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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2003
Bethany C. Noyes, Dubuque, IA (US);
Dennis S. Prows, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Don J. Rydberg, Ankeny, IA (US);
Bethany C. Noyes, Dubuque, IA (US);
Dennis S. Prows, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Don J. Rydberg, Ankeny, IA (US);
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Abstract
A delay flow water reservoir for a clothes dryer cabinet and method of use is provided. The delay flow reservoir has a container having an opening and a cap engaging the opening. The cap has a delay chamber with a drain opening, a seal covering the opening with first and second seal holes, and the delayed flow reservoir. The delay chamber fills with water from the container before draining into the clothes drying cabinets. The method of using the delay flow water reservoir permits the user to fill a container while in an upright position and then moving the delay flow water reservoir to an overturned dispense position. The method permits water to drain into the delay reservoir rather than out the drain opening while the user moves the reservoir into operational communication in the clothes drying cabinet.