CA1234296A - Device for washing in a machine with a liquid detergent and process for employing the said device - Google Patents
Device for washing in a machine with a liquid detergent and process for employing the said deviceInfo
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- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Abstract
A B S T R A C T
Device for washing linen in a machine with a liquid detergent and process employing the said device The device incorporates a body (41) and a cover-assembly (42). The latter has vents (47) and can be screwed onto the body (41). In use, with the cover (42) removed, the body (41) is filled through the opening (44) with liquid detergent up to the chosen level A or B. The cover (42) is then fixed and then the device is intro-duced into the drum of the machine where the linen is al-ready present. During washing, the detergent is gradually distributed outwards by passing through the vents (47).
Application to washing linen in a machine.
Device for washing linen in a machine with a liquid detergent and process employing the said device The device incorporates a body (41) and a cover-assembly (42). The latter has vents (47) and can be screwed onto the body (41). In use, with the cover (42) removed, the body (41) is filled through the opening (44) with liquid detergent up to the chosen level A or B. The cover (42) is then fixed and then the device is intro-duced into the drum of the machine where the linen is al-ready present. During washing, the detergent is gradually distributed outwards by passing through the vents (47).
Application to washing linen in a machine.
Description
:~23~ 6 Ike present invention relates to the field of washing linen in a machine and its subject us a device designed for employing a process for washing and cleaning linen in a machine, with a liquid detergent, of the type described in Canadian Application 479,281, filed on April 16, 1985 for "Process for washing linen in a machine with a liquid detergent and device for its application" in the name of the Applicant Company. The invention thus relates to a device, in general reweldable, which is first willed with liquid detergent, and then placed in the drum of the machine with the linen to be washed. The detergent held in the device is distributed gradually into the washing medium and into ye linen present in the machine.
The above mentioned patent already provides examples thus-treating such devices for employing the washing process. In an embodiment, the device incorporates a filling orifice and vents for gradual release of the liquid within the linen which is being washed.
The subject of the present invention is an improved device belonging to the general type just described.
The invention consequently relates to a device for washing linen in a machine with a liquid detergent, the said device incorpo-rating at least one filling orifice and a plurality of vents which are adapted for gradual release of the liquid within the fabrics during washing, the said device being characterized in that it is of a substantially spherical shape has a flattening enabling it to remain in a stable position on a horizontal surface, said filling orifice and vents king formed in an inwardly extending funnel-shaped reentrant wall diametrically opposite the flattening, with the vents spaced around and adjacent to the outer periphery of the reentrant wall and the filling orifice located in the inner section thereof, and that said device contains a measured quantity of said liquid detergent.
The invention also relates to the following characteristics, considered in isolation or in accordance with all their technically possible combinations:
- the device has a flattening enabling it to remain in a stable position on a horizontal surface;
- the flattening is diametrically opposite the filling orifice;
- the device has a substantially spherical body equipped with an opening and an added assembly, the said ~23~6 assembly covering the said opening and being intended for filling with and/or d;stribueing the liquid;
- the body and the assembly for a practically continuous spherical outer surface, the device thus have in the general appearance of a ball;
- thy assembly us mounted on the body in a remove able wanner, for example in the form of a quick mounting by rotation or by pressure;
- the assembly is mounted on the body permanently;
- the assembly incorporates a plurality of vents distributed circu~ferentially in a uniform manner;
- the assembly is removable and incorporates no orifices apart from eke distribution vents;
- the assembly is mounted permanently and incur-prorates at least one central filling orifice and vents distributed at its periphery;
the filling orifice has the shape of a funnel entering inside the body;
- the end face of the funnel, situated inside the body, is closed by a Hall and the funnel has holes used for filling;
- the assembly incorporates grasping jeans facilitating access to the grasping means;
- the spherical body is interrupted by a crown-shaped planar surface surrounding its opening concentric Cole;
- the body is jade of a material which prompts thy user to see the level of liquid present in the body during filling;
the body has external markings corresponding to various liquid levels.
