Laundry appliance with a deflector

A laundry appliance, comprising:

• a cabinet including a front panel defining an aperture;
• a tub disposed in the cabinet, wherein the tub defines a tub opening, and wherein a bottom of the tub opening is vertically lower than a bottom of the aperture;
• a drum disposed within the tub;
• and
• a bellows including:
• a first end coupled to the cabinet proximate to the aperture;
• a second end having a coupling feature coupled to an edge of the tub that defines the tub opening;
• and
• a body having an inner surface and forming a downward slope between the first end and the second end, wherein the inner surface is continuous with an inner surface of the coupling feature to extend along the edge of the tub for directing liquid along the downward slope and into at least one of the drum and the tub.

A laundry appliance, comprising:

• a cabinet defining an aperture;
• a tub disposed within the cabinet and defining a tub opening, wherein a bottom of the tub opening is lower than a bottom of the aperture;
• and
• a bellows including:
• a first end coupled to the cabinet at the aperture;
• a second end coupled to an edge of the tub that defines the tub opening;
• and
• a body extending between the first and second ends, wherein the body forms a continuous surface with the second end to extend over an inner surface of the edge, the inner surface facing a central axis of the tub opening.