Laundry treating appliance lint filter
First Claim
1. A method of removing lint from drying air in a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for holding clothes for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a treating chemistry dispenser having a housing with a port fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, a lint filter comprising a bath tub located within the treating chemistry dispenser, the lint filter defined by a portion of the housing and a retaining wall and fluidly coupled with the port, and an air supply having an inlet and outlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, the method comprising:
- a laundry treating phase comprising supplying treating chemistry from the treating chemistry dispenser to the treating chamber and leaving a portion of the treating chemistry within the bath tub to form a bath of treating chemistry;
a laundry drying phase comprising;
supplying air to the treating chamber through the inlet;
exhausting the supplied air from the treating chamber; and
directing the exhausted air to the lint filter within the treating chemistry dispenser to flow over the bath of treating chemistry to remove lint contained within the exhausted air.
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Abstract
A method of removing lint from drying air in a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for holding clothes for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a treating chemistry dispenser fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, and an air supply having an inlet and outlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber is disclosed. The method includes a laundry treating phase including supplying treating chemistry from the treating chemistry dispenser to the treating chamber and leaving a portion of the treating chemistry within the treating chamber to form a bath of treating chemistry, a laundry drying phase including supplying air to the treating chamber through the inlet and exhausting the supplied air from the treating chamber.
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1. A method of removing lint from drying air in a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for holding clothes for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a treating chemistry dispenser having a housing with a port fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, a lint filter comprising a bath tub located within the treating chemistry dispenser, the lint filter defined by a portion of the housing and a retaining wall and fluidly coupled with the port, and an air supply having an inlet and outlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, the method comprising:
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a laundry treating phase comprising supplying treating chemistry from the treating chemistry dispenser to the treating chamber and leaving a portion of the treating chemistry within the bath tub to form a bath of treating chemistry; a laundry drying phase comprising; supplying air to the treating chamber through the inlet; exhausting the supplied air from the treating chamber; and directing the exhausted air to the lint filter within the treating chemistry dispenser to flow over the bath of treating chemistry to remove lint contained within the exhausted air. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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