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Household appliance for the care of laundry items with a dispensing tray and a suds container

  • US 10,011,940 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2012
  • Issued: 07/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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