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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2003
Hakan Miefalk, Jarfalla, SE;
Linda Menrik, Hagersten, SE;
Hakan Miefalk, Jarfalla, SE;
Linda Menrik, Hagersten, SE;
Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V., Zaventem, BE;
Abstract
The present invention refers to an automatic dosing device. The purpose of the device is to store and dose material, kept inside a container part, and to make it possible for an operator to refill the container with material. The automatic dosing device therefore comprises a refilling container (), a dosing screw (), a control system, a driving motor and a guiding mechanism (). The container () stores the material, the screw () doses it out of the container (), the system controls the dosing and the mechanism () guides the container between an inner position where the device can dose material and an outer position where an operator is allowed to refill it with material. The automatic dosing device could preferably be used with a laundry washing machine but there is also possibilities to use the automatic dosing device in another machine that requires an easy handle automatic dosing device.