Patent ID: 6301734
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A bulk dispenser adapted for mounting to an agitator of a washing machine, said agitator having an upper end, said bulk dispenser comprising:a dispenser housing having side walls and a bottom wall forming a dispensing chamber, said side walls forming an open upper end;a storage housing having side walls, a bottom wall, and a top wall forming a storage chamber, a dispensing opening being formed in one of said housing walls;a first attachment mechanism attaching said dispenser and said storage housings together so that said storage housing is at least partially within said dispensing chamber with said dispensing opening positioned a predetermined distance above said bottom wall of said dispenser housing;a dispenser valve within said dispensing opening of said dispenser housing and being movable from an open position providing fluid communication through said dispensing opening from said storage chamber to said dispensing chamber to a closed position preventing fluid communication through said dispensing opening from said storage chamber to said dispensing chamber; andsecond attachment mechanism connected to one of said dispenser and storage housings and being adapted to mount said dispenser and storage housings to said agitator.