Dryer appliance and additive dispensing assembly
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorAlexander B. Leibman
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Abstract
A dryer appliance and additive dispensing assembly is generally provided herein. The additive dispensing assembly may be positioned within the cabinet and configured to provide an additive mist to the drum. The additive dispensing assembly may include a supply conduit, an additive dispenser, and a siphon channel. The supply conduit may extend between a fluid supply and the drum. The additive dispenser may store and dispense a dryer additive. The siphon channel may extend from the additive dispenser to the supply conduit downstream from the fluid supply. An initial flow of fluid directed through the supply conduit may create a siphon that draws the dryer additive into the supply conduit to mix with the flow of fluid and create an additive flow that is dispensed into the drum.
Claims18
A dryer appliance comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the drum defining a space for the receipt of clothes for drying;
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- an additive dispensing assembly positioned within the cabinet and configured to provide an additive mist to the drum, the additive dispensing assembly comprising
- a supply conduit extending between a fluid supply and the drum,
- an additive dispenser for storing and dispensing a dryer additive, and
- a siphon channel extending from the additive dispenser to the supply conduit downstream from the fluid supply,
- wherein an initial flow of fluid directed through the supply conduit creates a siphon that draws the dryer additive into the supply conduit to mix with the flow of fluid and create an additive flow that is dispensed into the drum.
An additive dispensing assembly for providing an additive mist to a drum of a dryer appliance, the additive dispensing assembly comprising
- a supply conduit extending between a fluid supply and the drum,
- an additive dispenser for storing and dispensing a dryer additive, and
- a siphon channel operably coupling the additive dispenser to the supply conduit downstream from the fluid supply such that an initial flow of fluid directed through the supply conduit creates a siphon that draws the dryer additive into the supply conduit to mix with the flow of fluid and create an additive flow, and
- a misting assembly in operable communication with the supply conduit to vaporize the additive flow to the additive mist that is dispensed into the drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.