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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2022
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Prem Dhanasekaran, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Ankur Garg, Pune, IN;
Tushar Sopan Jadhav, Pune, IN;
Suraj Narendra Kadam, Pune, IN;
Harichandra Prabhakar Lambate, Pune, IN;
Vishal Shankar Marathe, Pune, IN;
Vishal Shrimandhar Masutage, Sangli, IN;
Mohasin Nasir Mulla, Pune, IN;
Ravindra Balkrishna Salunkhe, Satara, IN;
Sujay Sampat Shelke, Pune, IN;
Swapnil Anant Wadkar, Phaltan, IN;
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An oven includes a cooking chamber, a cabinet at least partially surrounding the cooking chamber, and a water reservoir having a reservoir inlet and a reservoir outlet. The oven further includes a water fill assembly including an opening, a water-receiving cavity and a fill outlet from the water-receiving cavity, the water fill assembly defining a fluid flow path in from the opening and out through the fill outlet, a check valve in fluid communication with the fill outlet downstream of the fluid flow path defined by the water fill assembly, the check valve configured in a closed state under a force of gravity on at least a portion thereof and opening by a flow force of fluid out of the fill outlet and through the check valve, and a conduit connecting the check valve with the water reservoir inlet downstream of the fill outlet.