发明名称 DISHWASHER APPLIANCE AND A METHOD FOR FILTERING LIQUID IN AN APPLIANCE
摘要 A dishwasher appliance and a method for filtering liquid in an appliance are provided. The method includes directing a flow of unfiltered liquid over a filter medium of the appliance in a first direction and urging a flow of filtered liquid adjacent the filter medium of the appliance in a second direction. The first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction. Such cross flow can assist with limiting clogging of the filter medium.
申请公布号 US2015129512(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.05.14
申请号 US201314075348 申请日期 2013.11.08
申请人 General Electric Company 发明人 Thiyagarajan Ramasamy
分类号 B08B3/14;C02F1/00 主分类号 B08B3/14
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A dishwasher appliance, comprising: a tub defining a wash chamber, the tub having a sump positioned at a bottom portion of the tub; a filter assembly defining a filtered volume and an unfiltered volume, a filter medium of the filter assembly disposed between the filtered volume and the unfiltered volume, the unfiltered volume having an entrance and an exit, the entrance of the unfiltered volume being in fluid communication with the sump of the tub such that the unfiltered volume is configured for receipt of liquid from the sump of the tub, the entrance and the exit of the unfiltered volume positioned and oriented for directing liquid through the unfiltered volume in a first direction, the filtered volume also having an exit, the exit of the filtered volume positioned and oriented for directing liquid out of the filtered volume in a second direction, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
地址 Schenectady NY US