An essential characteris~ir of the present invent ton lies in the general spherical shape ox the device the latter thus has the appearance of a ball. Such a ball is extremely easy to handle and eon place in the dun of the washing machine. After having introduced the linen into the latter, it is sufficient to place the bell on the linen. During operation, the liquid detergent held in the ball is gradually and uniformly spread in the ~23~96 washing medium the end of the washing cycle the ball is perfectly clean and free from both water and liquid de~ergsnt. In effect no retention of liquid is found.
~ithout~~ishing to be bound by any theory, it is thought that this advantageous effect is due to the fact that as the drum rotates the centrifugal force acting on the move in ball results in removal of any liquid which may be present on the latter.
The invention Jill be further illustraecd in the following description, with the aid of concrete examples of embodiment. It goes without saying however, that the invention is not restricted in any Jay to such exemplary devices. Thus, the diameter and the number of vents de-pond solely on the viscosity of the liquid detergent.
Surprisingly, it has been found that the use of a device according to the invention afforded a marked imp prevent in performance during the washing of linen in a machine. This improvement is very clearly parked in machines having physical loss systems resulting on deter-gent losses, as already mentioned in the French Patent referred to earlier. The improvement is still appreciable in many case in machines which do not incorporate such physical loss Yates for example a program system or other, and this by virtue of the fact that the bell which Z5 is placed within the l1non Provides a measured and grad-vat delivery of the liquid in the linen, which is found to be generally ~avourable for washing efficiency.
In the attached drawings:
Fig. 1 is a device according to thy invention, sewn in perspective.
Fig. 2 is a diametral section along line II-II
of Fig. 1.
Fix. 3 shows in perspective the added assembly of the device of Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the body of the device in the embodiment of Figs 1, 2 and 3.
Fig 5 shows an alternative form of embodiment in perspective Fig 6 is a diametral section taken along the ~'~3~9~
lone VIVA of the device of Fig. S.
Fig 7 is a cross-section similar to that of Fig.
6, showing another embodiment.
, Fig. 8 illustrates in perspective another alter-native form of embodiment with the body and the core-sponging coveroassembly, these two parts being shown separately.
Fix 9. 9 i s perspicuity i Ye vi en of yet another at-ternativ2 form.
Fig. 10 shows in perspective the cover-assembly corresponding to the alternative form of Fig I
The device shown in Figs. 1 to 4 is indicated by the general reference 10v It is substantially sphere-eel in shape and consists of a body 11 and an aide assembly or cover 12. In this embodiment, the assembly 12 acts as a cover which can be fixed in a removable man-nor on the body 11. The device has the general appear-arc ox a be l l .
In its bottom end the body 11 incorporates a fla~tQning 13 which enables it to be set in 3 stable Jan-nor on a horizontal surface. In a zone which is dimwit-Rockwell opposite this flattening 13, the body 11 incur-purity on orifice 14 for filling with Lydia detergent.
The walls dQfinin~ the orifice 14 are equipped with rasps 15 permitting the assembly or cover 12 Jo be easily fit-ted. In this embodiment, the mounting is of the rotary type known under the name "testify".. It goes without saying that any other quick mounting of the cover 12 on the body 11 could be adopted, for example a coupling by a rim and corresponding groove, to pyre pressure fit-tying of the cover on the body and conversely, a sepal ration of these I components by pull on the cover 12.
In the embodiment in Figs. 1 Jo I, it is import lent to e~phaslse that thy cover-assembly 1Z is removed during filling with liquid and functions essentially to distribute the liquid, by virtue of the fact that it has vents 170 In the exemplar embodiment these vents are six in number. To ensure uniform delivery of the liquid, the vents are distributed symmetrically at thy periphery Lo 6 of the cover 12. Furthermore the latter incorporates means capable of cooperating with the ramp 15. These means 16 are shown in Fig. 2 and are known to the exert in this type of assembly by quick rotation.
the cover 12 us also equipped it jeans 19 Shea permit easy manipulation. These means 19 consist of a number of uniformly spaced hollows on the outer periphery so the cover. There are corresponding hollows 18 on the body 11 which permit still easier access to the hollows 10 19 of the cover 1Z. In effect, the user can grasp the cover with the fingertips of only one hand, whatever the position of the latter relative to the device.
