US 11,952,195 B2
Cleaning fluid drawer for an appliance
Keith Harold Roth, Crystal Lake, IL (US); Thomas Michael Lasecki, Waterloo, WI (US); and Jeffrey Otto Zur, Lodi, WI (US)
Assigned to Sub-Zero Group, Inc., Madison, WI (US)
Filed by Sub-Zero Group, Inc., Madison, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,662.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017901 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F25D 23/00 (2006.01); B65D 81/18 (2006.01); F25C 1/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/18 (2018.01)
CPC B65D 81/18 (2013.01) [F25C 1/00 (2013.01); F25C 5/18 (2013.01); F25C 2400/12 (2013.01); F25C 2500/06 (2013.01); F25D 23/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drawer assembly comprising:
a drawer base mounted to a housing to which the drawer assembly is mounted;
a drawer configured to slide relative to the drawer base, the drawer comprising
a front wall; and
a receptacle, the receptacle comprising a bottom wall comprising a front edge and a back edge, wherein the front edge is mounted to the front wall, wherein the bottom wall forms a first funnel that slopes downward from the front edge to the back edge at a first angle of at least one degree; and
a bottom tray mounted to the drawer base below the receptacle, wherein the bottom tray is mounted not to slide relative to the drawer base, the bottom tray comprising
a tray wall comprising a second front edge and a second back edge, wherein the tray wall forms a second funnel that slopes downward from the second front edge of the tray wall to the second back edge of the tray wall at a second angle of at least one degree; and
a drain aperture wall mounted to the tray wall at a lowest elevation of the second funnel.