Steaming and sanitizing accessory

An accessory for a steam generating appliance comprising:

• a valve having an inlet for receiving steam from the steam generating appliance;
• one or more forwardly-directed outlet ports and one or more downwardly-directed outlet ports;
• a first conduit providing fluid communication between the valve and the one or more forwardly-directed outlet ports;
• a second conduit providing fluid communication between the valve and the one or more downwardly-directed outlet ports;
• a valve controller for selectively allowing or denying the steam to flow through the valve and conduits to the outlet ports in at least the following modes;
• denying the steam to flow to and from either of the forwardly-directed or the downwardly-directed outlet ports;
• allowing the steam to flow to and from both of the forwardly-directed and the downwardly-directed outlet ports;
• allowing the steam to flow to and from only the one or more forwardly-directed outlet ports;
• and
• allowing the steam to flow to and from only the one or more downwardly-directed outlet ports.

An accessory for a steam generating appliance comprising:

• a valve having a first inlet for receiving steam from the steam generating appliance and a second inlet for receiving a sanitizing agent;
• one or more forwardly-directed outlet ports and one or more downwardly-directed outlet ports;
• a first conduit providing fluid communication between the valve and the one or more forwardly-directed outlet ports;
• a second conduit providing fluid communication between the valve and the one or more downwardly-directed outlet ports;
• a valve controller for selectively allowing or denying the steam and the sanitizing agent to flow through the valve and conduits to the outlet ports in at least the following modes;
• denying both the steam and the sanitizing agent to flow to and from either of the forwardly-directed or the downwardly-directed outlet ports;
• allowing the steam to flow to and from the one or more forwardly-directed outlet ports and the sanitizing agent to flow to and from the one or more downwardly-directed outlet ports;
• allowing the sanitizing agent to flow to and from the one or more forwardly-directed outlet ports and the steam to flow to and from the one or more downwardly-directed outlet ports;
• and
• allowing a mixture of the steam and the sanitizing agent to flow to and from both of the forwardly-directed and the downwardly-directed outlet ports.