US 2003/0188769 A1Published application

Appliance for treating articles, particularly nursing bottles and accessories

AssigneeBay-B Research and Development Ltd.

InventorsAvi Eisenberg, Yechiel Weinstein

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Abstract

Appliance (100) having a housing (101) of compact dimensions wherein articles, particularly nursing bottles (123, 179) and accessories (119), are treated inside a chamber (1). Treatment is achieved with dosed amounts of fresh water retrieved from a fresh water tank (7), by successive cycles of washing, rinsing, and sterilizing. The treatment cycles use additives and high-speed jets of heated liquid and of steam, which are filtered for repeated use. At the end of the treatment, liquids are purged to a wastewater tank (33). Self-treatment of the appliance is provided by use of the same treatment cycles. The appliance is independent of external water supply, portable and automatic for use in situ, where electricity supply is available.

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Dependent claims

Appliance (100) for treating articles, particularly nursing bottles (123, 179) and accessories (119), inside a housing (101) of compact dimensions comprising:

a fresh water tank (7) filled with fresh water for controllable retrieval therefrom of a plurality of successive and restricted measured doses of fresh water for the treatment of the articles, and configured for permitting operation of the appliance independently of water mains,
a dosing device located downstream of the fresh water tank (7) and configured for controllably releasing at least one dose of measured and of restricted volume of fresh water,
a heater (13) downstream of the fresh water tank and controllably operative to heat fresh water for treatment of the articles,
a chamber (1) for treating articles therein, and in fluid flow communication with and downstream of the dosing device,
a spent water tank (33) coupled in fluid flow communication with and downstream of the chamber for collecting spent water, to permit operation of the appliance independently of a drain pipe to a sewage system,
whereby the appliance is autonomous for treatment of articles by being self-sufficient in fresh water supply and in spent water collection.

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Appliance (100) for treating articles, particularly nursing bottles (123, 179) and accessories (119), inside a housing (101) of compact dimensions comprising:

a washing treatment cycle, where fresh water is either one of both unheated or heated to temperature, and released, accordingly, as unheated water and as hot water for washing,
a rinsing treatment cycle, where the heater remains either one of both operative and inoperative and water is released respectively, heated and unheated, as a fluid for rinsing, and
a sterilization treatment cycle, where fresh water is heated to produce and release steam as a fluid for sterilization,
whereby articles are treated in either one of both a single and a plurality of treatment cycles, selected alone, and in combination, and in desired order, from the group of treatment cycles consisting of washing with hot water, rinsing with water, and sterilizing with steam.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.