provide the passage of hot cold or warm water from the mixing valve 54 through hose 60 to discharge water into the basket 16 and tub 14 during operation of the machine in the washing cycle the agitator 34 driven by shaft 44 through centering means 39 is first oscillated back and forth within the basket 16 to wash clothes therein then after a predetermined period of this washing action the basket 16 is driven by spin hub 49 and then rotated at high speed to extract centrifugally the washing liquid and discharge it into the outer tub 14 for draining from the machine through the drain openings 30 liquid from the drain 30 is carried from the machine by a pump 31 which may be energized during the extraction operation or a selected portion thereof in accordance with the present invention and as clearly illustrated in the drawings the hollow centerpost 36 of the agitator serves to house and support the dispenser device generally indicated at 62 the dispenser device 62 of one embodiment of the present invention as shown in fig1 and 2 is adapted to deliver additive which when dispensed at full strength should normally not come into direct contact with clothes being washed the additives contemplated by the present invention are for example rinse agents which have a tendency to spot clothes and liquid bleach which will damage cloth if allowed to contact cloth at full strength in the embodiment shown in fig1 and 2 of the drawing the dispensing device 62.