US 2025/0154710 A1 · Lifter As Pet Hair Filter

Abstract

Removable filter apparatus for a laundry treating appliance are provided. A filter element is selectively attachable to a lifter base, the filter element being sized to fit within the lifter cover to allow an array of bristles extending upward from the filter element to capture particulate within the water flow. A cleaning comb is hingedly attached to the lifter cover, operable to be rotatably lifted through the filter element to remove pet hair from the bristles of the filter element. A chamber wall extends from an apex of the generally trapezoidal prism shape of the lifter cover downwards towards the open rectangular bottom, the chamber wall dividing the processing space into two water flow paths. Pouch filter elements are selectively attachable to the lifter cover for placement within the two water flow paths to allow the pouch filter elements to capture particulate within the water flow.

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Dependent claims

A removable filter apparatus for a laundry treating appliance, comprising:

a lifter cover, defining a generally rectangular prism shape with an open rectangular bottom, the lifter cover being slidably attachable along the open rectangular bottom to a lifter base of an inner circumferential surface of a drum of the laundry treating appliance, the lifter cover defining through openings to allow for free flow of water therethrough;
a filter element defining a rectangular body sized to fit within the lifter cover and including bristles extending from the rectangular body into the water flow to capture particulate within the water flow, the filter element being selectively attachable to the lifter base;
and
a cleaning comb hingedly attached to the lifter cover by a snap-on hinge assembly, operable to be selectively rotatably lifted through the filter element to clean the bristles of the filter element.

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A laundry treating appliance having a removable filter apparatus, comprising:

a lifter base attached to an inner circumferential surface of a drum of the laundry treating appliance;
a lifter cover, defining a generally rectangular prism shape with an open rectangular bottom, the lifter cover being slidably attachable along the open rectangular bottom to the lifter base, the lifter cover defining through openings to allow for passage of a water flow;
a filter element defining a rectangular body sized to fit within the lifter cover and including bristles extending from the rectangular body into the water flow to capture particulate within the water flow, the filter element being selectively attachable to the lifter base;
and
a cleaning comb hingedly attached to the lifter cover by a snap-on hinge assembly, operable to be rotatably lifted through the filter element to clean the bristles of the filter element.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Lifter As Pet Hair Filter

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Lifter As Pet Hair Filter

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