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Abstract

The dispensing device for a washing and/or rinsing agent, in particular for a dishwashing machine, comprises: a stationary body designed to be integrally connected to the door of the dishwashing machine on the side directed during operation towards the washing chamber; a receptacle formed in the stationary body for receiving a quantity of a washing/rinsing agent and having a respective mouth; and a movable lid associated with the receptacle and displaceable in a manner constrained to the stationary body against the action of resilient return means from an open position into a closed position, where it opens and closes the mouth, respectively. The dispensing device also includes a manual opening mechanism for the movable lid, which comprises a retaining apparatus able to assume an activated configuration, in which it is designed to lock the movable lid in the closed position, and a deactivated configuration, in which it is able to free the movable lid, allowing it to pass from the closed position into the open position; and an operating member of the monostable type located on the side of the stationary body which during operation of the dishwashing machine is directed upwards and displaceable against the action of first resilient recall means from a stable extracted position into an unstable retracted position, in which positions the operating member arranges the associated retaining apparatus in the activated configuration and in the deactivated configuration, respectively.

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