Fill funnel hose interface
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsAldo Vincent Kremmel, Logan Chayse Dunaway
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Abstract
A dishwashing appliance includes a tub, the tub includes a sidewall, the sidewall defines a fill hole. The dishwashing appliance further includes a fill funnel coupled with the sidewall of the tub positioned at the fill hole. The fill funnel defines an inlet. The fill funnel includes a hose connection feature disposed within the fill funnel adjacent to the inlet. The hose connection feature defines a primary flow path, the primary flow path is directed toward the fill hole. The fill funnel further includes a weep barrier positioned vertically beneath the hose connection feature. The weep barrier at least partially defines a secondary flow path directed toward the fill hole.
Claims10
A dishwashing appliance comprising:
- a tub defining a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing, the tub comprising a sidewall, the sidewall defining a fill hole;
- a fill funnel coupled with the sidewall of the tub, the fill funnel positioned outside of the wash chamber at the fill hole, the fill funnel defining an inlet, the fill funnel comprising:
- a hose connection feature disposed within the fill funnel adjacent to the inlet, the hose connection feature defining a primary flow path, the primary flow path directed toward the fill hole, and wherein the hose connection feature at least partially defines a secondary flow path directed toward the fill hole;
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- a weep barrier including a skirt extending circumferentially around the hose connection feature, and wherein the skirt is configured to circumferentially surround the hose.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.