Automatically controlled laundry treatment machine having a detergent flushing device

Abstract

An automatically controlled laundry treatment machine includes a detergent flushing device arranged in a machine interior and having a receiving chamber configured for receiving a transportable storage container for a supply containing a plurality of doses of liquid or gel-form treatment agent. The receiving chamber is accessible from outside. A device for automatic dosing of the treatment agent forms a component of the storage container and operates purely in a fluid-mechanical manner. The device is equipped with a hydraulic siphon system, said device.

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         7 . An automatically controlled laundry treatment machine, comprising:
 a detergent flushing device arranged in a machine interior and comprising a receiving chamber configured for receiving a transportable storage container for a supply containing a plurality of doses of liquid or gel-form treatment agent, said receiving chamber being accessible from outside; and   a dosing device for automatic dosing of the treatment agent, said dosing device operating purely in a fluid-mechanical manner and being equipped with a hydraulic siphon system, said dosing device forming a component of the storage container.   
     
     
         8 . The laundry treatment machine of  claim 7 , wherein the hydraulic siphon system comprises three vertical channels which are connected to one another in series by a lower bend and an upper bend and thereby define a first channel and a last channel, with the last channel comprising an outlet opening to a flushing channel of the laundry treatment machine, and with the first channel being upwardly open and corresponding with a switchable water inlet of the laundry treatment machine, said first channel having an input opening directly above the lower bend for the treatment agent from the storage container. 
     
     
         9 . The laundry treatment machine of  claim 7 , wherein the storage container has an outlet opening, and further comprising a closing device for blocking the outlet opening during a transport of the container and unblocked the outlet opening for use of the storage container in the laundry treatment machine. 
     
     
         10 . The laundry treatment machine of  claim 7 , wherein the dosing device is rigidly connected to a shell of the storage container.