Patent ID: 8819959

Claim:
A laundry appliance comprising: a rotatable drum; a loading opening for loading articles to be treated by an additive into said drum; a loading door; at least one additive supply source; a nozzle arrangement adapted to supply at least one fluid-phase additive into said rotatable drum, said nozzle arrangement comprising at least one nozzle adapted to spray or inject steam into said rotatable drum; at least one fluid channel connecting the at least one additive supply source to the nozzle arrangement; and at least one trapping device adapted to trap and remove liquid condensate leaving the at least one nozzle, or forming at or close to the nozzle outside of the nozzle and fluid channel, during said spray or injection of steam into said drum, said trapping device comprising a draining channel external of said nozzle and said fluid channel for draining the liquid condensate away from said nozzle and its spray/injection path while allowing steam to be sprayed or injected into said drum, said draining channel being selected from the group consisting of a groove, a via, a ledge, a hose and a line.