Laundry treating appliance with stain station

Abstract

A laundry treating appliance, such as a clothes washer, either vertical or horizontal axis, can have a bulk dispenser capable of dispensing multiple doses of treating chemistry from a reservoir of treating chemistry. A housing fluidly couples a supply of water and the treating chemistry for supplying both to a treating chamber within the laundry treating appliance.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A stain station for a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation, the stain station comprising:
 at least one treating chemistry conduit;   one or more nozzles for dispensing a volume of treating chemistry to the treating chamber; and   at least one actuator disposed on the laundry treating appliance for selectively dispensing treating chemistry from one or more of the nozzles.   
     
     
         2 . The stain station of  claim 1  further comprising at least one sensor providing a sensor output indicative of an amount of treating chemistry dispensed through one or more nozzles. 
     
     
         3 . The stain station of  claim 2  further comprising a controller operably coupled to the at least one sensor to receive the sensor output and reduce the treating chemistry supplied to the treating chamber for a selected cycle of operation based on the sensor output. 
     
     
         4 . The stain station of  claim 1  wherein the stain station is fluidly coupled to at least one bulk treating chemistry reservoir. 
     
     
         5 . The stain station of  claim 1  further comprising at least one pump. 
     
     
         6 . The stain station of  claim 5  further comprising at least one dedicated actuator, wherein actuation of the at least one dedicated actuator causes the pump to discharge a treating chemistry from the treating chemistry dispenser through the treating chemistry conduit toward the treating chamber. 
     
     
         7 . The stain station of  claim 6  wherein the at least one treating chemistry conduit is directed toward the treating chamber, and wherein actuation of the at least one dedicated actuator causes a discharge of treating chemistry from the at least one treating chemistry conduit toward the treating chamber. 
     
     
         8 . The stain station of  claim 6  wherein the at least one dedicated actuator comprises multiple actuators, and wherein the multiple actuators are coupled to the one or more nozzles, with the multiple actuators and nozzles arranged in pairs. 
     
     
         9 . The stain station of  claim 6  further comprising at least one nozzle disposed on a terminal end of the treating chemistry conduit. 
     
     
         10 . The stain station of  claim 9  further comprising at least one sensor providing a sensor output indicative of an amount of treating chemistry dispensed through the at least one treating chemistry conduit. 
     
     
         11 . The stain station of  claim 9  further comprising a controller operably coupled to the at least one sensor to receive the sensor output and reduce a volume of treating chemistry supplied to the treating chamber for a selected cycle of operation based on the sensor output. 
     
     
         12 . The stain station of  claim 1  wherein the stain station further comprises a water conduit, providing for a mixed discharge of water and treating chemistry from the stain station. 
     
     
         13 . A stain station for a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation, the stain station comprising:
 a treating chemistry conduit;   a bulk treating chemistry reservoir;   at least one nozzle fluidly coupled to the treating chamber;   a pump fluidly coupling the bulk treating chemistry reservoir to the treating chemistry conduit; and   at least one dedicated actuator corresponding to the at least one nozzle and operably connected to the pump, wherein actuation of the at least one dedicated actuator causes the pump to discharge a treating chemistry through the treating chemistry conduit toward the treating chamber and through the at least one nozzle.   
     
     
         14 . The stain station of  claim 13 , further comprising at least one nozzle disposed on a terminal end of the treating chemistry conduit. 
     
     
         15 . The stain station of  claim 14 , wherein the at least one dedicated actuator comprises multiple actuators, and the at least one nozzle comprises multiple nozzles, and wherein the multiple actuators are coupled to the multiple nozzles. 
     
     
         16 . The stain station of  claim 13 , further comprising at least one sensor providing a sensor output indicative of an amount of treating chemistry dispensed through the treating chemistry conduit. 
     
     
         17 . The stain station of  claim 16 , further comprising a controller operably coupled to the at least one sensor to receive a sensor output and reduce a volume of treating chemistry supplied to the treating chamber for a selected cycle of operation based on the sensor output. 
     
     
         18 . The stain station of  claim 17 , wherein the volume of treating chemistry is reduced by an amount of treating chemistry indicated by the sensor output. 
     
     
         19 . The stain station of  claim 18 , further comprising a user interface in communication with the pump, wherein the pump can be selectively controlled by a user through the user interface. 
     
     
         20 . The stain station of  claim 13  further comprising a water conduit, providing for a mixed discharge of water and treating chemistry from the treating chemistry station.