Patent ID: 7556049

Claim:
A dishwasher comprising: an open-face cabinet defining a wash chamber; a door movably mounted to the cabinet for movement between an opened condition and a closed condition to selectively close the open-face cabinet and comprising an interior wall that faces the wash chamber when the door is in the closed condition; and a modular exhaust vent comprising: a housing mounted to the door and defining a conduit having an inlet coincident with the interior wall and an outlet, the inlet opening to the wash chamber, and the outlet opening to the exterior of dishwasher to form an exhaust flow path from the wash chamber to the exterior of the dishwasher; and a valve located at the inlet and carried by the housing and operable between an opened position, where the valve is spaced from the inlet, and a closed position, where the valve closes the inlet to impede introduction of sound into the conduit.