Patent ID: 7152612

Claim:
A washing appliance having no cabinet or wrapper for mounting within a cavity in a building structure or joinery comprising: (a) a base module adapted to be mounted by the use of fastening means to at least one inner face of said cavity, (b) a wash system slidably mounted to said base module whereby in use said wash system may be withdrawn horizontally out of said cavity for access thereto, said wash system including: (i) an open top wash chamber adapted to accommodate items to be washed and within which wash liquid is circulated, said wash chamber having a top peripheral rim, (ii) means for introducing and circulating wash liquid within said chamber, (iii) means for evacuating wash liquid from said chamber, and (c) a wash chamber closure mounted to said base module, which closure covers the open top of said wash chamber on retraction of the wash chamber into said cavity, (d) said closure having means for sealing which cooperate with the top of said chamber in the vicinity of said rim thereby preventing the egress of wash liquid from the wash chamber, when it is retracted into said cavity.