(19)
(11) EP 2 275 596 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.04.2011 Bulletin 2011/17

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.01.2011 Bulletin 2011/03

(21) Application number: 10011927.0

(22) Date of filing: 19.02.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06F 39/00(2006.01)
D06F 39/08(2006.01)
 D06F 58/20(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
07003407.9 / 1959043

(71) Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
1130 Brussels (BE)

(72) Inventors:
  • Klug, Hans-Joachim
    90610 Winkelhaid (DE)
  • Kreutzfeldt, Uta
    92342 Freystadt (DE)
  • Siedentopf, Roland
    91126 Schwabach (DE)
  • Sierl, Johannes
    90427 Nürnberg (DE)
  • Loy, Thomas
    90427 Nürnberg (DE)

(74) Representative: Baumgartl, Gerhard Willi et al
Electrolux Rothenburg GmbH Factory and Development
90327 Nürnberg
90327 Nürnberg (DE)

   


(54) Domestic appliance with external water supply


(57) The invention relates to a domestic appliance (1) for textiles, especially to a dryer or a washing machine. To improve the possibility to carry out a steam treatment of the textiles the invention suggests that the domestic appliance (1) is equipped with a steam unit (2) for applying water steam, especially hot or superheated steam, to the textiles, wherein a water supply unit (3) is provided in and/or at the domestic appliance (1) for receiving water destined for the steam unit (2) and for forwarding this water (4) to the steam unit (2), and wherein the water supply unit (3) is designed to be connected to an external water source (4), especially a public water supply (4).







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