Abstract: A detergent dispenser for a washing machine comprises a box shaped recess and a washing agent drawer slidably mounted in the recess, such drawer being provided with a plurality of separate compartments for containing wash and/or rinse products to be flushed by an incoming water flow into the tub of the washing machine. The detergent dispenser has a channel in the bottom of the recess for directing the incoming water flow towards a predetermined zone of the box shaped recess without flowing through the drawer.

Abstract: A washing machine having a detergent dispenser provided with a plurality of separate compartments for containing wash and/or rinse products to be added into the tub of the machine, such detergent dispenser including a rotating selector capable of being displaced into various operational positions by a driver so as to enable the incoming water to selectively flow through each one of the compartment. The driver comprises an electric motor linked through a lever assembly to the rotating selector so that the rotation of the motor is transformed into an oscillating movement of the selector between two predetermined end positions.

Abstract: A detergent dispenser for a washing machine comprises a box shaped recess and a washing agent drawer slidably mounted in the recess, such drawer being provided with a plurality of separate compartments for containing wash and/or rinse products to be flushed by an incoming water flow into the tub of the washing machine. The detergent dispenser has a channel in the bottom of the recess for directing the incoming water flow towards a predetermined zone of the box shaped recess without flowing through the drawer.