Also shown in the drawings of Figs. 1 and 4 are markings indicated by the letters A B and corresponding to various predetermined liquid levels, with a vie to the filling of the device.
The use of the device just described is as lot-lows. with the cover 12 removed the body 11 is first filled with liquid deterrent up to the required level.
Once the filling operation has been completed, the cover 12 is fixed onto the body 11. Furthernore9 the linen has been arranged in the drum of the washing machine. Thy ball 10, filled with liquid detergent, is then introduced into or onto the linen present in the drum. Once the machine has been started, the liquid held in the ball 10 is uniformly and gradually disturbed through the vents 17 in the cover to. A highly satisfactory washing and cleaning of the linen is thus ensured.
In eke alternative form of embodiment shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the device according to the invention, which is indicated by the general reference 20, is still generally in the shape of a sphere or ball. It consists of a body 21 and an added assembly 22. However, in con-tryst to the embodiment of Figs 1 to I the assembly 22 is permanently fixed on the body 21, Boone suitable means, for example by gluing or welding. In this case, the assembly 22 acts as means for both filling with and distributing the liquid detergent. For this purpose it has on the one hand, a central opening 24 in the shape ~23~ 6 of a funnel entering inside the body 21 and on the other hand, peripheral vents 27. in the example chosen, the vents are four in number The opening 24 is used esseno tidally for filling and the vents 27 permit gradual no-lease of the liquid detergent during washing.
The drawings of Figs 5 and S also show hollows Andy I respectively on the body 21 and on the assembly 22.
In fact, such an arrangement is not e3sen~ial in any Jay when the user does not have to manipulate the assembly 22.
In another alternative form, however, it is quite possible to provide an assembly 22, such as is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in a removable mounting, be it by rotation or by pressure, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4.
The alternative form of embodiment shown in Fig.
I, which is a cross-section similar to Fix. 6, incur-pyres a body 31 and an added assembly 32. the latter is permanently fixed on the body 31~ The construction of Fig. 7 is very similar to that of Fig. 6, except where the construction of the assembly 32 i s concerned. The latter has a central opening 34 in the for of a funnel entering inside the body 31 and terminating in an end - wall 35. The assembly 32 incorporates orifices 36 which, in the example shown, are three in number and which are provided in the walls of the -funnel I which terminate US in the end wall 35. The orifices 36 are used for filling with liquid detergent Furthermore the assembly 32 in-carports like assembly Z2 of Fig. 6, a certain number of vents 37 permitting gradual release of the liquid detergent during aching Also shown in Fig. 7 is the flattening 33 of the body 31, together with the hollows 38 and 39, although the presence of such hollows is nut absolutely necessary.
Fig. 8 illustrates in Perspective another alter-native form of embodiment stoking a cover assembly 42 an I a boy 41 permitting reviewable fixing of the Dover 42.
The peculiarity of this alternative for lies in the shape of the body 41. Effectively, thy latter, which is generally spherical in shape us interrupted by a crown-shaped planar surface 48, surrounding the opening 44 :~Z39~ 6 concentrically. The Figure alto shows the flattening 43 of the body 41 as jell as the means 45 which, on thy example chosen, permit fixing, by quick crying of the cover-assembly 42. The latter is equipped with cores S pounding means which are jot shown in the draying. As in the other embodiments, the device of Fig. 8 incorporates, on the cover assembly 42 fitted on the body 41, vents 47 for delivering liquid detergent during washing. Hollows 49 form means for grasping the cover-assembly 42.
