Patent ID: 7421867

Claim:
A laundry washing machine having a washing agent dispenser which comprises at least a movable body defining a space or compartment for containing a dose of a respective washing agent, said space having a loading mouth open according to a respective first axis, a housing for said movable body and means for carrying into said space a flow of liquid able to withdraw said washing agent, said movable body being mounted in said housing in such a way as to be able to assume a first position, for the manual admission of said washing agent into said space through said loading mouth, and a second position, for the withdrawal of said washing agent from said space by means of said flow of liquid, wherein said movable body is pivotally supported in said housing to move angularly from said first to said second position and vice versa around a second axis that is substantially perpendicular or anyway transverse relative to said first axis of said loading mouth, and wherein said housing comprises a casing in which said movable body is substantially enclosed, said casing having a respective upper opening, in said first position said loading mouth of said movable body being substantially aligned to said upper opening, a lid is movably mounted relative to said casing, which lid is capable of assuming an inoperative position, in which said upper opening is open, and an operative position, in which said upper opening is obstructed, and the washing agent dispenser further comprises transmission means, to transfer to said movable body a movement imparted to said lid, in order to move said movable body from said second position to said first position.