The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus, including a housing configured to supply laundry detergent to the tub and define an outer appearance; a storage container disposed to extend in a front-rear direction of the main body to store the laundry detergent, and mounted to the housing; a laundry detergent pump provided at a rear portion of the housing to define a movement of laundry detergent stored in the storage container; and a remaining amount sensing unit that applies a current toward an inside of the storage container to sense a remaining amount of laundry detergent stored in the storage container.

A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed including a cabinet, a tub configured to store water, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, a drawer configured to be withdrawable from the cabinet, a housing configured to accommodate the drawer, a storage body configured to be detachable from the drawer to store liquid detergent, a supply pump disposed on the housing to be detachably coupled to the storage body, a first electrode having one end located inside the storage body and another end exposed to an outside of the storage body, a second electrode having one end located inside the storage body and another end exposed to the outside of the storage body, an electrode coupler disposed on the housing body to be detachably coupled to the first and second electrodes, a cleaning hole formed through the storage body, and a lid configured to open and close the cleaning hole.

A washing machine appliance, as provided herein, may include a fluid additive dispenser and a controller. The fluid additive dispenser may include a housing, a dispenser drawer, a water supply conduit, a first water valve, a shower plate, and a second water valve. The water supply conduit may be directed to the pod compartment defined by the dispenser drawer and define a water inlet. The shower plate may be disposed upstream from a primary compartment and the pod compartment. The controller may be configured to initiate a washing operation that includes initiating a wetting water flow at the second water valve to the pod compartment through the shower plate, initiating a break water flow to the pod compartment through the water supply conduit following the wetting water flow, and initiating a fill water flow through the shower plate following the break water flow.

Disclosed herein is a chemical dosing system for an appliance, such as a laundry washing machine or a dishwashing machine, having a water inlet, the system comprising a meter for determining the volume of water supplied to the appliance, a pump for dispensing a quantity of a chemical to the appliance and a control unit arranged to receive a signal from the meter and to cause to be dispensed to the appliance a volume of chemical that is proportional to the quantity of water supplied to the appliance. The disclosed system may enable a correct quantity of chemical to be automatically dispensed to many types of appliance, without the need to know anything about the appliance, or to derive electrical signal from the appliance.

Disclosed herein is a chemical dosing system for an appliance, such as a laundry washing machine or a dishwashing machine, having a water inlet, the system comprising a meter determining the volume of water supplied to the appliance, a pump for dispensing a quantity of a chemical to the appliance and a control unit arranged to receive a signal from the meter and to cause to be dispensed to the appliance a volume of chemical that is proportional to the quantity of water supplied to the appliance. The disclosed system may enable a correct quantity of chemical to be automatically dispensed to many types of appliance, without the need to know anything about the appliance, or to derive an electrical signal from the appliance.

Disclosed herein is a washing machine including a door including an external cover and an internal glass to open and close a laundry entrance, at least one image sensor disposed to face the internal glass to acquire image data, a detergent bubble recognizer configured to recognize detergent bubble from the image data through a machine learning based image recognition model, and a controller configured to perform control to perform an additional rinsing cycle based on a result of recognition.

An automated system and method for providing sanitary towels in restaurants and bars includes a tank assembly, a perforated drum assembly, a drive motor and drive gear assembly, a sanitizer solution source, a water source, a heating unit, one or more solenoid valves capable of governing the introduction and release of water and sanitizer solution into and from the tank assembly, one or more sensors capable of measuring solution temperature and sanitizer concentration, and a controller unit having at least one processor and memory. A method of use involves the programmable steps of filling the tank assembly, measuring the concentration of sanitizer, adjusting the concentration of sanitizer, measuring the temperature of the water and sanitizer solution, adjusting the temperature, agitating towels, and draining the water and sanitizer solution after a preferred amount of time.

A washing machine capable of operating in an IoT environment through a 5G communication network and estimating the type and amount of injected detergent through a neural network model created according to machine learning, and a method of controlling the washing machine, are provided. The washing machine may include a first tub into which laundry is loaded, a water supplier configured to supply washing water to the first tub, a detergent detection sensor configured to detect first conductivity and first turbidity of the washing water, and a processor configured to determine a washing cycle of the washing machine based on detected information.

A laundry washing machine having a washing tub, a rotatable drum, a detergent dispenser, a fresh-water supply circuit, a water softening device, a brine reservoir, and a pump assembly to move the brine from the brine reservoir to the water softening device for regenerating the same. The machine also has a water distributor module having: a manifold body having a water inlet and a number of water outlets; an electrically-operated, internal water channelling means are at least partially located inside the manifold body and are structured to selectively put the water inlet of the manifold body in fluid communication with any one of the water outlets of the same manifold body; and a local electronic control unit which is accommodated in a corresponding seat formed on the manifold body and moreover powers and/or controls both the pump assembly and the electrically-operated, internal water channeling means.

A household cleaning appliance having a rotatable drum located within the interior and defining a treating chamber for receiving an article for treating and a method for operating the household cleaning appliance. The household cleaning appliance includes a dispensing system that includes and can be operated as a non-bulk dispensing system or as a bulk dispensing system in a household cleaning appliance.