US 12,239,276 B2
Dosing unit and water-bearing household appliance
Jürgen Rauch, Munich (DE); Alexander Schiele, Munich (DE); Jakob Schultz, Munich (DE); and Alexander Sing, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited, Slough (GB); and BSH Hausgeräte GMBH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/905,768
Filed by Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited, Slough (GB); and BSH Hausgeräte GMBH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/057203
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/191118, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2004309 (GB), filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0111550 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/44 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4463 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4445 (2013.01); A47L 15/4472 (2013.01); D06F 39/026 (2013.01); A47L 2401/023 (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 detergent tablets, the dosing unit comprising:
a storage cartridge for storing a plurality of the detergent tablets; and
a dosing device for releasing a respective one of the detergent tablets, wherein the storage cartridge includes a tubular section for storing the plurality of detergent tablets ordered in a line one behind another, wherein a central axis of the tubular section forms a spiral path; and
wherein the dosing unit or the storage cartridge is configured to be turned about an axis (X) through a center of the spiral path perpendicular to the spiral path for transporting the detergent tablets along the tubular section.