Dispenser for a laundry treating appliance
A laundry treating appliance with a dispenser and method dispensing where the laundry treating appliance comprises a basket at least partially defining a treating chamber with an open top, a clothes mover rotatable about a vertical axis within the treating chamber, the clothes mover defining an inner chamber and having an access opening to the inner chamber, and a dispenser at least partially received through the access opening and within the inner chamber.
1. A laundry treating appliance comprising:
a basket at least partially defining a treating chamber with an open top;
a clothes mover rotatable about a vertical axis within the treating chamber, the clothes mover defining an inner chamber and having an access opening to the inner chamber; and
a dispenser at least partially received through the access opening and within the inner chamber, the dispenser comprising:
a cap having a first dividing wall,
a divider having a divider body and a second dividing wall extending beyond the divider body to define a tab, the second dividing wall separating and partially forming at least two dispensing compartments, which are fluidly separate from each other and fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, and
a funnel in which the divider is received, the funnel having ribs that circumscribe an interior of the funnel;
wherein the cap and the divider are removable and when assembled the tab is received within the first dividing wall.
2. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the at least two dispensing compartments are first and second dispensing compartments.
3. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the funnel comprises at least two fluidly separate fluid conduits.
4. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the at least two dispensing compartments comprise at least one flow through dispensing compartment and one centrifugal dispensing compartment.
5. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the cap further comprises at least two apertures, with each aperture fluidly coupled to a different one of the at least two dispensing compartments.
6. The laundry treating appliance of claim 5 wherein at least a portion of the cap defines a splash guard.
7. The laundry treating appliance of claim 5 wherein the at least two apertures are different sizes.
8. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the clothes mover comprises a base.
9. The laundry treating appliance of claim 8 wherein the base comprises a raised center and the access opening is located at the raised center, with the inner chamber located below the access opening.
10. The laundry treating appliance of claim 8 wherein the clothes mover further comprises a column extending upwardly from the base and the inner chamber is located within the column.
11. The laundry treating appliance of claim 10 wherein the column terminates in an upper end that defines the access opening.
12. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the funnel further comprises a pair of grooves and a portion of the second dividing wall extending beyond the divider body defines a pair of ridges received within the pair of grooves when assembled.
13. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the funnel further comprises a pair of grooves and another portion of the second dividing wall extending beyond the divider body defines a pair of ridges received within the pair of grooves when assembled.
14. A laundry treating appliance comprising:
a basket at least partially defining a treating chamber with an open top;
a clothes mover mounted for rotational movement about a vertical axis within the treating chamber, the clothes mover defining an inner chamber and having an access opening to the inner chamber; and
a dispenser at least partially received through the access opening and within the inner chamber, the dispenser comprising:
a cap having a first dividing wall,
a divider having a divider body and a second dividing wall extending beyond the divider body to define a tab, the second dividing wall separating and partially forming a flow-through dispenser and a centrifugal dispensing compartment, which are fluidly separate from each other and fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, and
a funnel in which the divider is received, the funnel having ribs that circumscribe an interior of the funnel;
wherein the cap and the divider are removable and when assembled the tab is received within the first dividing wall.
15. The laundry treating appliance of claim 14 wherein the centrifugal dispensing compartment comprises a reservoir.
16. The laundry treating appliance of claim 15 wherein the funnel comprises at least two fluidly separate fluid conduits.
17. The laundry treating appliance of claim 14 wherein the cap further comprises at least two apertures, with each aperture fluidly coupled to the flow-through dispenser and the centrifugal dispensing compartment.
18. The laundry treating appliance of claim 17 wherein at least a portion of the cap defines a splash guard.
19. The laundry treating appliance of claim 17 wherein the first dividing wall formed in the cap separates the at least two apertures.
20. The laundry treating appliance of claim 14 wherein the clothes mover further comprises a column extending upwardly from a base and terminating in an upper end which defines the access opening and the inner chamber is located within the column.
21. The laundry treating appliance of claim 14 wherein the funnel further comprises a pair of grooves.
22. The laundry treating appliance of claim 21 wherein the second dividing wall extends beyond the divider body to define a pair of ridges received within the pair of grooves when assembled.