US 12,338,566 B2
Case and washing machine
Yui Kumon, Osaka (JP); and Masaru Misumi, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/037,302
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/041814
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/107703, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-190891 (JP), filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0018713 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/02 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A case accommodating a washing treatment agent to be dispensed to a washing machine tank of a washing machine, the case comprising:
a main body portion including a bottom portion configured to receive the washing treatment agent; and
a water supply portion configured to supply water to the main body portion,
wherein the bottom portion includes an upper surface including one end portion, the one end portion being positioned above another end portion in a first direction,
the upper surface further includes an inclined portion having a first gradient varying in the first direction, the first gradient indicating a ratio of a distance in a vertical direction to a distance in the first direction,
the inclined portion includes at least one increasing portion, the first gradient of the at least one increasing portion in the first direction increasing in a downward direction from the one end portion toward the other end portion in the first direction,
the inclined portion further includes at least one decreasing portion, the first gradient of the at least one decreasing portion in the first direction decreasing in the downward direction from the one end portion toward the other end portion in the first direction,
the inclined portion further includes a gradient portion that is a downward gradient descending from a side of the one end portion toward a side of the other end portion in the first direction, and
the gradient portion includes a largest part where the gradient portion changes from an upward gradient to a downward gradient in a second direction intersecting the first direction.