Two-piece liquid rinse agent dispenser for clothes washing machine

Abstract

A two piece liquid rinse agent dispenser for use in a top loading automatic clothes washing machine, includes an inner annular member having a central, hollow hub for mounting the dispenser on the agitator of the machine, a first annular wall joined to the hub to define therebetween a first rinse agent receiving chamber having an open upper end and an outwardly extending flange or base wall joined to the hub, including a depending annular wall having external threads formed thereon. An outer cover member of the dispenser comprises an inverted cup dimensioned for receipt over the inner annular member. The upper wall of the outer member defines an opening through which liquid rinse agent is poured into the first chamber. Internal threads are formed along the interior wall of the rim of the cup for mating engagement with the external threads of the inner annular member. The side wall of the cover member, the first annular wall and base wall of the inner annular member cooperate to define a second chamber into which the liquid rinse agent is transferred by high speed rotation of the dispenser and from which the liquid rinse agent is dispensed into the clothes carrying basket of the washing machine.