US 12,253,258 B2
Steam treatment appliance
Christian Clauss, Obernai (FR); Harry Fischer, Bretten (DE); and Rudolf Schall, Bruchsal (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/442,155
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/061219
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/224965, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 206 324.1 (DE), filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0154925 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. F22B 1/28 (2006.01); A47J 27/04 (2006.01); F22B 37/48 (2006.01); F24C 14/00 (2006.01); F24C 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC F22B 1/28 (2013.01) [A47J 27/04 (2013.01); F22B 37/48 (2013.01); F24C 14/005 (2013.01); F24C 15/003 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steam treatment appliance, comprising:
a steam generation facility;
a water tank for providing liquid for the steam generation facility;
a first pump for pumping liquid out of the water tank and to the steam generation facility;
an accommodating container;
a second pump for pumping liquid out of the steam generation facility and to the accommodating container;
a third pump for pumping liquid out of the accommodating container and into the water tank, and
a shared first connecting piece fluidically connected to the water tank, with an input of the first pump and an output of the third pump being connected to the first connecting piece;
a shared second connecting piece fluidically connected to the steam generation facility, with an output of the first pump and an input of the second pump being connected to the second connecting piece; and
a shared third connecting piece fluidically connected to a port for the accommodating container, with an output of the second pump and an input of the third pump being connected to the third connecting piece.