公开(公告)号：US07340790B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-11

申请号：US10777240

申请日：2004-02-12

申请人： Yousef Georges Aouad ,  Liben Hailu ,  Terence Graham Curtis ,  Lawrence Joseph Kelly ,  William Wayne Wichman ,  Jonathan Norman Robert Hodges

发明人： Yousef Georges Aouad ,  Liben Hailu ,  Terence Graham Curtis ,  Lawrence Joseph Kelly ,  William Wayne Wichman ,  Jonathan Norman Robert Hodges

IPC分类号： D06F39/02

CPC分类号： D06F39/024

摘要： Disclosed are systems, methods, devices and kits for dispensing laundry additive materials into the drum of an automatic washing machine as that machine is used to carry out a fabric laundering operation. To bring about such dispensing of additives, a lidded housing structure is placed within the drum of an automatic washing machine, an insert, containing one or more laundry additives in each compartment, is placed within the lidded housing structure, the lid is closed and the machine is run through the several stages of its laundering cycle. Selectively actuatable puncturing element are provided to optionally open at least one compartment of the insert upon closing of the housing structure lid, thereby dispensing the contents of that opened compartment into the washing machine drum as wash additive materials and/or to open one or more compartments of the insert later in the laundering cycle to dispense contents of those compartments into the washing machine drum as rinse additive materials. The selectively actuatable puncturing element being activated by centrifugal force arising during the spin cycle of the laundering operation. In a multiple rinse cycle laundering operation, selectively actuatable puncturing element has a track and cam that allows for the dispensing of additives into the desired rinse cycle.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于将洗衣添加剂材料分配到自动洗衣机的滚筒中的系统，方法，装置和套件，因为该机器用于进行织物洗涤操作。 为了实现这种添加剂的分配，将带盖的外壳结构放置在自动洗衣机的滚筒内，在每个隔室中容纳一种或多种衣物添加剂的插入物放置在带盖的外壳结构内，盖子关闭， 机器经历了洗涤周期的几个阶段。 提供可选择地致动的穿刺元件以在封闭壳体结构盖子时可选地打开插入件的至少一个隔室，从而将打开的隔室的内容物作为洗涤添加剂材料分配到洗衣机鼓中和/或打开一个或多个隔室 在洗衣循环中稍后插入这些隔室的内容物作为漂洗添加剂材料分配到洗衣机桶中。 可选择性致动的穿刺元件由洗涤操作的旋转循环期间产生的离心力激活。 在多次冲洗循环洗涤操作中，可选择性致动的穿刺元件具有允许将添加剂分配到期望的漂洗循环中的轨道和凸轮。