Dishwashing appliance with color matching sound insulation

Abstract

A dishwashing appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber therein for receipt of articles for washing. The dishwashing appliance also includes an acoustic barrier. The acoustic barrier may be positioned within the dishwashing appliance and/or outside the tub. The acoustic barrier may be color matched with an adjacent external portion of the dishwashing appliance. At least one external surface of the dishwashing appliance may comprise a color, and at least a portion of the acoustic barrier may comprise the color.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A dishwashing appliance, comprising:
 a tub defining a wash chamber therein for receipt of articles for washing;   a sump positioned at a bottom of the wash chamber for receiving fluid from the wash chamber;   a pump in fluid communication with the wash chamber and the sump; and   an acoustic barrier positioned outside the tub, wherein a portion of the acoustic barrier is visible from outside of the dishwashing appliance, and wherein the acoustic barrier is color matched with an adjacent external portion of the dishwashing appliance.   
     
     
         2 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the adjacent external portion of the dishwashing appliance comprises a front surface of a door of the dishwashing appliance. 
     
     
         3 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the adjacent external portion of the dishwashing appliance comprises a toe kick. 
     
     
         4 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 3 , further comprising a cutout defined in the toe kick, wherein the portion of the acoustic barrier is visible from outside of the dishwashing appliance through the cutout defined in the toe kick. 
     
     
         5 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the acoustic barrier comprises a sound blanket extending along at least one side of the tub. 
     
     
         6 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the acoustic barrier comprises sound insulation formed of a fiber material. 
     
     
         7 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the acoustic barrier comprises a painted external layer, whereby the acoustic barrier is color matched with the adjacent external portion of the dishwashing appliance by the painted external layer. 
     
     
         8 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the acoustic barrier comprises a first material configured for acoustically insulating the dishwashing appliance and a layer of a second material on a portion of the exterior of the acoustic barrier, wherein a color of the layer of the second material matches the adjacent external portion of the dishwashing appliance. 
     
     
         9 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the acoustic barrier comprises a dyed material, whereby the acoustic barrier is color matched with the adjacent external portion of the dishwashing appliance by the dyed material. 
     
     
         10 . A dishwashing appliance comprising:
 a tub defining a wash chamber therein for receipt of articles for washing;   a cosmetic panel defining at least one external surface of the dishwashing appliance, wherein the at least one external surface comprises a color; and   an acoustic barrier positioned within the dishwashing appliance, wherein a portion of the acoustic barrier is visible from outside of the dishwashing appliance, and wherein the portion of the acoustic barrier comprises the color.   
     
     
         11 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the cosmetic panel is a door panel and the at least one external surface of the dishwashing appliance comprises a front surface of a door of the dishwashing appliance. 
     
     
         12 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the cosmetic panel comprises a toe kick. 
     
     
         13 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 12 , further comprising a cutout defined in the toe kick, wherein the portion of the acoustic barrier is visible from outside of the dishwashing appliance through the cutout defined in the toe kick. 
     
     
         14 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the acoustic barrier comprises a sound blanket extending along at least one side of the tub. 
     
     
         15 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the acoustic barrier comprises sound insulation formed of a fiber material. 
     
     
         16 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the acoustic barrier comprises a painted external layer, wherein the painted external layer comprises the color. 
     
     
         17 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the acoustic barrier comprises a first material configured for acoustically insulating the dishwashing appliance and a layer of a second material on a portion of the exterior of the acoustic barrier, wherein the layer of the second material comprises the color. 
     
     
         18 . The dishwashing appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the acoustic barrier comprises a dyed material, wherein the dyed material comprises the color.