A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a cabinet defining an interior. A treating chamber is located within the interior. A dispenser is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The dispenser includes first and second drawers slidable along a slide path relative to the cabinet between opened and closed positions and having one or more treating chemistry chambers.

A laundry washing machine (1) includes an outer casing (2) and, inside said outer casing (2), a washing tub (3), a rotatable drum housed in axially rotatable manner inside the washing tub (3) and structured for housing the laundry to be washed, a detergent dispenser (7) which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub (3), a fresh-water supply circuit (9) which is structured for selectively channelling a flow of fresh water from the water mains towards the detergent dispenser (7) and/or the washing tub (3), and an internal water softening device (11) capable of reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water that the fresh-water supply circuit (9) channels towards the detergent dispenser (7) or the washing tub (3). The detergent dispenser (7) in turn includes a detergent drawer (16) which is fitted/inserted in extractable manner into a corresponding substantially basin-shaped, drawer housing (17) which is located/recessed inside the outer casing (2), and is movable in a substantially horizontally-oriented, displacement direction (d) between a retracted position in which the detergent drawer (16) is almost completely recessed into the outer casing (2), and an extracted position in which detergent drawer (16) partly juts out from the outer casing (2). The detergent drawer (16) is furthermore provided with one or more detergent compartments (19) each structured for being manually fillable with a given amount of detergent, softener or other washing agent, and with a regeneration-agent compartment (20) which is structured for being manually fillable with a given amount of consumable salt or other regeneration agent. The regeneration-agent compartment (20) is arranged on the detergent drawer (16) beside the detergent compartment/s (19) transversally to the displacement direction (d) of the detergent drawer (16) inside the drawer housing (17), so that both the detergent compartment/s (19) and the regeneration-agent compartment (20) are simultaneously fully accessible to the user when the detergent drawer (16) is arranged in the extracted position.

A laundry washing machine (1) includes an outer casing (2), a washing tub (3), a rotatable drum housed in axially rotatable manner inside the washing tub (3), a detergent dispenser (7) for supplying detergent into the washing tub (3), a fresh-water supply circuit (9) for selectively channelling a flow of fresh-water from the water mains towards the detergent dispenser (7) and/or the washing tub (3), and an internal water softening device (11) capable of reducing the hardness degree of the fresh-water that the fresh-water supply circuit (9) channels towards the detergent dispenser (7) or the washing tub (3). The laundry washing machine (1) further includes at least one drawer (16, 60) which is fitted/inserted in extractable manner into a corresponding substantially basin-shaped, drawer housing (18), which is located/recessed inside the outer casing (2), and is movable in a substantially horizontally-oriented, displacement direction (d) between a retracted position in which the drawer (16, 60) is almost completely recessed into the outer casing (2), and an extracted position in which the drawer (16, 60) partly juts out from the outer casing (2). The drawer (16, 60) in turn includes: a drawer-like supporting structure (21, 61) having a substantially basin-shaped, regeneration-agent compartment (20) structured for being manually fillable with a given amount of regeneration agent, and a manually openable, lid assembly (23), which is fitted on the drawer-like supporting structure (21, 61), on top of the regeneration-agent compartment (20), and is structured to selectively close/cover the upper mouth of the regeneration-agent compartment (20).

A laundry washing machine having an outer casing, a washing tub, a rotatable drum, a detergent dispenser, a fresh-water supply circuit, an internal water softening device filled with a water softening agent capable of reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water directed towards the detergent dispenser or the washing tub, a regeneration-agent reservoir located/recessed inside the outer casing and structured for being manually fillable with consumable salt or other regeneration agent, a first water-supply line for channeling fresh water into said regeneration-agent reservoir so as to form brine, a brine reservoir fluidically connected to said regeneration-agent reservoir for receiving and accumulating the brine arriving from said regeneration-agent reservoir, and a detector assembly for detecting when the salinity degree of the brine stored into brine reservoir exceeds a predetermined minimum salinity value.

A washing appliance such as a dishwasher or laundry washing machine comprises an ion-exchange water softening section and a brine generator to supply brine to the water softening section to regenerate ion-exchange resins therein, and a valve (such as a float valve) in a water supply conduit to the brine generator. The valve permits water to flow into the brine generator but blocks back-flow of liquid from the brine generator to the water supply conduit.

An electro-chemical activation (ECA) system includes an anode chamber, a cathode chamber, and a neutralization chamber. The anode chamber includes an anode configured to convert water having an alkaline-metal chloride into an anodic electrolyte that includes hypochlorous acid. The cathode chamber includes a cathode configured to convert water into a cathodic electrolyte. The neutralization chamber includes a neutralization cathode configured to remove protons from the anodic electrolyte after it leaves the anode chamber. The ECA system is configured to recirculate the anodic electrolyte back through the anode chamber and the neutralization chamber at least one more time to produce a concentrated chlorine solution. The ECA system is further configured to recirculate the cathodic electrolyte back through the cathode chamber at least one additional time to produce a concentrated alkaline solution.

A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a cabinet defining an interior. A treating chamber is located within the interior. A dispenser is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The dispenser includes first and second drawers slidable along a slide path relative to the cabinet between opened and closed positions and having one or more treating chemistry chambers.

A domestic appliance is proposed, in particular a dishwasher (1), a washing machine or similar, with a water supply unit comprising a water supply line (2) for the supply of water, in particular for the supply of drinking water from the drinking water network, wherein the water supply unit has at least one first actuation element (3), in particular a water inlet valve (3) for purposes of opening and/or closing the water supply line (2), wherein a process water unit (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14) is provided for the process water of the domestic machine, wherein at least one decoupling unit (5), in particular an air gap (5), is provided between the process water unit and the water supply unit for purposes of decoupling the process water of the domestic appliance from the water supply line (2), in particular from the drinking water network, so that the water supply line (2) comprises at least one first opening (6) designed as a water outflow opening (6), which at least partially eliminates the disadvantages of the prior art, and in particular has a higher operational reliability with regard to disturbances in the water flow. This is inventively achieved, in that at least the water supply line (2) comprises at least one second opening (7), wherein the second opening (7) is designed as an air inflow opening (7) for the inflow of air into the water supply line (2).

Laundry washing machine (1) has an outer casing (2), a washing tub (3), arranged inside the casing (2), a rotatable drum (4), arranged in axially rotating manner inside the washing tub (3) and is designed to receive laundry to be washed. The machine further has a detergent dispensing assembly (12), designed for supplying laundry detergent into the washing tub (3), a water softening system (14), designed to receive fresh water from a water mains (13) and reduce the hardness degree of the fresh water in order to supply softened water to the detergent dispensing assembly (12) and/or to the washing tub (3), during one or more softened water laundry washing phases. The machine further has a control panel (28) configured to allow operator to input information associated with a laundry washing course having one or more softened water laundry washing phase/s; and a controller (15) configured to determine a time saving value (tSi) of one or more laundry washing phases of the washing courses to be performed, based on the softened water laundry washing phase/s of said laundry washing course.

A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a cabinet defining an interior. A treating chamber is located within the interior. A dispenser is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The dispenser includes first and second drawers slidable along a slide path relative to the cabinet between opened and closed positions and having one or more treating chemistry chambers.