the laundry treatment media, the drawer being accessible from a front of the machine body via a front handle and has a guide frame connected to the front handle and provided with at least one window-like recess forming a through-opening in the guide frame such that the guide frame has an open bottom, the guide frame including an edge at a perimeter of the through-opening, the through-opening being structured and dimensioned for insertion therethrough of the at least one container such that the container is suspended into the through-opening from the edge of the guide frame and at least a portion of the at least one container'"'"'s weight is supported by the edge of the guide frame; and a device to automatically feed laundry treatment medium from the container into a treatment process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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