Household appliance having a drip guard for a warming drawer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8916802
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13483096

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A household appliance includes a warming drawer housing having an interior chamber, and a warming drawer module in the interior chamber. The module includes a support plate, a glass heating element forming a floor surface of the module for receiving items to be warmed, a gasket strip covering an upper perimeter surface of the glass heating element, a frame disposed over the gasket strip and the upper perimeter surface, and a first electrical connection disposed adjacent to an edge of the frame. The frame includes a drip guard projecting outward from the edge of the frame and overhanging the first electrical connection to guide a liquid from a surface of the frame or the glass heating element away from the first electrical connection such that the liquid does not come into contact with the first electrical connection.

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BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION5551 MCFADDEN AVENUE HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92649

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bringe, William Powell, US 7 50
Harward, Samuel Knoxville, US 27 196
Parker, Rose Marie Caryville, US 20 109
Rutherford, Michael Duff, US 21 169

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