Patent ID: 8840732

Claim:
A dishwasher, including a domestic dishwasher, having a washing compartment defining an interior chamber for holding washable items for washing, the interior chamber including an access opening defined therein for user access to the washing compartment; an arrangement for applying washing liquid to the washable items; and a door for selectively covering and uncovering the access opening to the washing compartment, the dishwasher comprising: an inner door portion mounted to the door and oriented toward the interior chamber when the door is closed, the inner door portion including a surround to seal the washing compartment, the surround having an upper edge extending substantially horizontally when the door is closed and a lower edge extending substantially horizontally when the door is closed and two side edges extending orthogonally to the respective upper edge and lower edge with each side edge extending substantially vertically when the door is closed, the inner door portion including an outward bulge directed away from the interior chamber when the door is closed, the outward bulge including a sloping region extending between the upper edge and a lower floor of the outward bulge; and a feed device installed on the sloping region of the outward bulge adjacent the upper edge to dispense additives, the feed device being disposed on the inner door portion in an upper third of a region defined to extend between the upper edge and the lower edge, wherein the feed device is disposed essentially midway between the side edges, and wherein the feed device has at least one opening for both loading additives and dispensing additives, and the at least one opening is disposed in an area positioned inwardly of the surround, wherein the surround comprises a ridge on each of the upper edge and the two side edges.