Patent ID: 6418943
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A water circulation system for a dishwasher having a wash chamber, the system spraying wash liquid within the wash chamber for cleaning soils from objects supported within the wash chamber, the water circulation system comprising:a wash pump having a pump housing and a pump impeller within the pump housing, the pump housing having a main outlet and a secondary outlet; a wash arm supported within the washing chamber fluidly connected with the main outlet for receiving wash liquid from the wash pump such that wash liquid is sprayed within the wash chamber for recirculating wash liquid throughout the wash chamber; a soil collector including a filter, the soil collector fluidly connected with the secondary outlet; and a screen disposed within the pump housing about the pump impeller substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the impeller for directing soils to flow through the secondary outlet into the soil collector.