Valve assembly for use in a cooling appliance and cooling appliance having the valve assembly

Inventors: Dogan Kilinc (Istanbul, AR); Erdem Sümer (Tekirdag, AR); Eser Velisan (Muratli, AR); Necati Bora Gürel (Augsburg, DE); Veli Basarir (Tekirdag, AR); Senol Gök (Tekirdag, AR)

Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH

F16K24/04

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Patent No.: US 12704191
App. No.: 18/417,385
Granted: Aug 11, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A valve assembly is used in a cooling appliance. The valve assembly contains a water-guiding body for draining water to the outside of the valve assembly. The water-guiding body has a longitudinal axis extending along a first end and a second end of the water-guiding body. The valve assembly further contains at least one air-guiding body coupled to the water-guiding body so as to have a free air inlet end. The air-guiding body is provided with an embedded first one-way valve for allowing or blocking air ingress into the water-guiding body and has an air-guiding axis arranged at an acute angle with the longitudinal axis with reference to the first end of the water-guiding body.

Claims (24)

1 . A valve assembly for use in a cooling appliance, the valve assembly comprising:

a water-guiding body for draining water to an outside of the valve assembly, wherein said water-guiding body has a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end of said water-guiding body;

a drainage part having a water outlet end, wherein said second end of said water-guiding body is integrally coupled with said drainage part, wherein said drainage part has a drain axis disposed at an obtuse angle with the longitudinal axis with reference to said first end of said water-quiding body.

2 . A cooling appliance, comprising:

said valve assembly according to claim 1 .

3 . The cooling appliance according to claim 2 ,

further comprising a cooling assembly having a cooling evaporator; and

wherein said valve assembly is one of two valve assemblies coupled to said cooling assembly.

4 . A valve assembly for use in a cooling appliance, the valve assembly comprising:

at least one air-guiding body coupled to said water-guiding body and having a free air inlet end, wherein said at least one air-guiding body has an embedded first one-way valve for allowing or blocking air ingress into said water-guiding body and an air-guiding axis disposed at an acute angle with the longitudinal axis with reference to said first end of said water-guiding body, wherein said first one-way valve has a first valve body coaxially positioned in said at least one air-guiding body, wherein said first one-way valve further has a first elastic membrane at least partially covering an inner surface of said first valve body so as to ensure a tight fit of said first valve body into said at least one air-guiding body.

5 . The valve assembly according to claim 4 , further comprising a drainage part having a water outlet end, wherein said second end of said water-guiding body is integrally coupled with said drainage part.

6 . The valve assembly according to claim 5 , wherein said drainage part has an embedded second one-way valve for allowing or blocking water removal.

7 . The valve assembly according to claim 6 , wherein said second one-way valve contains a second valve body coaxially positioned in said drainage part.

8 . The valve assembly according to claim 7 , wherein said second one-way valve further includes a second elastic membrane at least partially covering an inner surface of said second valve body so as to ensure a tight fit of said second valve body into said drainage part.

9 . The valve assembly according to claim 8 , wherein said second elastic membrane has a contact surface angle with respect to said inner surface of said second valve body so as to provide a constant tension firmly securing said second valve body within said drainage part.

10 . The valve assembly according to claim 8 , wherein said drainage part has a second sealing ring configured to be attached to said water outlet end so as to prevent air leakage between said drainage part and said second one-way valve.

11 . The valve assembly according to claim 4 , wherein said drainage part has a drain axis disposed at an obtuse angle with the longitudinal axis with reference to said first end of said water-guiding body.

12 . The valve assembly according to claim 4 , wherein said first elastic membrane has a contact surface angle with respect to said inner surface of said first valve body so as to provide a constant tension firmly securing said first valve body within said at least one air-guiding body.

13 . The valve assembly according to claim 4 , wherein said at least one air-guiding body has a first sealing ring configured to be attached to said free air inlet end so as to block air leakage between said at least one air-guiding body and said first one-way valve.

14 . A valve assembly for use in a cooling appliance, the valve assembly comprising:

two air-guiding bodies coupled to said water-guiding body and having a free air inlet end, wherein one of the two air-guiding bodies has an embedded first one-way valve for allowing or blocking air ingress into said water-guiding body and an air-guiding axis disposed at an acute angle with the longitudinal axis with reference to said first end of said water-guiding body.