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US 8,555,675 B2Granted
Fabric treatment appliance with steam backflow device
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsMarkus Beck, Robert J. Pinkowski, Alvaro Vallejo Noriega, Nyik Siong Wong, Raveendran Vaidhyanathan
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Abstract
A fabric treatment appliance according to one embodiment of the invention comprises a receptacle defining a fabric treatment chamber for receiving laundry, a steam generator having an inlet for receiving water from a water supply and an outlet for supplying steam to the fabric treatment chamber, and a liquid trap upstream from the steam generation chamber blocking backflow of steam from the steam generation chamber to the water supply conduit.
Claims16
A fabric treatment appliance comprising:
- a receptacle defining a fabric treatment chamber for receiving laundry;
- a steam generator having an inlet operable to be coupled with a water supply for receiving water, a steam generation chamber for converting the water to steam, and an outlet coupled to the fabric treatment chamber for supplying steam to the fabric treatment chamber;
- a reservoir fluidly coupled with the steam generator inlet and having a portion extending above the steam generator inlet;
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- a water supply conduit operable to fluidly couple the water supply with the reservoir and having an outlet located below the steam generator inlet;
- wherein a liquid trap is formed between the water supply conduit and the steam generator inlet blocking backflow of steam from the steam generation chamber to the water supply.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.