US 12,239,275 B2
Dosing unit, water bearing household appliance and method
Alberto Buogo, Hull (GB); Jakob Schultz, Munich (DE); Alexander Schiele, Munich (DE); Henry Matthew Lawrence Fletcher, Cambridgeshire (GB); Iain Christopher Smith, Cambridgeshire (GB); Joshua Carr, Cambridgeshire (GB); Jelmer Jeroen Kuiper, Enschede (NL); Bram Alexander Norp, Enschede (NL); Edwin Petrus Elisabeth Van Opstal, Enschede (NL); and Gerhard Jan Pape, Enschede (GB)
Assigned to Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited, Slough (GB); and BSH Hausgeräte GMBH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/617,719
Filed by RECKITT BENCKISER (BRANDS) LIMITED, Berkshire (GB); and BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068898
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/004971, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19185118 (EP), filed on Jul. 9, 2019; and application No. 1909824 (GB), filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233052 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/44 (2006.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4463 (2013.01) [A47L 15/00 (2013.01); A47L 15/0015 (2013.01); A47L 15/0055 (2013.01); A47L 15/4436 (2013.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.02); D06F 39/026 (2013.01); A47L 2501/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dosing unit for use in an automatic dosing system of a water-bearing household appliance, for automatically dosing a dosing amount of a solid detergent, the dosing unit comprising:
a storage cartridge for storing a bulk of the solid detergent; and
a dosing device for separating the dosing amount from the bulk and releasing the separated dosing amount by linearly displacing a sliding element from a separating position to a release position,
wherein the dosing device comprises a dosing channel,
wherein, when the sliding element is in the separating position, the dosing channel is configured for receiving at least the dosing amount from the bulk and intermediately storing the dosing amount in a pre-dosing position, and, when the sliding element is in the release position, the dosing device is configured for releasing the dosing amount intermediately stored in the pre-dosing position, and wherein the sliding element is configured for poking upwards into the bulk for loosening the bulk.