US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on June 3 for "Bulk dispenser for a laundry treating appliance" (American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,056, issued on June 3, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Bulk dispenser for a laundry treating appliance" was invented by Fernanda K. Pieretti (Rio Claro, Brazil) and Bruno T. Ramasco (Stevensville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating appliance includes a treating chamber, an agitator rotatably mounted in the treating chamber and having a skirt and a hollow shaft extending upwardly from the skirt, and a bulk dispenser located within the hollow shaft. The bulk dispenser includes a tubular tank with a rotatable actuator on one end, a dispenser on the other end, and a shaft passing through the t...