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AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorsAlberto Santarossa, Roberto Colombo, Angelo Irrera, Maurizio Biasi
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A home laundry machine (1) having an outer casing (2) and, inside said casing (2), a laundry container (3, 5) for housing the laundry to be dried, and a steam generator (15) for feeding a given amount of steam into the laundry container (3, 5), and which in turn has a tubular vaporizer (16) containing a given amount of water; a heater (19) for boiling and converting the water in said tubular vaporizer (16) into steam; and a steam exhaust pipe (20) for feeding the steam produced in the tubular vaporizer (16) into the laundry container (3, 5), and which has at least one tubular portion (20a) contacting the heater (19), so that the steam flowing along the tubular portion (20a) receives a certain amount of heat from said heater (19).
1) A home laundry machine (1) comprising an outer box casing (2) and, inside the casing, a laundry container (3, 5) for housing the laundry to be dried, and a steam generator (15) for feeding a given amount of steam into said laundry container (3, 5), and which in turn comprises a tubular vaporizer (16) for evaporating a given amount of water;
9) A home laundry machine as claimed in any one of the claims from 5 to 8, wherein said steam generator (15) comprises a pressure sensor or pressure switch (22) associated to said tubular vaporizer (16) to measure the pressure (P) of the steam inside the tubular vaporizer (16);
10) A home laundry machine as claimed in any one of the foregoing claims, wherein said steam generator (15) comprises at least a temperature sensor (21) to measure the temperature (T) of said heating means (19);
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