Another alternative form ox embodiment is shown in Fig. 9, the corresponding coYer-assembly of which is shown in Fig. I The device of Fig. 9, Shea is denoted by the general reference OWE incorporates a body 51 and a cover-assembly 52 to form a device of a generally spherical shape. The body 51 is similar to the body 41 of Fig. 8, and thus has a planar surface 58 surrounding the opening 54 concentrically In the alternative form illustrated in the drunks the cover-asse~bly 52 is permanently fixed on the body 51. This cover-assembly is shown in greater detail in Fig 10, from which it can be seen that it incorporates, as in the embodiment thus-treated in Fig. 7, a central opening I in the shape of a funnel entering inside the body 51. This Panel term naves in an end Hall 55. The side surface of the funnel Z5 54 incorporates orifices I intended to permit fulling it the liquid detergent. Furthermore, the cover-assem~
by 52 incorporates a certain number of vents 57 arranged uniformly on the part opposite the Hall So. Lastly, the cover-assembly 52 incorporates hollows 59 permitting easier grasping of the whole device, which can thus be cast lye handled.
As mentioned earlier, the expert can add eon the embodiments described above by Jay ox examples all kind ox modifications which do not depart from the scope of the present invention.
As an example and whatever the form of embody-mint in the Figures illustrated earlier, the ball may be available for use after it has been Profiled with liquid detergent. This form ox presentation can, in ~4~6 particular, consist of a test quintet. In this case it it appropriate to provide a system of blocking the vents Shea are intended, in use, to deliver liquid de-tergent during washing. This blocking system may consist of capping with a film which can be torn off, or Thea quick tear-off means Shea uncover the vents. A possible embodiment then consists in providing nipples ox a kind which are respectively engaged in the vents and which can be removed at the same tine or separately with one or more tear strips These are different forts of present station which nevertheless result on one and the same type of device which in accordance with the invention, may be employed on a process of washing and cleaning linen on a machine, in which process, once the device has been 15 placed in the drum of the machine with the linen to be washed, the detergent held in the device it gradually distributed in the Asian medium and in the linen which i t contain no .
The above mentioned patent already provides examples thus-treating such devices for employing the washing process. In an embodiment, the device incorporates a filling orifice and vents for gradual release of the liquid within the linen which is being washed.
The subject of the present invention is an improved device belonging to the general type just described.
The invention consequently relates to a device for washing linen in a machine with a liquid detergent, the said device incorpo-rating at least one filling orifice and a plurality of vents which are adapted for gradual release of the liquid within the fabrics during washing, the said device being characterized in that it is of a substantially spherical shape has a flattening enabling it to remain in a stable position on a horizontal surface, said filling orifice and vents king formed in an inwardly extending funnel-shaped reentrant wall diametrically opposite the flattening, with the vents spaced around and adjacent to the outer periphery of the reentrant wall and the filling orifice located in the inner section thereof, and that said device contains a measured quantity of said liquid detergent.
The invention also relates to the following characteristics, considered in isolation or in accordance with all their technically possible combinations:
- the device has a flattening enabling it to remain in a stable position on a horizontal surface;
- the flattening is diametrically opposite the filling orifice;
- the device has a substantially spherical body equipped with an opening and an added assembly, the said ~23~6 assembly covering the said opening and being intended for filling with and/or d;stribueing the liquid;
- the body and the assembly for a practically continuous spherical outer surface, the device thus have in the general appearance of a ball;
- thy assembly us mounted on the body in a remove able wanner, for example in the form of a quick mounting by rotation or by pressure;
- the assembly is mounted on the body permanently;
- the assembly incorporates a plurality of vents distributed circu~ferentially in a uniform manner;
- the assembly is removable and incorporates no orifices apart from eke distribution vents;
- the assembly is mounted permanently and incur-prorates at least one central filling orifice and vents distributed at its periphery;
the filling orifice has the shape of a funnel entering inside the body;
- the end face of the funnel, situated inside the body, is closed by a Hall and the funnel has holes used for filling;
- the assembly incorporates grasping jeans facilitating access to the grasping means;
- the spherical body is interrupted by a crown-shaped planar surface surrounding its opening concentric Cole;
- the body is jade of a material which prompts thy user to see the level of liquid present in the body during filling;
the body has external markings corresponding to various liquid levels.
