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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Thomas L. Burger, Laporte, IN (US);
Thomas A. Latack, Baroda, MI (US);
Rachel A. Maghas, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A household appliance for treating at least one item according to at least one cycle of operation includes a treating chemistry dispenser receiving a unit dose container and having a door moveable between an opened position and a closed position, a piercing mechanism located proximate to the treating chemistry dispenser and having a piercer that is moveable between a non-piercing position and a piercing position where the piercer is moved to perforate a unit dose container received within the treating chemistry dispenser.
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