Cooking appliance

Abstract

A cooking appliance includes a main body that defines a cooking chamber configured to receive one or more objects, a steam generator configured to generate steam to heat the one or more objects in the cooking chamber by steam, a water tank configured to store water and to supply water to the steam generator, a water supply pump configured to cause supply of water from the water tank to the steam generator, a first water supply pipe connected to the water tank, a second water supply pipe connected to the steam generator, a connector connected to the first water supply pipe and to the second water supply pipe, and a branch pipe connected to the connector. The water tank is located vertically higher than the steam generator, and the connector and the branch pipe are located vertically higher than the water tank.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.