Laundry dosing device

Abstract

Laundry composition dosing device ( 1 ) having two segregated chambers ( 5, 7 ) such that a first laundry composition, for example a fabric conditioner stored in the first chamber ( 5 ) is pourable via a first opening ( 4 ) by a user without dispensing a second laundry composition stored in the second chamber ( 7 ).

1 . A laundry composition dosing device comprising a base and opposed upper portion, and having a first chamber having a first filling and dispensing opening and a segregated second chamber having a second filling and dispensing opening, wherein both of the openings are located in the upper portion and wherein the chambers and the openings are configured such that the first and second openings are located at least 90° apart about a vertical rotation axis of the dosing device, whereby:
 (i) first and second chambers can be filled with respective first and second laundry compositions via respective first and second openings, and 
 (ii) a first laundry composition stored in the first chamber is pourable via the first opening by a user without dispensing a second laundry composition stored in the second chamber. 
 
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second openings are located at least 90° apart about a vertical rotation axis of the dosing device. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second openings are located about 180° apart about a vertical rotation axis of the dosing device. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second openings are located such that, when the device is tipped so as to pour the contents of the first chamber, the first and second openings are approximately in the same plane as the plane in which the device is tilted. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the first chamber is located substantially within the second chamber. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the first chamber is defined by a cylindrical wall and a base projecting part way into the second chamber. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the first chamber has an interior surface which is a different colour to an interior surface of the second chamber. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the first chamber has an interior surface which is a different colour to an interior surface of the second chamber and to an exterior surface of the device. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the openings are configured to remain open i.e. without closure by lids or caps or other closure members. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the first and second openings are configured for dispensing respective first and second laundry compositions. 
     
     
         12 . (canceled) 
     
     
         13 . A method of laundering articles in an automatic washing machine, the method comprising using a dosing device according to  claim 1 , the method comprising:
 i. supplying a fabric conditioner to the first chamber of the device and supplying a detergent product to the second chamber of the device; then   ii. positioning the first opening of the device above a drawer recess of the washing machine and tipping the device so as to dispense the fabric conditioner housed in the first chamber into the drawer recess; then   iii. placing the device in the washing machine drum with the articles to be laundered; then   iv. starting a wash program.