Patent ID: 7219518
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A rigid housing structure, suitable for positioning within the drum of an automatic washing machine for fabric laundering and suitable for dispensing laundry additive materials into said drum from an insert to be held within said housing structure, which housing structure comprises a base suitable for holding a multi-compartmented insert containing laundry additive materials to be dispensed, an openable and closable lid for said base, said housing structure further comprising means for opening at least one but not all compartments of said multi-compartmented insert when the lid of said structure is closed with said multi-compartmented insert inside said structure, and additional means for opening at least one compartment of a multi-compartmented insert place therein other than the compartment opened when the lid of said structure is first closed, said additional opening means being activated by centrifugal force arising when said housing structure is positioned within said washing machine drum during the spin cycle of said laundering operation.