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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Bsh Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh, Munich, DE;
John Freeman, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charlie Hanna, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jeremiah Nash, Powell, TN (US);
Dennis Staley, Evansville, IN (US);
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A domestic steaming appliance for steaming food items is provided. The domestic steamer appliance includes a base; a steamer insert mounted in the base; a steamer cup located below the steamer insert; a removable water tank configured to hold water for feeding to the steamer cup, the water tank having a top that forms an air tight seal with the water tank when the top is in place on the water tank; and a feeder tube fluidly connecting the water tank to the steamer cup, the feeder tube being connected to the steamer cup at a steamer cup inlet. The water in the water tank is fed to the steamer cup by way of the feeder tube under gravitational force only.