Pump assembly for dispenser cleaning in a washing machine appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorTodd Anthony Reger
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Abstract
A washing machine appliance includes a wash tub positioned within a cabinet and defining a wash chamber, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub for receiving a load of clothes, a dispensing assembly mounted within the cabinet for selectively adding wash fluid into the wash tub, and a pump assembly in fluid communication with a sump of the wash tub. The pump assembly includes a recirculation conduit fluidly coupled to the dispensing assembly and a recirculation pump for selectively urging a flow of wash fluid through the recirculation conduit.
Claims16
A washing machine appliance comprising:
- a wash tub positioned within a cabinet and defining a wash chamber;
- a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub for receiving a load of clothes;
- a dispensing assembly mounted within the cabinet for selectively adding wash fluid into the wash tub;
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- a pump assembly in fluid communication with a sump of the wash tub, the pump assembly comprising:
- a dispenser housing defining an inlet port;
- a recirculation conduit fluidly coupled to the dispensing assembly through the inlet port, wherein the inlet port comprises a fluid oscillator for oscillating or agitating the flow of wash fluid passing into the dispenser housing;
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- a recirculation pump for selectively urging a flow of wash fluid through the recirculation conduit.
A pump assembly for a washing machine appliance, the washing machine appliance comprising a dispensing assembly mounted within a cabinet for selectively adding wash fluid into a wash tub, the pump assembly comprising:
- a dispenser housing defining an inlet port;
- a recirculation conduit fluidly coupled to the dispensing assembly through the inlet port, wherein the inlet port comprises a fluid oscillator for oscillating or agitating the flow of wash fluid passing into the dispenser housing;
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- a bi-directional pump for selectively urging a flow of wash fluid through the recirculation conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.