SIPHONED VORTEX LIQUID DISPENSER FOR AUTOMATIC WASHERS

A liquid agent dispenser for introducing liquid solutions into an automatic wshing machine, including a receptacle having a curved side wall and an angular base wall terminating in a discharge openingat the lowermost point thereof, together in a discharge opening at the lowermost point thereof, together with means for injecting water tangentially of the curved side wall at a sufficient velocity to cause a vortex to exist in the receptacle with its axis substantially coinciding with the axis of the discharge opening, in combination with a siphon receiving the discharge from the discharge opening to render the receptacle self cleaning of particulate matter.