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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2010
Nyik Siong Wong, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Dengming Peng, Stevensville, MI (US);
Nyik Siong Wong, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Dengming Peng, Stevensville, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A fabric treatment appliance comprises at least one of a tub and drum defining a fabric treatment chamber, a steam generator having a steam generation chamber and configured to supply steam to the fabric treatment chamber, and a conduit fluidly coupling a water supply to the steam generation chamber. The fabric treatment appliance can also include a flow controller and/or a flow meter fluidly coupled to the conduit to facilitate controlling the supply of water to the steam generation chamber. The disclosure provides methods of water supply control that can employ the flow controller and/or the flow meter.