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Dishwasher for treating dishes

  • US 10,213,085 B2
  • Filed: 06/13/2017
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pump and filter assembly, comprising:

  • an impeller,a housing defining an interior and exterior and where the housing includes an end plate defining an end of the housing and the end plate further defining a channel that extends inwardly towards the interior, and an inlet opening provided within the end plate; and

    a filter having an upstream surface and a downstream surface, the filter located within the interior such that liquid being pumped through the pump and filter assembly passes through the filter from the upstream surface to the downstream surface to effect a filtering of the liquid; and

    a heater having a heating element and where at least a portion of the heating element is received exteriorly of the housing and within the channel such that the heating element is located on the end of the housing adjacent the inlet opening of the housing and the heater encircles at least a portion of the inlet opening of the housing and where the heater is configured to heat liquid that has passed through the inlet opening of the housing.

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