Patent ID: 8500917

Claim:
A warewasher for washing wares, the warewasher comprising: a housing defining an internal space with at least one spray zone for washing wares, the housing including an opening defined in part by a lower shelf; a liquid delivery system that provides a spray of liquid within the spray zone; and an access door having a vertically hinged connection to the housing at one side of the access door to provide an open configuration that allows user access to the spray zone and a closed configuration that inhibits user access to the spray zone, the access door pivots about a vertical axis of the vertically hinged connection when moving between the closed configuration and the open configuration, the access door including a threshold seal member at the bottom of the access door, the threshold seal member formed of hard rubber or plastic and including a lower sealing portion that mates in contact with an upper surface of the shelf to provide a lower seal extending laterally along a width of the access door, and an inner sealing portion that cooperates with an inner edge the shelf to provide an inner seal extending laterally along the width of the access door, the inner seal being located nearer the spray zone than the lower seal, the inner sealing portion extending inward past and downward from the inner edge of the shelf when the door is in the closed configuration, and the inner sealing portion is sized and configured to permit the access door to pivot from the closed configuration to the open configuration by pulling a handle side of the door away from the housing such that the threshold member slides along the shelf causing the door to raise upward during the pivot, wherein the vertically hinged connection is configured to allow for vertical movement of the access door as a result of sliding interaction of the threshold member and the shelf.