Domestic appliance for the care of items of washing and method for removing lint
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorKlaus Grunert
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Abstract
The invention relates to a domestic appliance for the care of items of washing, with a process air supply, through which a stream of air is able to be directed through a drum for holding the items of washing and which has a mesh filter for separating the lint out of the air stream, and with a facility for removing lint from the mesh filter, with the facility being embodied for removal of lint which is collected outside the process air supply on the mesh filter and includes a rinsing device with which this lint is able to be rinsed out of the mesh filter with rinsing fluid. The invention also relates to a method for removal of lint from a mesh filter of the domestic appliance.
Claims16
A domestic appliance for care of items of washing, comprising:
- a drum for accepting the items of washing;
- a process air supply through which an air stream is able to be directed through the drum;
- a mesh filter for separation of lint from the cooling air stream;
- a lint remover for removing lint which has collected outside the process air supply on the mesh filter;
- and
- a rinser for washing lint off the mesh filter with rinsing fluid.
A method for removing lint from a mesh filter a process air supply of a domestic appliance for care of items of washing, comprising
- providing a mesh filter with lint;
- and
- removing lint collected outside the process air supply on the mesh filter by directing a rinsing fluid to the mesh filter to rinse the lint from the mesh filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.