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US 12,465,191 B2Granted
Filter cleaning apparatus and method for dishwashing appliance
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorJoel Boyer
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Abstract
A dishwashing appliance with a manifold for removing dishwashing sediment from recirculated dishwashing fluid is provided. The dishwashing appliance may include a tub, a spray system, a recirculation pump, a drainage pump, a manifold, and/or a shrouded filtration assembly in fluid communication with the spray system, manifold, the recirculation pump, and/or the drainage pump. The shrouded filtration assembly may include a manifold, a filter frame, and/or a sump housing. The manifold may include one or more sprayers.
Claims17
A dishwashing appliance comprising:
- a dishwashing tub defining a dishwashing chamber having a tub floor therein;
- a manifold positioned adjacent an opening in the tub floor of the dishwashing chamber, wherein the manifold includes one or more sprayers;
- a filter frame depending downwardly from the manifold, wherein the filter frame includes an upstream side and a downstream side, wherein the dishwashing fluid is filtered inwardly through the filter frame from the upstream side to the downstream side;
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- wherein the one or more sprayers of the manifold spray outwardly through the filter frame, opposite to the dishwashing fluid, from the downstream side to the upstream side.
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