An essential characteris~ir of the present invent ton lies in the general spherical shape ox the device the latter thus has the appearance of a ball. Such a ball is extremely easy to handle and eon place in the dun of the washing machine. After having introduced the linen into the latter, it is sufficient to place the bell on the linen. During operation, the liquid detergent held in the ball is gradually and uniformly spread in the ~23~96 washing medium the end of the washing cycle the ball is perfectly clean and free from both water and liquid de~ergsnt. In effect no retention of liquid is found.
~ithout~~ishing to be bound by any theory, it is thought that this advantageous effect is due to the fact that as the drum rotates the centrifugal force acting on the move in ball results in removal of any liquid which may be present on the latter.
The invention Jill be further illustraecd in the following description, with the aid of concrete examples of embodiment. It goes without saying however, that the invention is not restricted in any Jay to such exemplary devices. Thus, the diameter and the number of vents de-pond solely on the viscosity of the liquid detergent.
Surprisingly, it has been found that the use of a device according to the invention afforded a marked imp prevent in performance during the washing of linen in a machine. This improvement is very clearly parked in machines having physical loss systems resulting on deter-gent losses, as already mentioned in the French Patent referred to earlier. The improvement is still appreciable in many case in machines which do not incorporate such physical loss Yates for example a program system or other, and this by virtue of the fact that the bell which Z5 is placed within the l1non Provides a measured and grad-vat delivery of the liquid in the linen, which is found to be generally ~avourable for washing efficiency.
In the attached drawings:
Fig. 1 is a device according to thy invention, sewn in perspective.
Fig. 2 is a diametral section along line II-II
of Fig. 1.
Fix. 3 shows in perspective the added assembly of the device of Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the body of the device in the embodiment of Figs 1, 2 and 3.
Fig 5 shows an alternative form of embodiment in perspective Fig 6 is a diametral section taken along the ~'~3~9~
lone VIVA of the device of Fig. S.
Fig 7 is a cross-section similar to that of Fig.
6, showing another embodiment.
, Fig. 8 illustrates in perspective another alter-native form of embodiment with the body and the core-sponging coveroassembly, these two parts being shown separately.
Fix 9. 9 i s perspicuity i Ye vi en of yet another at-ternativ2 form.
Fig. 10 shows in perspective the cover-assembly corresponding to the alternative form of Fig I
The device shown in Figs. 1 to 4 is indicated by the general reference 10v It is substantially sphere-eel in shape and consists of a body 11 and an aide assembly or cover 12. In this embodiment, the assembly 12 acts as a cover which can be fixed in a removable man-nor on the body 11. The device has the general appear-arc ox a be l l .
In its bottom end the body 11 incorporates a fla~tQning 13 which enables it to be set in 3 stable Jan-nor on a horizontal surface. In a zone which is dimwit-Rockwell opposite this flattening 13, the body 11 incur-purity on orifice 14 for filling with Lydia detergent.
The walls dQfinin~ the orifice 14 are equipped with rasps 15 permitting the assembly or cover 12 Jo be easily fit-ted. In this embodiment, the mounting is of the rotary type known under the name "testify".. It goes without saying that any other quick mounting of the cover 12 on the body 11 could be adopted, for example a coupling by a rim and corresponding groove, to pyre pressure fit-tying of the cover on the body and conversely, a sepal ration of these I components by pull on the cover 12.
In the embodiment in Figs. 1 Jo I, it is import lent to e~phaslse that thy cover-assembly 1Z is removed during filling with liquid and functions essentially to distribute the liquid, by virtue of the fact that it has vents 170 In the exemplar embodiment these vents are six in number. To ensure uniform delivery of the liquid, the vents are distributed symmetrically at thy periphery Lo 6 of the cover 12. Furthermore the latter incorporates means capable of cooperating with the ramp 15. These means 16 are shown in Fig. 2 and are known to the exert in this type of assembly by quick rotation.
the cover 12 us also equipped it jeans 19 Shea permit easy manipulation. These means 19 consist of a number of uniformly spaced hollows on the outer periphery so the cover. There are corresponding hollows 18 on the body 11 which permit still easier access to the hollows 10 19 of the cover 1Z. In effect, the user can grasp the cover with the fingertips of only one hand, whatever the position of the latter relative to the device.
