US 11,668,044 B2
Method of dispensing treating chemistries in a laundry treating appliance
Marcos L. Costa, Joinville (BR); Diogo M. Rodrigues, Rio Claro (BR); and Rui Silva, Rio Claro (BR)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/38,948.
Application 17/038,948 is a division of application No. 16/005,805, filed on Jun. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,815,607.
Prior Publication US 2021/0010186 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/024 (2013.01) [D06F 39/022 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of dispensing at least two treating chemistries during a cycle of operation in a laundry treating appliance having a clothes mover defining an inner chamber and rotatable about a vertical axis within a treating chamber, the method comprising:
non-centrifugally dispensing a first treating chemistry into the treating chamber from a dispenser located within the inner chamber, the dispenser comprising:
a cap having a first dividing wall;
a divider having a divider body and a second dividing wall extending beyond the divider body to define a tab receivable within the first dividing wall, the second dividing wall separating and partially forming at least a first dispensing compartment and a second dispensing compartment which are fluidly separate from each other and fluidly coupled to the treating chamber; and
a funnel in which the divider is received, the funnel having ribs that circumscribe an interior of the funnel, wherein the cap and the divider are removable;
wherein the first treating chemistry is dispensed from the first dispensing compartment; and
centrifugally dispensing a second treating chemistry into the treating chamber from the second dispensing compartment.