A washing machine appliance defines a mutually perpendicular vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction. The washing machine appliance includes a cabinet having an opening defined in and through a top cover thereof. A wash tub is mounted within the cabinet and a wash basket is mounted rotatably within the wash tub. The wash basket is accessible through the opening in the top cover. A dispensing assembly includes a dispenser box mounted above the wash tub, a shower plate positioned within the dispenser box and defining a plurality of water supply apertures, lateral suspension arms that extend downward from the shower plate along a vertical direction, and a detergent drawer defining one or more detergent reservoirs, the detergent drawer being directly supported by the lateral suspension arms.

A detergent container for a cleaning device (100) having a receiving slot and a contacting apparatus (106) for the detergent container (200). The detergent container has a housing for storing a detergent, wherein the housing is formed to be inserted into a receiving slot of the cleaning device (100). The detergent container has an electrically conductive contact region which is arranged on an outer side of the housing and includes a content encoding that represents a detergent container content. In the inserted state of the housing, the contact region can be contacted using the contacting apparatus (106) in order to detect the content encoding.

A detergent container for a cleaning device (100) having a receiving slot and a contacting apparatus (106) for the detergent container (200). The detergent container has a housing for storing a detergent, wherein the housing is formed to be inserted into a receiving slot of the cleaning device (100). The detergent container has an electrically conductive contact region which is arranged on an outer side of the housing and includes a content encoding that represents a detergent container content. In the inserted state of the housing, the contact region can be contacted using the contacting apparatus (106) in order to detect the content encoding.

A method of operating a laundry treating appliance comprising a treating chamber located within a cabinet of the laundry treating appliance and accessible by an access opening, a bellows extending between the treating chamber and the access opening and a bulk treating chemistry dispenser having a dispenser outlet comprising at least two spray nozzles with a first spray nozzle configured to provide a spray toward the treating chamber and a second spray nozzle configured to provide a spray toward the bellows. The method comprises spraying a first liquid from the first spray nozzle toward the treating chamber and spraying a second liquid from the second spray nozzle toward the bellows.

A detergent supply device includes a housing disposed to extend in one direction; a storage container frame withdrawably mounted in the housing; a first storage container and a second storage container in which different first and second laundry detergents are respectively stored, and mounted in parallel to each other in the storage container frame; and a laundry detergent pump provided at a rear portion of the housing to move each laundry detergent accommodated in the first and second storage containers toward the housing, wherein a laundry detergent passage is disposed on a lower surface of the housing to extend so as to move laundry detergent introduced thereinto toward a detergent input hole, and the laundry detergent passage is divided into different movement paths by a separation wall, and a laundry treating apparatus including the same.

A detergent supply device includes a housing disposed to extend in one direction; a storage container frame withdrawably mounted in the housing; a first storage container and a second storage container in which different first and second laundry detergents are respectively stored, and mounted in parallel to each other in the storage container frame; and a laundry detergent pump provided at a rear portion of the housing to move each laundry detergent accommodated in the first and second storage containers toward the housing, wherein a laundry detergent passage is disposed on a lower surface of the housing to extend so as to move laundry detergent introduced thereinto toward a detergent input hole, and the laundry detergent passage is divided into different movement paths by a separation wall, and a laundry treating apparatus including the same.

A washing machine appliance defines a mutually perpendicular vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction. The washing machine appliance includes a cabinet and a top cover. A wash tub is mounted within the cabinet and a wash basket is mounted rotatably within the wash tub. The wash basket is accessible through an opening in the top cover. A bulk tank is mounted inside the top cover. The washing machine appliance further includes a dispensing pump spaced apart from the bulk tank and in fluid communication with the bulk tank. The dispensing pump is operable to draw a liquid additive from the bulk tank. The washing machine appliance also includes a dispenser box downstream of the dispensing pump and upstream of the wash tub.

A clothes washing machine includes a cabinet defining an interior and having a top wall with a dispenser opening, and a water inlet box located within the interior and having a storage cartridge chamber accessible through the dispenser opening. The storage cartridge can be removably mountable within the storage cartridge chamber through the dispenser opening.

A clothes washing machine includes a cabinet defining an interior and having a top wall with a dispenser opening, and a water inlet box located within the interior and having a storage cartridge chamber accessible through the dispenser opening. The storage cartridge can be removably mountable within the storage cartridge chamber through the dispenser opening.

System and method for dispensing product to a washing machine. A chemical dispensing system includes a system controller, machine interface, and pump controller that communicate through serial data buses. The system controller provides a user interface, retrieves washing machine status information from the machine interface, and issues product dispensing commands to the pump controller. The pump controller monitors pump status and dispenses product in response to commands from the system controller. The pump controller: (1) determines pump activation periods based on calibration data stored in a pump controller memory; (2) tracks pump usage and adjusts the activation period to compensate for pump wear as the pump ages; (3) disables the pump if conditions exists that preclude operating the pump; (4) monitors product levels, and (5) reports pump status to the system controller. Integral channels are included in the pump housing to provide stress relief to a squeeze tube.