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Treating agent shooting apparatus of laundry machine

US4429817A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 2, 1981
Grant dateFeb 7, 1984
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F39/022
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A treating agent dispensing apparatus of a laundry machine comprises a dispensing vessel rockable between a dispensing stand-by position wherein a treating agent is reservably received and a dispensing position wherein the reserved treating agent is discharged into a tank, a control lever movable between an original position, a treating agent feed position and vessel return and intermediate position, an interlocking mechanism moved by the control lever when the control lever is moved from the original position and to the vessel return position, whereby the dispensing vessel is rocked from the dispensing position to the dispensing stand-by position, and a treating agent feeding mechanism moved by the control lever when the control lever is moved from the vessel return position to the treating agent feed region, whereby a predetermined amount of treating agent from a storage source is fed into the dispensing vessel located in the dispensing stand-by position.

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