Laundry washing machine
AssigneeElectrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
InventorsMarco Pessot, Simone Trangoni, Carlo Antonio Leone
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Abstract
A laundry washing machine having a washing tub in which a drum for receiving laundry is arranged, a filter, and an outlet duct fluidically connecting the washing tub and the filter. The filter comprises a filter seat and a filter body insertable/inserted on the filter seat, and the filter body is built in a once-piece design as a monolithic body with two hemi-shells that are connected to each other by at least one deformable connection element.
Claims19
A laundry washing machine comprising:
- a washing tub;
- a drum configured for receiving laundry arranged in the washing tub;
- a filter comprising a filter seat and a filter body configured to be inserted in a first direction into the filter seat, the filter seat comprising a first outlet port and a second outlet port, each outlet port extending laterally to the first direction;
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- an outlet duct fluidly connecting the washing tub to the filter;
- wherein the filter body comprises a one-piece monolithic body with two hemi-shells, each hemi-shell having an external surface, and at least one deformable connection joining the two hemi-shells, wherein the external surface of the first hemi-shell comprises a first recess facing the first outlet port and the external surface of the second hemi-shell comprises a second recess facing the second outlet port when the filter body is inserted into the filter seat.
A filter for filtering contaminants from liquid in a laundry washing machine, the filter comprising a filter body with a filter inlet and a filter outlet, wherein the filter body comprises a one-piece monolithic body with two hemi-shells, each hemi-shell having an external wall, and at least one deformable connection joining the two hemi-shells, wherein the external wall of the first hemi-shell comprises a first recess extending therein and the external wall of the second hemi-shell comprises a second recess extending therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.