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公开(公告)号:US20230416967A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-28
申请号:US18326694
申请日:2023-05-31
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor: Luis Antonio ALARCON , Charles J. GUIDARINI , Andrew C. KUBASIAK , Sergio MORENO , John Jay MYERS , Kiran D. NAKIL , Tarun Sai Yadav GODHA , B. SHIVA
CPC classification number: D06F37/065 , D06F39/10 , D06F58/04 , B01D35/30 , B01D29/03 , B01D29/96 , F16C11/04 , B01D2201/305 , B01D2201/4023 , B01D2201/4084 , B01D2201/4007
Abstract: A removable filter apparatus for a laundry treating appliance includes a lifter cover defining a generally trapezoidal prism shape with an open rectangular bottom. The lifter cover is configured to be slidably attachable along the rectangular bottom to a lifter base attached to an inner circumferential surface of a drum of the laundry treating appliance. The lifter cover defines through openings to allow for free flow of water. The apparatus further includes a filter element attachable to the lifter cover and sized to fit within the lifter cover to allow the filter element to capture particulate within the water flow.
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公开(公告)号:US20240084491A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-14
申请号:US18511497
申请日:2023-11-16
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor: Luis Antonio ALARCON , Charles J. GUIDARINI , Andrew C. KUBASIAK , Sergio MORENO , John Jay MYERS , Kiran D. NAKIL , Tarun Sai Yadav GODHA , B. SHIVA , Nicholas Leep , Stefano Turchi
CPC classification number: D06F37/065 , B01D29/03 , B01D29/96 , B01D35/30 , D06F39/10 , B01D2201/305
Abstract: A filter element for a removable filter apparatus of a laundry treating appliance includes a rectangular base and a filtration surface, integral to the rectangular base, defining a particulate capture chamber extending upwards from the rectangular base, the particulate capture chamber being centered along a midpoint of the rectangular base along the length of the filter element, the particulate capture chamber having an open bottom through the rectangular base.
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