摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus is provided for dissolving or dispersing a predetermined quantity of granular cleansing agent into a cleansing liquor and delivering the cleansing liquor to a cleansing application, such as a clothes washing machine. A predetermined quantity of granular cleansing agent (74) is placed in an inner container (54) upon a screen (58). Water from the container is withdrawn and recirculated such that upon reentry to the container it is directed at the screen (58) and diffused to dissolve and disperse the granular cleansing agent (74) forming a solution and diffused to prevent the undissolved but wetted cleansing agent from adhering to the inner container (54). Preferably, the diffused solution operates to substantially immediately float an island of the undissolved granular cleansing agent in the center of the inner container. Also, the cleansing liquor is preferably not delivered to the cleansing application until after substantially all of the various components within the granular cleansing agent have transformed by appropriate reaction into their 'active' state.</p> |