Also shown in the drawings of Figs. 1 and 4 are markings indicated by the letters A B and corresponding to various predetermined liquid levels, with a vie to the filling of the device.
The use of the device just described is as lot-lows. with the cover 12 removed the body 11 is first filled with liquid deterrent up to the required level.
Once the filling operation has been completed, the cover 12 is fixed onto the body 11. Furthernore9 the linen has been arranged in the drum of the washing machine. Thy ball 10, filled with liquid detergent, is then introduced into or onto the linen present in the drum. Once the machine has been started, the liquid held in the ball 10 is uniformly and gradually disturbed through the vents 17 in the cover to. A highly satisfactory washing and cleaning of the linen is thus ensured.
In eke alternative form of embodiment shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the device according to the invention, which is indicated by the general reference 20, is still generally in the shape of a sphere or ball. It consists of a body 21 and an added assembly 22. However, in con-tryst to the embodiment of Figs 1 to I the assembly 22 is permanently fixed on the body 21, Boone suitable means, for example by gluing or welding. In this case, the assembly 22 acts as means for both filling with and distributing the liquid detergent. For this purpose it has on the one hand, a central opening 24 in the shape ~23~ 6 of a funnel entering inside the body 21 and on the other hand, peripheral vents 27. in the example chosen, the vents are four in number The opening 24 is used esseno tidally for filling and the vents 27 permit gradual no-lease of the liquid detergent during washing.
The drawings of Figs 5 and S also show hollows Andy I respectively on the body 21 and on the assembly 22.
In fact, such an arrangement is not e3sen~ial in any Jay when the user does not have to manipulate the assembly 22.
In another alternative form, however, it is quite possible to provide an assembly 22, such as is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in a removable mounting, be it by rotation or by pressure, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4.
The alternative form of embodiment shown in Fig.
I, which is a cross-section similar to Fix. 6, incur-pyres a body 31 and an added assembly 32. the latter is permanently fixed on the body 31~ The construction of Fig. 7 is very similar to that of Fig. 6, except where the construction of the assembly 32 i s concerned. The latter has a central opening 34 in the for of a funnel entering inside the body 31 and terminating in an end - wall 35. The assembly 32 incorporates orifices 36 which, in the example shown, are three in number and which are provided in the walls of the -funnel I which terminate US in the end wall 35. The orifices 36 are used for filling with liquid detergent Furthermore the assembly 32 in-carports like assembly Z2 of Fig. 6, a certain number of vents 37 permitting gradual release of the liquid detergent during aching Also shown in Fig. 7 is the flattening 33 of the body 31, together with the hollows 38 and 39, although the presence of such hollows is nut absolutely necessary.
Fig. 8 illustrates in Perspective another alter-native form of embodiment stoking a cover assembly 42 an I a boy 41 permitting reviewable fixing of the Dover 42.
The peculiarity of this alternative for lies in the shape of the body 41. Effectively, thy latter, which is generally spherical in shape us interrupted by a crown-shaped planar surface 48, surrounding the opening 44 :~Z39~ 6 concentrically. The Figure alto shows the flattening 43 of the body 41 as jell as the means 45 which, on thy example chosen, permit fixing, by quick crying of the cover-assembly 42. The latter is equipped with cores S pounding means which are jot shown in the draying. As in the other embodiments, the device of Fig. 8 incorporates, on the cover assembly 42 fitted on the body 41, vents 47 for delivering liquid detergent during washing. Hollows 49 form means for grasping the cover-assembly 42.
