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US 7,841,219 B2Granted
Fabric treating appliance utilizing steam
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsNyik Siong Wong, Raveendran Vaidhyanathan
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Abstract
A fabric treating appliance utilizing steam for treating the fabric and having a steam generator with a conduit for directing the steam.
Claims11
A fabric treatment appliance comprising:
- a drum rotatably mounted within a tub with at least one of the tub and drum defining a fabric treatment chamber;
- a non-pressurized steam delivery system comprising:
- a steam generator having a steam generation chamber with a steam generator inlet fluidly coupled to a water supply to receive water in the steam generation chamber and a steam generator outlet in unrestricted fluid communication with the fabric treatment chamber to supply non-pressurized steam relative to the fabric treatment chamber;
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- a steam conduit in unrestricted fluid communication with the fabric treatment chamber and having a steam conduit inlet fluidly coupled to the steam generator outlet and a steam conduit outlet fluidly coupled to the fabric treatment chamber;
- wherein the steam conduit outlet of the steam conduit defines a high point higher than any other point of the steam conduit and wherein non-pressurized steam rising from the steam generator is guided into the fabric treatment chamber through the steam conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.