Laundry appliance air filter with labyrinth seal
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsMarla Boado Encinosa, Alexander B. Leibman
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Abstract
An air filter assembly for a laundry treatment appliance includes a filter compartment defining a filter receiving space, the filter compartment including an inner peripheral face and an insertion opening; a plurality of compartment ribs extending from the inner peripheral face of the filter compartment toward the filter receiving space; an air filter selectively received within the filter receiving space via the insertion opening, the air filter including an outer peripheral face and a handle; and a plurality of cartridge ribs extending from the outer peripheral face of the air filter. The plurality of cartridge ribs mesh with the plurality of compartment ribs when the air filter is in an inserted position within the filter receiving space.
Claims20
A laundry treatment appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the laundry treatment appliance comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub positioned within the cabinet, the tub defining a tub outlet and a tub inlet;
- a heating system in thermal communication with the tub, wherein heated air flows from the heating system to the tub;
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- an air filter assembly positioned between the tub and the heating system upstream from the heating system, the air filter assembly comprising:
- a filter compartment defining a filter receiving space, the filter compartment comprising an inner peripheral face and an insertion opening;
- a plurality of compartment ribs extending from the inner peripheral face of the filter compartment toward the filter receiving space;
- an air filter selectively received within the filter receiving space via the insertion opening, the air filter comprising an outer peripheral face and a handle;
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- a plurality of cartridge ribs extending from the outer peripheral face of the air filter, wherein the plurality of cartridge ribs mesh with the plurality of compartment ribs when the air filter is in an inserted position within the filter receiving space.
An air filter assembly for an appliance comprising a heating system, the air filter assembly defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the air filter assembly comprising:
- a filter compartment defining a filter receiving space, the filter compartment comprising an inner peripheral face and an insertion opening;
- a plurality of compartment ribs extending from the inner peripheral face of the filter compartment toward the filter receiving space;
- an air filter selectively received within the filter receiving space via the insertion opening, the air filter comprising an outer peripheral face and a handle;
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- a plurality of cartridge ribs extending from the outer peripheral face of the air filter, wherein the plurality of cartridge ribs mesh with the plurality of compartment ribs when the air filter is in an inserted position within the filter receiving space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.