Patent ID: 8221696
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A cartridge for a detergent dispensing device for an automatic washing machine adapted to dispense a plurality of doses each in a successive washing cycle, the device having selecting means to selectively direct wash liquor to each dose: the cartridge having a substantially cylindrical configuration with a plurality of chambers, each chamber containing detergent and having a wash liquor inlet located at a top end of the cartridge in an upright configuration in which a major axis of the cartridge is substantially vertical, and at least one outlet for detergent and wash liquor located towards a bottom end of the cartridge in the upright configuration, wherein the cartridge has at least one path that extends along the major axis through each chamber containing detergent, wherein the path is free from detergent and adapted to facilitate flow of load wash liquor from the cartridge; wherein the path is provided by a gap between a radially outermost edge of the detergent and wall of the cartridge and/or wherein one or more holes extend axially through the detergent to provide the path.