Valve assembly for use in a cooling appliance and cooling appliance having the valve assembly

A valve assembly for use in a cooling appliance, the valve assembly comprising:

• a water-guiding body for draining water to an outside of the valve assembly, wherein said water-guiding body has a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end of said water-guiding body;
• and
• at least one air-guiding body coupled to said water-guiding body and having a free air inlet end, wherein said at least one air-guiding body has an embedded first one-way valve for allowing or blocking air ingress into said water-guiding body and an air-guiding axis disposed at an acute angle with the longitudinal axis with reference to said first end of said water-guiding body, wherein said first one-way valve has a first valve body coaxially positioned in said at least one air-guiding body, wherein said first one-way valve further has a first elastic membrane at least partially covering an inner surface of said first valve body so as to ensure a tight fit of said first valve body into said at least one air-guiding body.

A valve assembly for use in a cooling appliance, the valve assembly comprising:

• a water-guiding body for draining water to an outside of the valve assembly, wherein said water-guiding body has a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end of said water-guiding body;
• and
• two air-guiding bodies coupled to said water-guiding body and having a free air inlet end, wherein one of the two air-guiding bodies has an embedded first one-way valve for allowing or blocking air ingress into said water-guiding body and an air-guiding axis disposed at an acute angle with the longitudinal axis with reference to said first end of said water-guiding body.