Patent ID: 9220392
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A47L,B01D,D06F

Abstract:
1. A filter for use in a dishwasher, the filter comprising: a filter chamber with an inlet through which water enters the filter chamber and an outlet to discharge filtered water, both the inlet and the outlet located in an upper portion of the filter chamber with the outlet above the inlet, a mesh strainer having an underside, all of the mesh strainer being located above the water inlet, below the water outlet, and in the upper portion of the filter chamber and oriented relative to the water inlet such that water flowing into the filter chamber from the inlet flows across the underside of the mesh strainer, the mesh strainer filtering particulate matter from water flowing upwardly through the mesh strainer to the outlet, wherein in use the flow of water across the underside of the mesh strainer causes particulate matter trapped on the underside of the mesh strainer to be dislodged, and dislodged matter settling to a lower portion of the filter chamber below the upper portion, and wherein the upper portion of the filter chamber is substantially but not completely divided from the lower portion of the filter chamber, with a constricted flow path between the upper and lower portions.