Patent ID: 7827831

Claim:
A flush-in device for flushing detergent into a washing machine, the flush-in device comprising: a flushable chamber having walls and having a top side with an upper opening; at least one annular channel at least partially surrounding the flushable chamber, the walls of the flushable chamber delimiting a chamber volume, the upper opening on the top side of the flushable chamber and the chamber volume being located relative to one another to delimit a liquid entry path into the chamber volume along which liquid flows that is introduced via the upper opening on the top side of the flushable chamber and that thereafter enters into the chamber volume; a cover screen disposed directly on the top side of the flushable chamber of the flush-in device without a sealing element; and a sealing zone formed between the top side of the flushable chamber of the flush-in device and the cover screen and at least partly circumferentially surrounding the flushable chamber, the annular channel being located at least partly on the side of the sealing zone facing away from the flushable chamber, the sealing zone being located between the annular channel and the flushable chamber, wherein the cover screen includes an inwardly curved overhanging skirt on a side facing the flushable chamber, the inwardly curved overhanging skirt projecting from the upper opening on the top side of the flushable chamber into the chamber volume of the flushable chamber, and wherein the inwardly curved overhanging skirt is curved with respect to the walls of the flushable chamber, the inwardly curved overhanging skirt of the cover screen leading one of leakage liquid and condensation from the flushable chamber into the sealing zone between the top side of the flushable chamber of the flush-in device and the cover screen and toward the annular channel, the cover screen preventing the liquid from exiting the flushable chamber through the liquid entry path, and wherein the annular channel has at least one diverting opening to the flushable chamber directing liquid retained within the annular channel into the flushable chamber.