Patent ID: 7972447

Claim:
A screening arrangement adapted for a dishwasher, the dishwasher having a tub portion defining a sump about a lower end thereof and including a lower spray arm mounted adjacent to and above the lower end of the tub portion, the dishwasher further including a heating element disposed proximate to the lower end of the tub portion and defining radially opposed inner and outer peripheries, the screening arrangement comprising: a filter member arranged below the heating element and configured to screen dishwashing fluid entering the sump from the tub portion, the filter member extending radially inward of the inner periphery of the heating element and radially outward of the outer periphery of the heating element, the filter member being configured to withstand, without at least one of melting or deforming, heat emitted by the heating element regardless of a distance between the heating element and the filter member, and the filter member being heat-resistant and configured to protect the lower end of the tub portion and the sump from heat emitted by the heating element.