Patent ID: 8578843
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: A21B,A47L,F24C

Abstract:
1. A household appliance comprising: a treatment chamber having an opening, the opening of the treatment chamber configured to be closed by a door; at least one frame member, the opening of the treatment chamber being bounded by the at least one frame member; a filling device configured to form a fluid connection with a container holding an operating fluid or operating powder, the filling device being disposed on the at least one frame member and being configured to introduce, in an operating mode of the household appliance, the operating fluid or operating powder to the treatment chamber, the filling device including a filling device opening, the filling device opening being accessible, when the door is open, to introduce the operating fluid or operating powder, the filling device opening being covered by the door when the door is closed, wherein the filling device includes a tubular member configured to be moved back and forth between a rest position and a filling position, the tubular member substantially engaging the at least one frame member in the rest position and at least a portion of the tubular member projecting from the at least one frame member in the filling position.