# US 2013/0340797 A1 · Clothes treatment appliance with transfer pipe

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- Number: US 2013/0340797 A1
- Document ID: US20130340797A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/532,880
- Filed: 2012-06-26
- Published: 2013-12-26
- Earliest claimed: 2012-06-26
- Assignees: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
- Inventors: Ralf Bömmels; Bernd Gemünden; Jürgen Heß; Vladimir Proseanic; Svetlana Visnepolschi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130340797A1

## CPC

- D06F 39/10: Filtering arrangements
- D06F 58/22: Lint collecting arrangements
- D06F 58/24: Condensing arrangements
- D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES

## Abstract

A clothes treatment appliance includes a transfer pipe leading to a water-cleanable unit of the clothes treatment appliance. The transfer pipe includes a water diverter that diverts part of the water exiting the transfer pipe in a sideway direction. A method for cleaning a water-cleanable unit of a clothes treatment appliance includes releasing water into a transfer pipe and diverting part of the water exiting the transfer pipe in a sideway direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A clothes treatment appliance, comprising:
a transfer pipe leading to a water-cleanable unit of the clothes treatment appliance,
wherein the transfer pipe includes a water diverter that is adapted to divert part of the water exiting the transfer pipe in a sideway direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The clothes treatment appliance according to claim 1, wherein the water diverter comprises a loose end section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The clothes treatment appliance according to claim 2, wherein the loose end section comprises a flexible end section.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The clothes treatment appliance according to claim 1, wherein the water diverter comprises a Coanda-shaped end section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The clothes treatment appliance according to claim 4, wherein the Coanda-shaped end section comprises a Coanda-shaped shell.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The clothes treatment appliance according to claim 5, wherein the Coanda-shaped end section comprises a vibrating Coanda-shaped end section.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The clothes treatment appliance according to claim 6, wherein the Coanda-shaped end section comprises at least two oscillating Coanda-shaped shells.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The clothes treatment appliance according to claim 1, wherein the water diverter comprises a spiraling water guidance structure at an inner wall.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The clothes treatment appliance according to claim 1, wherein the water-cleanable unit is a process air condenser.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The clothes treatment appliance according to claim 1, wherein an inlet of the transfer pipe is connected to a water tank.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The clothes treatment appliance according to claim 1, wherein the clothes treatment appliance further comprises a water accelerator to accelerate the water in the transfer pipe.

### Claim 12

A method for cleaning a water-cleanable unit of a clothes treatment appliance, the method comprising:
releasing water into a transfer pipe; and
diverting part of the water exiting the transfer pipe in a sideway direction.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, wherein diverting part of the water comprises bending an end section of the transfer pipe by means of the water in the end section.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, wherein diverting part of the water comprises diverting the part of the water by means of the Coanda effect.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, wherein diverting part of the water comprises adding a rotational movement to part of the water in the transfer pipe.