Microfiber filtration system

A laundry appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the laundry appliance comprising:

• a cabinet;
• a tub provided within the cabinet having a tub inlet and a tub outlet;
• a pump in fluid communication with the outlet of the tub for circulating a fluid volume;
• and
• a filter container comprising
• a filter container inlet in fluid communication with the pump;
• a filter container outlet;
• a filter container base comprising an inclined floor configured such that the fluid volume entering the filter container inlet flows down the inclined floor to the filter container outlet by force of gravity;
• a self-clearing filter assembly for separating microfibers from the fluid volume, the self-clearing filter assembly comprising
• one or more filter side walls forming a side wall perimeter, the one or more side walls having an upper end and a lower end and wherein the perimeter has a substantially uniform height;
• a filter base including
• an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion is oriented below the filter container inlet to enable the fluid volume to first contact the filter base at the upper portion of the filter base;
• and
• a surface attached to the lower end of the one or more side walls and inclined at all points below the upper portion of the filter base such that at least a portion of the fluid volume is capable of flowing over the entire surface of the filter base.