US 12,247,343 B2
Household appliance with single-use dispenser for bulk dispenser filling
Sayer J. Murphy, Saint Joseph, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,150.
Application 17/563,150 is a division of application No. 16/708,981, filed on Dec. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,242,640.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,571, filed on Dec. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0120014 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/44 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/02 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4217 (2013.01); A47L 15/4463 (2013.01); A47L 15/449 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a household appliance having a treating chamber, a household water supply, a bulk dispenser fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, a single-use dispenser having a siphon, a first fluid passage fluidly coupled to a bulk treating chemistry reservoir and a second fluid passage fluidly coupled to the treating chamber and a diverter selectively fluidly coupling the siphon and the first fluid passage and second fluid passage, the method comprising: supplying water and utilizing a force of supplied water from the household water supply to actuate the diverter from a first diverter position where the siphon is fluidly coupled to the first fluid passage, to a second diverter position where the siphon is fluidly coupled to the second fluid passage.