Patent ID: 8056374

Claim:
A washing machine having a body and an interior section of the body, the washing machine comprising: a pedestal located beneath the body and supporting the washing machine, the pedestal comprising a drawer operative to slide into and out of the pedestal; a first storage container having a first float switch and a second storage container having a second float switch, the first storage container and the second storage container each located in the drawer, the first float switch and the second float switch each operatively connected to a controller, the controller being configured to provide an indication when either a first content of the first storage container or a second content of the second storage container is below a preset level; a peristaltic pump located in the pedestal and operatively connected to the controller; a manifold located in the pedestal and in fluid communication with the peristaltic pump, the first storage container, and the second storage container, the manifold having at least one valve operative to allow the peristaltic pump to pump the first content from the first storage container without delivering the second content from the second storage container, the peristaltic pump being operative to pump the first content from the first storage container includes the peristaltic pump being operative to pump the first content from the first storage container by application of a head by the peristaltic pump directly to the first content of the first storage container without causing an increase in a pressure inside the first storage container that would result in a flow of the first content from the first storage container, the first content of the first storage container comprising a fluid, the fluid comprising at least one cleaning additive; a leak sensor operative to detect when either the first storage container or the second storage container contain has a leak, the leak sensor located in the drawer and operatively connected to the controller, the controller being configured to provide a leak indication upon receiving a signal from the leak sensor; a piping system operatively connecting the first storage container, the second storage container, and the manifold to the peristaltic pump and the interior section.