IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A CONTAINER

摘要

Device for receiving and holding at least one detergent composition and/or additive and for dispensing and/or dosing said detergent composition and/or additive into an automatic dishwashing machine over a plurality of washing cycles, wherein the device comprises (i) a housing adapted to receive said detergent composition and/or additive; and (ii) means (18) to, directly or indirectly, effect dispensing and/or dosing of said detergent composition and/or additive to be manually loaded with mechanical energy sufficient for more than one washing cycle by the user of the device, said mechanical energy being stored by locking said means in a loaded position through locking means, and said mechanical energy being released in a stepwise mode when said locking means(25, 26, 27) is unlocked.