Household appliance having a drip guard for a warming drawer

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A household appliance comprising:
a warming drawer housing having an interior chamber; and a warming drawer module in the interior chamber, the warming drawer module including:
a support plate;a heating element forming a floor surface of the warming drawer module, the floor surface for receiving items to be warmed, an underside of the heating element being supported by the support plate;a frame disposed over an upper perimeter surface of the heating element, the frame secured to the support plate and retaining the heating element there between; anda first electrical connection disposed adjacent to an edge of the frame,wherein the frame includes a drip guard projecting outward from the edge of the frame and overhangs the first electrical connection, the drip guard configured to guide a liquid from a surface of one of the frame and the heating element away from the first electrical connection such that the liquid does not come into contact with the first electrical connection.