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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Alexander Boris Leibman, Louisville, KY (US);
Jerrod Aaron Kappler, Louisville, KY (US);
Taranjeet Singh, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A fluid additive dispenser for a washing machine appliance is provided. The dispenser includes a platform have a receiving surface. The receiving surface is elevated relative to a bottom of the dispenser and is positioned in view of an opening in the top of the dispenser. As fluid additives are drained or siphoned from the dispenser and off of the platform, the receiving surface will become visible through the opening even as some residual fluid additives may remain in the dispenser. The user is thereby provided with a more desirable appearance inside the dispenser with regard to e.g., residues or remains of fluid additives that would otherwise be visible.