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US 11,465,081 B2Granted
Water filtering and recycling system for ice making appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDanister Abeygunawardana, Andrew Reinhard Krause, Bradley Nicholas Gilkey, Gregory Sergeevich Chernov, Charles Benjamin Miller
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Abstract
A water filter assembly may include a filter body having vertical side walls that defines a cavity within which one or more filter layers may be housed, the filter body further including a plurality of vertical barriers that define a plurality of flow paths that converge on an outlet hole, the vertical barriers further including a plurality of cutouts defining alternative overflow paths permitting water therethrough, and each filter layer including a plurality of vertical barriers that define a plurality of flow paths.
Claims19
A water filter assembly comprising:
- a filter body comprising
- a vertical side wall;
- a floor having a top side, the floor and the vertical side wall together defining a cavity, wherein the cavity is defined along a vertical plane as a filtered cavity portion and an unfiltered cavity portion;
- an outlet hole defined in the floor of the filter body;
- a plurality of vertical barriers extending from the top side of the floor, the plurality of vertical barriers defining a plurality of flow paths that converge at the outlet hole;
- a plurality of cutouts defined in an upper portion of the plurality of vertical barriers, each cutout of the plurality of cutouts defining an alternative overflow path permitting water therethrough at a height of the plurality of cutouts;
- a first filter layer mounted within the cavity of the filter body, at least a portion of the first filter layer being present within the filtered cavity portion of the filter body and at least a portion the first filter layer being present within the unfiltered cavity portion of the filter body, the first filter layer comprising
- a first filter floor having a top side;
- a plurality of first filter outlet holes;
- and
- a plurality of first filter vertical barriers extending from the top side of the first filter floor and defining a plurality of first filter flow paths that all originate from the portion of the first filter layer present within the unfiltered cavity portion, a discrete first filter outlet hole being defined at an end of each first filter flow path.
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A water filter assembly comprising:
- a filter body comprising
- a vertical side wall,
- a floor having a top side, the floor and the vertical side wall together defining a cavity, wherein the cavity is defined along a vertical plane as a filtered cavity portion and an unfiltered cavity portion,
- an outlet hole defined in the floor of the filter body,
- a plurality of vertical barriers extending from the top side of the floor, the plurality of vertical barriers defining a plurality of flow paths that converge at the outlet hole,
- a first filter layer mounted within the cavity of the filter body, at least a portion of the first filter layer being present within the filtered cavity portion of the filter body and at least a portion of the first filter layer being present within the unfiltered cavity portion of the filter body, the first filter layer comprising
- a first filter floor having a top side,
- a plurality of first filter outlet holes, and
- a plurality of first filter vertical barriers extending from the top side of the first filter floor and defining a plurality of first filter flow paths that all originate from the portion of the first filter layer present within the unfiltered cavity portion, a discrete first filter outlet hole being defined at an end of each first filter flow path.
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A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a cabinet;
- an insulated chamber mounted within the cabinet;
- an icemaker mounted within the insulated chamber;
- and
- a water filter assembly for filtering water from the ice maker, the water filter assembly comprising;
- a filter body comprising
- a vertical side wall,
- a floor having a top side, the floor and the vertical side wall together defining a cavity, wherein the cavity is divided along a vertical plane into a filtered cavity portion and an unfiltered cavity portion,
- an outlet hole defined in the floor of the filter body,
- a plurality of vertical barriers extending from the top side of the floor, the vertical barriers and floor defining a plurality of flow paths that converge at the outlet hole, and
- a first filter layer mounted within the cavity of the filter body, at least a portion of the first filter layer being present within the filtered cavity portion of the filter body and at least a portion the first filter layer being present within the unfiltered cavity portion of the filter body, each first filter layer comprising
- a first filter floor having a top side,
- a plurality of first filter outlet holes, and
- a plurality of first filter vertical barriers extending from the top side of the first filter floor and defining a plurality of first filter flow paths that all originate from the portion of the first filter layer present within the unfiltered cavity portion, a discrete first filter outlet hole being defined at an end of each first filter flow path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.