Household cleaning appliance with a dispensing system operable between a single use dispensing system and a bulk dispensing system
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1. A household cleaning appliance configured to execute a cleaning cycle, comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior;
a treating chamber located within the interior for receiving an article for cleaning; and
a dispensing system having a drawer, comprising;
a set of manual dispensing chambers where each manual dispensing chamber is configured to store a single dose of treating chemistry that is dispensed to the treating chamber as part of an execution of the cleaning cycle and the set of manual dispensing chambers are located within the drawer on a first side or a second side and are at least partially aligned along at least a portion of a length of the drawer; and
at least one bulk compartment within the drawer on an other of the first side or the second side and where the at least one bulk compartment extends frontward such that at least a portion of the at least one bulk compartment is adjacent to a forward most of the set of manual dispensing chambers and the at least one bulk compartment extends rearward such that the at least one bulk compartment extends beyond the forward most of the set of manual dispensing chambers, the at least one bulk compartment configured to receive a bulk dispensing cartridge capable of storing multiple doses of treating chemistry, at least a portion of which is dispensable to the treating chamber as part of the execution of the cleaning cycle;
wherein the drawer is configured to be slideably moveable between an opened position, where at least a portion of the drawer is accessible exteriorly of the cabinet, and a closed position, where the at least a portion of the drawer is within the cabinet and the drawer is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber.
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Abstract
In a household cleaning appliance configured to execute a cleaning cycle on an article, having a non-bulk dispensing system that stores a single dose of treating chemistry that the dispensing system dispenses to the treating chamber in total as part of the execution of the cleaning cycle, the method includes adding bulk dispensing functionality to the non-bulk dispensing system for operating the dispensing system as a bulk dispensing system.
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1. A household cleaning appliance configured to execute a cleaning cycle, comprising:
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a cabinet defining an interior; a treating chamber located within the interior for receiving an article for cleaning; and a dispensing system having a drawer, comprising; a set of manual dispensing chambers where each manual dispensing chamber is configured to store a single dose of treating chemistry that is dispensed to the treating chamber as part of an execution of the cleaning cycle and the set of manual dispensing chambers are located within the drawer on a first side or a second side and are at least partially aligned along at least a portion of a length of the drawer; and at least one bulk compartment within the drawer on an other of the first side or the second side and where the at least one bulk compartment extends frontward such that at least a portion of the at least one bulk compartment is adjacent to a forward most of the set of manual dispensing chambers and the at least one bulk compartment extends rearward such that the at least one bulk compartment extends beyond the forward most of the set of manual dispensing chambers, the at least one bulk compartment configured to receive a bulk dispensing cartridge capable of storing multiple doses of treating chemistry, at least a portion of which is dispensable to the treating chamber as part of the execution of the cleaning cycle; wherein the drawer is configured to be slideably moveable between an opened position, where at least a portion of the drawer is accessible exteriorly of the cabinet, and a closed position, where the at least a portion of the drawer is within the cabinet and the drawer is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A household cleaning appliance configured to execute a cleaning cycle, comprising:
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a cabinet defining an interior; a treating chamber located within the interior for receiving an article for cleaning; and a dispensing system having a drawer, comprising; at least two manual dispensing chambers with the at least two manual dispensing chambers each configured to store a single dose of treating chemistry that is dispensed to the treating chamber as part of an execution of the cleaning cycle and the at least two manual dispensing chambers are located within the drawer on a left side or a right side along at least a portion of a length of the drawer such that the at least two manual dispensing chambers are one in front of another to define a forward most manual dispensing chamber and a rear most manual dispensing chamber; and a bulk compartment within the drawer on an other of the right side or the left side and where the bulk compartment extends frontward such that at least a portion of the bulk compartment is adjacent to a portion of the forward most of the forward most manual dispensing chamber and the bulk compartment extends rearward such that the bulk compartment extends rearwardly beyond the forward most manual dispensing chamber, the bulk compartment configured to receive a bulk dispensing cartridge capable of storing multiple doses of treating chemistry, at least portion of which is dispensable to the treating chamber as part of the execution of the cleaning cycle; wherein the drawer is configured to be slideably moveable between an opened position, where at least a portion of the drawer is accessible exteriorly of the cabinet, and a closed position, where the at least a portion of the drawer is within the cabinet and the drawer is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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