Patent ID: 6581800
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A47L,D06F

Abstract:
An apparatus for holding and dispensing metered doses of at least one active composition into a laundry washing, drying or dishwashing machine, comprising at least two separate compartments (5) for respectively receiving and dispensing at least one active composition, a mechanism (7) for opening the compartments (5), the opening mechanism (7) being operated by means inside the apparatus that are activated by a condition prevailing in an interior of the machine which occurs exclusively during a washing, drying or dishwashing cycle, and means for altering a position of the opening mechanism (7) and/or the compartment(s) (5) relative to one another after at least one of the compartments (5) has been emptied of active composition, such that at least one other of the compartments (5) may be opened by a subsequent activation of the opening mechanism (7).