Fluid circulation assembly for a dishwasher appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsKyle Edward Durham, Steven Chadwick Koepke
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Abstract
A dishwasher appliance includes a wash tub that defines a wash chamber, a sump for collecting wash fluid, a wash pump assembly in fluid communication with the sump for circulating a flow of wash fluid, a fine filter assembly fluidly coupled to the wash pump assembly, the fine filter assembly comprising a filter housing that defines a filter chamber and a screen filter, and a diverter assembly fluidly coupled to the wash pump assembly for selectively directing the flow of wash fluid, the diverter assembly comprising a first diverter outlet that is fluidly coupled to the filter chamber of the fine filter assembly.
Claims20
A dishwasher appliance defining a vertical direction, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
- a wash tub that defines a wash chamber;
- a sump for collecting wash fluid;
- a wash pump assembly in fluid communication with the sump for circulating a flow of wash fluid;
- a fine filter assembly fluidly coupled to the wash pump assembly, the fine filter assembly comprising a filter housing that defines a filter chamber and a screen filter;
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- a diverter assembly fluidly coupled to the wash pump assembly for selectively directing the flow of wash fluid, the diverter assembly comprising a first diverter outlet that is fluidly coupled to the filter chamber of the fine filter assembly.
A fluid circulation assembly for a dishwasher appliance, the dishwasher appliance defining a vertical direction and comprising a wash tub that defines a wash chamber and a sump housing defining a sump for collecting wash fluid, the sump housing defining a drain basin, the fluid circulation assembly comprising:
- a wash pump assembly in fluid communication with the sump for circulating a flow of wash fluid;
- a fine filter assembly fluidly coupled to the wash pump assembly, the fine filter assembly comprising a filter housing that defines a filter chamber and a screen filter;
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- a diverter assembly fluidly coupled to the wash pump assembly for selectively directing the flow of wash fluid, the diverter assembly comprising a first diverter outlet that is fluidly coupled to the filter chamber of the fine filter assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.