Automatic Self-Cleaning Filter Driven by Submersible Actuator

An automatic self-cleaning filter, comprising:

• an outer chamber having a first distal end and a second distal end, wherein each distal end is opposite to each other;
• wherein the first distal end of the outer chamber includes a first chamber flange;
• wherein the second distal end of the outer chamber includes a second chamber flange;
• a top cover plate connected to or secured to the first chamber flange on the first distal end of the outer chamber;
• a bottom chamber having a bottom chamber flange, a first outlet and a second outlet;
• wherein the bottom chamber is connected to or secured to the second chamber flange on the second distal end of the outer chamber;
• a filter cup;
• an interconnecting shaft;
• a brush holder;
• at least one brush;
• a submersible actuator;
• an interconnecting plate for providing support to the filter cup;
• an interconnecting cup for providing support to the interconnecting plate;
• a lower cup for supporting the submersible actuator;
• and
• an interior chamber within the outer chamber;
• wherein the second outlet corresponds to the outer chamber and the first outlet corresponds to the interior chamber;
• wherein a first end of the interconnecting shaft is configured to be coupled to the brush holder via a coupling mechanism and second end of the interconnecting shaft is configured to be coupled to a top end of the submersible actuator via a shaft coupling unit;
• wherein the top cover plate includes at least one inlet that is configured to receive an unfiltered liquid or substance and to provide access to said unfiltered liquid or substance into the filter cup;
• wherein the filter cup comprises a receptacle having a base and walls that perpendicularly extend from said base, thereby creating an opening opposite to the base that is configured to receive the unfiltered liquid or substance from the inlet;
• wherein the base of the receptacle includes an opening configured to provide access to the interconnecting shaft or brush holder into the receptacle;
• wherein the filter cup further comprises, within the receptacle, a removable filter screen or mesh surrounding and conforming to the walls of the receptacle;
• wherein the filter cup includes one or more openings on the walls of the receptacle that are covered by the filter screen or mesh;
• wherein the interconnecting plate includes one or more holes configured to provide access to liquid that has been filtered in the filter cup into an interior space within the outer chamber;
• wherein the bottom chamber flange of the bottom chamber has a primary opening and a secondary opening;
• wherein spinning of the interconnecting shaft, in response to power generated by the submersible actuator, causes the brush to push the unfiltered liquid or substance against the walls of the receptacle, which will in turn cause the sediment from the unfiltered liquid or substance to stay within the receptacle and the filtered liquid to pass through the filter screen or mesh moving out of the receptacle into the interconnecting plate where it will then be led, via the one or more holes therein, into the interior space within the outer chamber, and subsequently into the bottom chamber, via the secondary opening, until it reaches the second outlet, and wherein the sediment left behind in the receptacle will be led into the interior chamber and subsequently into the bottom chamber, via the primary opening, until it reaches the first outlet.