Another alternative form ox embodiment is shown in Fig. 9, the corresponding coYer-assembly of which is shown in Fig. I The device of Fig. 9, Shea is denoted by the general reference OWE incorporates a body 51 and a cover-assembly 52 to form a device of a generally spherical shape. The body 51 is similar to the body 41 of Fig. 8, and thus has a planar surface 58 surrounding the opening 54 concentrically In the alternative form illustrated in the drunks the cover-asse~bly 52 is permanently fixed on the body 51. This cover-assembly is shown in greater detail in Fig 10, from which it can be seen that it incorporates, as in the embodiment thus-treated in Fig. 7, a central opening I in the shape of a funnel entering inside the body 51. This Panel term naves in an end Hall 55. The side surface of the funnel Z5 54 incorporates orifices I intended to permit fulling it the liquid detergent. Furthermore, the cover-assem~
by 52 incorporates a certain number of vents 57 arranged uniformly on the part opposite the Hall So. Lastly, the cover-assembly 52 incorporates hollows 59 permitting easier grasping of the whole device, which can thus be cast lye handled.
As mentioned earlier, the expert can add eon the embodiments described above by Jay ox examples all kind ox modifications which do not depart from the scope of the present invention.
As an example and whatever the form of embody-mint in the Figures illustrated earlier, the ball may be available for use after it has been Profiled with liquid detergent. This form ox presentation can, in ~4~6 particular, consist of a test quintet. In this case it it appropriate to provide a system of blocking the vents Shea are intended, in use, to deliver liquid de-tergent during washing. This blocking system may consist of capping with a film which can be torn off, or Thea quick tear-off means Shea uncover the vents. A possible embodiment then consists in providing nipples ox a kind which are respectively engaged in the vents and which can be removed at the same tine or separately with one or more tear strips These are different forts of present station which nevertheless result on one and the same type of device which in accordance with the invention, may be employed on a process of washing and cleaning linen on a machine, in which process, once the device has been 15 placed in the drum of the machine with the linen to be washed, the detergent held in the device it gradually distributed in the Asian medium and in the linen which i t contain no .
Claims (12)
1. Device for dispensing liquid detergent for washing fabrics in a washing machine, the said device incorporating at least one filling orifice and a plurality of vents which are adapted for gradual release of the liquid within the fabrics during washing, the said device being characterized in that it is of a substantially spherical shape, has a flattening enabling it to remain in a stable position on a horizontal surface, said filling orifice and vents being formed in an inwardly extending funnel-shaped reentrant wall diametrically opposite the flattening, with the vents spaced around and adjacent to the outer periphery of the reentrant wall and the filling orifice located in the inner section thereof, and that said device contains a measured quantity of said liquid detergent.
2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a body which is substantially spherical equipped with an opening and an added assembly, the said assembly covering the said opening and said wall therein.
3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the body and the assembly form a generally continuous spherical outer sur-face, the device thus having the general appearance of a ball.
4. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the assembly is mounted in a removable manner on the body.
5. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the assembly is mounted on the body permanently.
6. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the vents are spaced uniformly about said periphery.
7. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the filling orifice is centrally located at the distal end of the inner section of said wall.
8. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the distal end of the inner section of said wall, situated inside the body, is closed and in that the filling orifice extends through the sidewall of said inner section of said wall.
9. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the assembly incorporates grasping means.
10. Device according to claim 9, characterized in that the body has hollows facilitating access to the grasping means.
11. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the body is made of a material permitting the user to see the level of liquid held in the body during filling.
12. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the body has external markings corresponding to various liquid levels.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR8406151A FR2563250B1 (en) | 1984-04-18 | 1984-04-18 | METHOD FOR WASHING LAUNDRY IN A MACHINE WITH A LIQUID DETERGENT, AND DEVICE FOR ITS APPLICATION |
| FR8406151 | 1984-04-18 | ||
| FR8413210 | 1984-08-24 | ||
| FR8413210A FR2570720B1 (en) | 1984-08-24 | 1984-08-24 | DEVICE FOR MACHINE WASHING WITH A LIQUID DETERGENT AND METHOD USING THE SAME |
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