US 12,351,970 B2
Dispensing assembly for appliance
Sayer James Murphy, St. Joseph, MI (US); Christopher Aidan Hartnett, St. Joseph, MI (US); Tristan James VanFossen, Benton Harbor, MI (US); Scott E. Carpenter, Sawyer, MI (US); Joel Matthew Sells, Watervliet, MI (US); Brent Michael Burgess, Edwardsburg, MI (US); Richard Lee Hammond, Mattawan, MI (US); Gregory Edward Bauman, Stevensville, MI (US); and Demetrius Schaaf, St. Joseph, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/163,919.
Prior Publication US 2022/0243383 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/02 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing assembly for an appliance, comprising:
a cabinet defining a cartridge port;
a dispensing device coupled to the cabinet and extending into the cartridge port; and
a dispensing cartridge selectively received by the cartridge port, wherein the dispensing cartridge selectively engages the dispensing device when in an installed position within the cartridge port, and wherein the dispensing cartridge includes:
a nesting portion defining a first reservoir configured to house a first laundry chemistry, wherein an outer wall of the nesting portion at least partially defines a supplemental receiver; and
an insert portion defining a second reservoir configured to house a second laundry chemistry, wherein the nesting portion selectively receives the insert portion, and wherein the insert portion is selectively seated in the supplemental receiver laterally adjacent to at least a portion of the nesting portion, and further wherein the nesting portion is a first size greater than a second size of the insert portion to form the supplemental receiver and define a greater volume in the first reservoir compared to the second reservoir to hold different volumes of the first and second laundry chemistries that are configured to be dispensed in different quantities during a wash cycle.