Patent ID: 7841219

Claim:
A fabric treatment appliance comprising: a drum rotatably mounted within a tub with at least one of the tub and drum defining a fabric treatment chamber; a non-pressurized steam delivery system comprising: a steam generator having a steam generation chamber with a steam generator inlet fluidly coupled to a water supply to receive water in the steam generation chamber and a steam generator outlet in unrestricted fluid communication with the fabric treatment chamber to supply non-pressurized steam relative to the fabric treatment chamber; and a steam conduit in unrestricted fluid communication with the fabric treatment chamber and having a steam conduit inlet fluidly coupled to the steam generator outlet and a steam conduit outlet fluidly coupled to the fabric treatment chamber; wherein the steam conduit outlet of the steam conduit defines a high point higher than any other point of the steam conduit and wherein non-pressurized steam rising from the steam generator is guided into the fabric treatment chamber through the steam conduit.