Patent ID: 6612323
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G05D,Y10T

Abstract:
In an appliance having at least one water inlet valve, each inlet valve being connected to a separate hose communicating pressurized water from a water line, each inlet valve being actuable by electric power supplied through an electrical line of a control system of the appliance, each inlet valve being actuable between a closed position that prevents water from flowing from the conduit through the inlet valve and an open position that allows water to flow from the conduit through the inlet valve, the improvement comprising:a safety valve connected to each water line at a location upstream of each hose, each safety valve being electrically actuable between a closed position, which prevents water from flowing through the safety valve into the hose, and an open position, which allows water to flow through the safety valve into the hose, each safety valve being connected to one of the electrical lines of the control system of the appliance for being individually actuated simultaneously with each corresponding inlet valve by the electrical power supplied by the control system.