Household cleaning appliance with a non-bulk dispensing system convertible to a household cleaning appliance with a bulk dispensing system
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1. A household cleaning appliance, comprising:
- a treating chamber; and
a non-bulk dispensing system including a set of walls forming at least one dispensing cup fluidly coupled with the treating chamber and wherein a portion of one of the set of walls is configured to be removed to create an opening in the one of the set of walls and wherein the non-bulk dispensing system is configured to receive a removable cartridge containing a treating chemistry that is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber via the opening when the portion is removed and the removable cartridge is received in the non-bulk dispensing system.
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Abstract
A household cleaning appliance having a treating chamber and a non-bulk dispensing system coupled with the treating chamber and having a portion of material configured to be removable wherein the non-bulk dispensing system is configured to receive a removable cartridge containing a treating chemistry when such material is removed.
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19 Claims
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1. A household cleaning appliance, comprising:
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a treating chamber; and a non-bulk dispensing system including a set of walls forming at least one dispensing cup fluidly coupled with the treating chamber and wherein a portion of one of the set of walls is configured to be removed to create an opening in the one of the set of walls and wherein the non-bulk dispensing system is configured to receive a removable cartridge containing a treating chemistry that is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber via the opening when the portion is removed and the removable cartridge is received in the non-bulk dispensing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A household cleaning appliance, comprising:
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a cabinet defining an interior; a treating chamber located within the interior; and a non-bulk dispensing system including a drawer having at least one dispensing cup and where the drawer is slidably mounted to the cabinet wherein the drawer is slidable between an opened position wherein the at least one dispensing cup is accessible by a user and a closed position wherein the drawer overlies a dispenser housing that is fluidly coupled with the treating chamber and wherein the at least one dispensing cup includes a removable portion of material that when removed creates a drawer opening through which a fluid outlet of a removable bulk dispensing cartridge, containing a treating chemistry, extends when the bulk dispensing cartridge is fully received within the at least one dispensing cup such that the fluid outlet of the removable bulk dispensing cartridge is fluidly coupled with the dispenser housing. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A household cleaning appliance, comprising:
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a treating chamber; and a non-bulk dispensing system including at least one dispensing cup fluidly coupled with the treating chamber and wherein the at least one dispensing cup includes a removable portion of material configured to form an opening in the at least one dispensing cup upon removal and wherein the non-bulk dispensing system is configured to receive a removable cartridge containing a treating chemistry when such material is removed and fluidly couple the removable cartridge to the treating chamber via the opening when the removable cartridge is received in the non-bulk dispensing system and wherein the at least one dispensing cup with the opening is further configured to be utilized as a non-bulk dispensing system.
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