Laundry appliance including a filtering agitator having an internal fluid pumping structure

A washing appliance comprising:

• a tub positioned within an outer cabinet;
• a rotating drum that rotates within the tub;
• a fluid flow path that directs wash fluid through the tub and the drum;
• and
• an agitator having a stem and a base selectively rotates relative to the drum to generate a toroidal flow of the wash fluid through the drum and a supplemental flow of the wash fluid through a filter assembly positioned within the stem of the agitator, wherein the agitator includes a plurality of fluid outlets that are defined within the base of the agitator, wherein the plurality of fluid outlets directs the supplemental flow of the wash fluid through the base and to an underside of the agitator, and wherein rotation of the agitator causes an interior set of ribs to produce a suction that generates the supplemental flow of the wash fluid through the filter assembly and through the plurality of fluid outlets.

A washing appliance comprising:

• a tub positioned within an outer cabinet;
• a rotating drum that rotates within the tub;
• a fluid flow path that directs wash fluid through the tub and the drum;
• and
• an impeller having a base and a filter assembly positioned within a top aperture of the base, wherein selective rotation of the impeller relative to the drum generates a toroidal flow of the wash fluid through the drum and a supplemental flow of the wash fluid through the filter assembly, wherein the impeller includes a plurality of fluid outlets that are defined within the base of the impeller, wherein the plurality of fluid outlets directs the supplemental flow of the wash fluid through the base and the plurality of respective fluid outlets, and wherein the fluid outlets are positioned within a medial portion of the base between a plurality of external vanes of the impeller.