Household appliance, in particular refrigeration device

Abstract

A household appliance, in particular a refrigeration device, in which ice bodies can be made of supplied water, includes a hose and/or tube assembly for supply of water to a receiving container, and a valve connected to the hose and/or tube assembly and constructed to release or suppress the water supply to the receiving container. The hose and/or tube assembly has zones in which a physical condition changes, wherein the valve is disposed in the hose and/or tube assembly in a region which has not yet encountered a change in the physical condition after water has been supplied into the hose and/or tube assembly.

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         5 . A household appliance, comprising:
 a hose and/or tube assembly for supply of water to a receiving container, said hose and/or tube assembly having zones in which a physical condition changes; and   a valve constructed to release or suppress a delivery of water to the receiving container, said valve being disposed in the hose and/or tube assembly in a region which has not yet encountered a change in the physical condition after water has been supplied into the hose and/or tube assembly.   
     
     
         6 . The household appliance of  claim 5 , constructed in the form of a refrigeration device in which ice pieces can be produced from supplied water. 
     
     
         7 . The household appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the physical condition is at least a member selected from the group consisting of water temperature, water pressure, and active electromagnetic field. 
     
     
         8 . The household appliance of  claim 5 , further comprising a filter disposed upstream of the valve in the hose and/or tube assembly. 
     
     
         9 . The household appliance of  claim 8 , wherein the filter is a fine particle filter. 
     
     
         10 . The household appliance of  claim 8 , wherein the filter is an activated-carbon filter. 
     
     
         11 . The household appliance of  claim 8 , wherein the filter is a fabric filter.