Patent ID: 8448480

Claim:
An automatically controlled washing machine, comprising: a tub; a detergent dispensing facility disposed in an upper machine space of the automatically controlled washing machine, the detergent dispensing facility having at least one chamber for hand-dosed addition of a portion of one of a powder detergent and a liquid detergent and at least one supply channel to supply fresh water to the at least one chamber; at least one storage container disposed in the upper machine space to store one of liquid detergent aid and gel-type detergent aid; an automatic dosing facility assigned to the at least one storage container, the automatic dosing facility to automatically dose the one of the liquid detergent aid and the gel-type detergent aid stored in the at least one storage container, and the automatic dosing facility having a transfer line to supply a dose of the one of the liquid detergent aid and the gel-type detergent aid to the tub of the automatically controlled washing machine; wherein the at least one supply channel has a bypass having an inlet side and an outlet side; and wherein the inlet side of the bypass is fluidly connected to the supply channel and the outlet side of the bypass is fluidly connected to the transfer line.