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US 8,555,676 B2Granted
Fabric treatment appliance with steam backflow device
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsMarkus Beck, Robert J. Pinkowski, Alvaro Vallejo Noriega
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Abstract
A fabric treatment appliance comprising a receptacle defining a fabric treatment chamber for receiving laundry; a steam generator having an inlet for receiving water and an outlet for supplying steam to the fabric treatment chamber; a water supply conduit with an outlet located below the steam generator inlet; and a reservoir coupling the water supply conduit outlet with the steam generator inlet.
Claims14
A fabric treatment appliance comprising:
- a receptacle defining a fabric treatment chamber for receiving laundry;
- a steam generator having an inlet for receiving water and an outlet for supplying steam to the fabric treatment chamber;
- a water supply conduit with an outlet;
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- a reservoir coupling the water supply conduit outlet with the steam generator inlet;
- wherein the reservoir comprises a tank having a top, and the water supply conduit extends through the top of the reservoir and into the tank such that the water supply conduit outlet is located in the reservoir below the steam generator inlet such that a water plug forms therebetween and within the reservoir when water is supplied to the steam generator from the water supply conduit.
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A steam-using appliance comprising:
- a steam generator having an inlet for receiving water and an outlet for supplying steam;
- a water supply conduit with an outlet;
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- a reservoir coupling the water supply conduit outlet with the steam generator inlet;
- wherein the reservoir comprises a tank having a top, and the water supply conduit extends through the top of the reservoir and into the tank such that the water supply conduit outlet is located in the reservoir below the steam generator inlet such that a water plug forms therebetween and within the reservoir when water is supplied to the steam generator from the water supply conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.