Laundry treating appliance with foreign object barrier
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsCLOVIS DOUGLAS MINCHOLA DE ASSIS, THIAGO FRANCISCO BUZZO, LEONARDO SOUZA CAMPOS, LUIZ ALBERTO GIRALDI, ARTHUR V. TOSINI
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance includes a tub having a wall with an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface of the wall at least partially defines a liquid chamber. An outlet is formed in the wall. The laundry treating appliance further includes a foreign object barrier at least partially extending through the outlet and into the liquid chamber. A pump case fluidly couples to the outlet.
Claims20
A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a tub having a wall having an outer surface and an inner surface, with the inner surface at least partially defining a liquid chamber;
- an outlet formed in the wall;
- a foreign object barrier having a filter portion at least partially extending through the outlet and into the liquid chamber;
- and
- a pump case fluidly coupled to the outlet and having at least one catch configured to couple with at least a portion of the foreign object barrier such that the foreign object barrier forms a snap fit attachment with the pump case.
A method of assembling a pump case to a tub in a laundry treating appliance, the method comprising:
- positioning a foreign object barrier within an inlet defined within the pump case such that the foreign object barrier at least partially extends through the inlet;
- attaching the foreign object barrier to the inlet of the pump case by a snap fit attachment such that the foreign object barrier is carried by the pump case;
- inserting the inlet into an outlet formed in a wall of the tub until the foreign object barrier at least partially extends through the outlet;
- and
- fastening the pump case to the tub using mechanical fasteners provided adjacent the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.