Laundry treatment appliance with water softening system
US12270142B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 2022 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F2105/52
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A laundry treatment appliance having a laundry treatment chamber adapted to receive laundry to be treated, a treatment agent delivery system configured to store an amount of treatment agent sufficient for performing a plurality of treatment cycles, and to deliver a treatment agent dose towards the laundry treatment chamber, the treatment agent dose being a fraction of the stored amount of treatment agent, a water supply unit configured to supply fresh water having a first level of hardness to the laundry treatment appliance, and a water softening system configured to selectively receive the fresh water from the water supply unit and to selectively provide softened water having a second level of hardness lower than the first level of hardness to said treatment agent delivery system.
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