Household appliance for the care of laundry items with a dispensing tray and a suds container
First Claim
1. A household appliance for the care of laundry items, with a dispensing tray and a laundry container, which is connected to the dispensing tray via at least one supply duct, wherein a water trap vapor barrier is formed in a curved line section in the supply duct, the line section having a first end connected to the dispensing tray and a second end connected to the laundry container, wherein a ventilating channel is formed in the line section and has a ventilating outlet at the first end and connected to the dispensing tray and a ventilation channel inlet that is spaced from the ventilating outlet, wherein a partition wall located at least partially within the supply duct separates the ventilating channel at the first end from a supply channel that comprises the water trap vapor barrier for supplying liquid medium from the dispensing tray to the laundry container via the water trap vapor barrier, wherein, in use, if process air enters the line section from the laundry container, the process air is inhibited from passing through the water trap vapor barrier and is instead channeled into the ventilating channel, thus venting the process air away from the supply channel, and wherein the ventilating channel and the partition wall terminate at the first end.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a household appliance (1) for the care of laundry items, with a dispensing tray (8a) and a suds container (2), which is connected to the dispensing tray (8a) via at least one supply duct (4a, 4b), wherein a vapour barrier device (17a, 17b) is formed in a curved line section (18a, 18b) in the supply duct (4a, 4b), wherein a ventilating channel (22) is formed in the line section (18a, 18b) and opens into a first end (19) of the line section (18a, 18b) and is separated at the first end (19) from a supply channel (21), associated with the vapour barrier device (17a, 17b), for supplying liquid medium from the dispensing tray (8a) to the suds container (2).
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22 Claims
- 1. A household appliance for the care of laundry items, with a dispensing tray and a laundry container, which is connected to the dispensing tray via at least one supply duct, wherein a water trap vapor barrier is formed in a curved line section in the supply duct, the line section having a first end connected to the dispensing tray and a second end connected to the laundry container, wherein a ventilating channel is formed in the line section and has a ventilating outlet at the first end and connected to the dispensing tray and a ventilation channel inlet that is spaced from the ventilating outlet, wherein a partition wall located at least partially within the supply duct separates the ventilating channel at the first end from a supply channel that comprises the water trap vapor barrier for supplying liquid medium from the dispensing tray to the laundry container via the water trap vapor barrier, wherein, in use, if process air enters the line section from the laundry container, the process air is inhibited from passing through the water trap vapor barrier and is instead channeled into the ventilating channel, thus venting the process air away from the supply channel, and wherein the ventilating channel and the partition wall terminate at the first end.
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14. A supply duct for connecting a laundry container of a household laundry washing machine or washer/dryer to a detergent dispensing tray, the supply duct comprising:
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a line section having a curved portion with a water trap vapor barrier device and a water/detergent supply channel to receive liquid medium from the dispensing tray, the line section having a first end adapted to be connected to the dispensing tray and a second end adapted to be connected to the laundry container; a ventilating channel formed in the line section, the ventilating channel having an inlet spaced from the first end of the line section, wherein, in use, if process air enters the line section from the laundry container, the process air is inhibited from passing through the water trap vapor barrier device and is instead channeled into the ventilating channel, thus venting the process air away from the water/detergent supply channel; a partition wall extending to the first end to separate the ventilating channel from the water/detergent supply channel; and wherein the ventilating channel and the partition wall terminate at the first end. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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