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Linen processing apparatus including a device for controlling the water flow supplied to a steam generator

US8250788B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

11References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ROWENTA WERKE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Bjorn Scheve · Reichelsheim, DE
Matthias Hahn · Kaiserslautern, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 21, 2008
Grant date	Aug 28, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 7, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD06F73/00
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Appliance for the treatment of fabric articles comprising a water tank, a steam generator for diffusing steam in the direction of the fabric article and a water supply circuit of the steam generator comprising an electric pump, characterized in that said supply circuit comprises a flexible tube (12) and a device (13) for adjusting the flow of water sent to the steam generator comprising means (133) for compressing the flexible tube (12) so as to modify its cross-section of flow.

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