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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2020
Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited, Berkshire, GB;
Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Alberto Buogo, Hull, GB;
Jakob Schultz, Munich, DE;
Alexander Schiele, Munich, DE;
Henry Matthew Lawrence Fletcher, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Iain Christopher Smith, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Joshua Carr, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Jelmer Jeroen Kuiper, Enschede, NL;
Bram Alexander Norp, Enschede, NL;
Edwin Petrus Elisabeth Van Opstal, Enschede, NL;
Gerhard Jan Pape, Enschede, GB;
Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited, Slough, GB;
BSH Hausgeräte GMBH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A dosing unit for use in an automatic dosing system of a water-bearing household appliance, for automatically dosing a dosing amount of a solid detergent, the dosing unit comprising a dosing cartridge for storing a bulk of the solid detergent and a dosing device for separating the dosing amount from the bulk and releasing the separated dosing amount by linearly displacing a sliding element from a separating position to a release position, wherein the dosing device includes a dosing channel, wherein, when the sliding element is in the separating position, the dosing channel is configured for receiving at least the dosing amount from the bulk and intermediately storing the dosing amount in a pre-dosing position, and, when the sliding element is in the release position, the dosing device is configured for releasing the dosing amount intermediately stored in the pre-dosing position.