Laundry appliance including oblique bellows and door deflector with horizontal bottom

A laundry appliance, comprising:

• a cabinet having a front panel defining a front opening;
• a tub disposed within the cabinet, wherein a center axis of the tub is vertically offset and defines an acute angle relative to a center axis of the front opening;
• an oblique bellows extending between the front opening and the tub;
• and
• a door assembly operably coupled to the front panel and configured to rotate about a rotational axis, wherein the door assembly includes:
• a frame;
• and
• a deflector coupled to a rear side of the frame, wherein a bottom of the deflector extends perpendicular to the rotational axis to minimize a gap between the deflector and the oblique bellows, and wherein a center axis of a sealing interface between the deflector and the oblique bellows is parallel with the center axis of the tub.

A laundry appliance, comprising:

• a cabinet including a front panel defining a front opening;
• a tub disposed within the cabinet, wherein a tub opening is vertically offset from the front opening, and wherein a center axis of the tub is vertically offset and positioned at an acute angle relative to a horizontal center axis of the front opening;
• a drum disposed within the tub;
• an oblique bellows extending between the front opening and the tub opening, wherein a front bellows opening at the front panel is parallel with the tub opening;
• a light source disposed proximate to an outer surface of the oblique bellows and an inner surface of the front panel, wherein the light source is configured to emit light through the oblique bellows;
• a door frame operably coupled to the front panel and configured to rotate about a vertical rotational axis;
• and
• a deflector coupled to a rear side of the frame, wherein the deflector includes:
• a coupling edge extending parallel with the front bellows opening to form a sealing interface therebetween;
• and
• a bottom extending horizontally over the oblique bellows and toward the drum, wherein the bottom extends parallel with the horizontal center axis and perpendicular to the vertical rotational axis to reduce a gap between the deflector and the oblique bellows.