Removable filters and water heating vessels incorporating such
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsKlaus Melgaard, Simon M. Whiteley
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Abstract
A filter (10) for use in a water heating vessel, such as an electric kettle, to filter sedimentary material in the water includes a scale collector (25), for example in the form of a compacted mesh block, carried on the filter. The block can be supported by a carrier member (27) permanently or detachably mounted on the filter frame, preferably towards an end of the filter closest to the bottom of the vessel.
Claims10
A filter for use in a water heating vessel for removing sedimentary material, including scale, from the water, wherein the filter comprises a first mesh material provided with a frame and a scale collector, separate from said first mesh material and coupled to the frame, said scale collector comprising a block of compressed mesh material different from said first mesh material and having a surface to which scale is attracted.
A filter for use in a water heating vessel for removing sedimentary material, including scale, from the water, wherein the filter comprises a mesh material provided with a frame and a scale collector, separate from said mesh material, comprising a compacted mesh block provided with a bore and supported by a carrier member on the frame of the filter, which carrier member has a part which extends through the bore in the block and around which part the block is rotatable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.