Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GRAVITY TO PRECISELY DOSE DETERGENT IN A WASHING MACHINE
- Patent Title (中): 在洗衣机中使用精密剂量洗涤剂的方法和装置
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Application No.: US15265917Application Date: 2016-09-15
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Publication No.: US20170002500A1Publication Date: 2017-01-05
- Inventor: CHRISTOPH J. MILLER
- Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MI BENTON HARBOR
- Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MI BENTON HARBOR
- Main IPC: D06F39/02
- IPC: D06F39/02 ; G05B19/042 ; D06F39/00 ; D06F37/30 ; D06F35/00 ; D06F33/02
Abstract:
An appliance for washing clothes includes a detergent storage tank and a drum. Between the detergent storage tank and the drum is a diverter valve which has a detergent inlet connected to the detergent storage tank, an air vent connected to ambient air, and a detergent outlet. The diverter valve has an energized state wherein the detergent inlet is open and the air vent is closed, and a de-energized state wherein the detergent inlet is closed and the air vent is open. The appliance also has a flow meter connected to the diverter valve and the drum.
Public/Granted literature
- US09938654B2 Method and apparatus for using gravity to precisely dose detergent in a washing machine Public/Granted day:2018-04-10
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