Dishwasher with unitary wash module
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1. A dishwasher comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior;
a tub located within the cabinet and at least partially defining a treating chamber having a liquid outlet;
a sprayer located in the treating chamber and spraying liquid into the treating chamber; and
a remote sump and filter unit located exteriorly of the tub and comprising;
an enclosed housing defining a sump having a housing inlet fluidly coupled to the liquid outlet of the tub via a first conduit and a housing outlet fluidly coupled to the sprayer to define a liquid recirculation path from the sump to the sprayer;
a filter located within the enclosed housing and fluidly separating the housing inlet from the housing outlet to filter liquid recirculated through the sump; and
a wash pump mounted to the enclosed housing and fluidly coupled to the sump to pump the liquid from the sump to the sprayer; and
wherein the remote sump and filter unit is physically remote from the tub and fluidly coupled thereto via the first conduit.
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Abstract
An automatic dishwasher having a tub defining a treating chamber and a housing physically separate from the tub and defining a sump to receive liquid sprayed into the tub, the housing having an inlet fluidly connected to a liquid outlet of the tub and an outlet fluidly coupled to a sprayer located within the tub to define a recirculation path for the sprayed liquid.
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1. A dishwasher comprising:
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a cabinet defining an interior; a tub located within the cabinet and at least partially defining a treating chamber having a liquid outlet; a sprayer located in the treating chamber and spraying liquid into the treating chamber; and a remote sump and filter unit located exteriorly of the tub and comprising; an enclosed housing defining a sump having a housing inlet fluidly coupled to the liquid outlet of the tub via a first conduit and a housing outlet fluidly coupled to the sprayer to define a liquid recirculation path from the sump to the sprayer; a filter located within the enclosed housing and fluidly separating the housing inlet from the housing outlet to filter liquid recirculated through the sump; and a wash pump mounted to the enclosed housing and fluidly coupled to the sump to pump the liquid from the sump to the sprayer; and wherein the remote sump and filter unit is physically remote from the tub and fluidly coupled thereto via the first conduit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A dishwasher comprising:
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a cabinet; a tub located within the cabinet and at least partially defining a treating chamber with a bottom wall having a liquid outlet; a sprayer located in the treating chamber above the bottom wall and having a plurality of spray nozzles through which a liquid is sprayed into the tub; an enclosed housing physically separate from the tub and defining a sump to receive liquid sprayed into the tub, the enclosed housing having a housing inlet fluidly connected to the liquid outlet of the tub via a first conduit and a housing outlet fluidly coupled to the sprayer to define a recirculation path for the sprayed liquid; a filter located within the enclosed housing and fluidly separating the housing outlet from the housing inlet to filter liquid passing through the sump; and a wash pump fluidly coupled to the recirculation path to pump the liquid from the sump to the sprayer; and wherein the sump is located within the cabinet and remote from the tub such that the filter is not directly exposed to the tub. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A dishwasher comprising:
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a cabinet defining an interior; a tub located within the cabinet and at least partially defining a treating chamber having a liquid outlet; a sprayer located in the treating chamber and spraying liquid into the treating chamber; and a pump unit located physically remote from the tub and comprising; an enclosed housing defining a sump having a housing inlet fluidly coupled to the liquid outlet of the tub via a first conduit; a wash pump mounted to the enclosed housing and having an inlet fluidly coupled to the sump and an outlet fluidly coupled to the sprayer to recirculate liquid from the sump back to the sprayer; and a drain pump having an inlet fluidly coupled to the sump and an outlet configured to fluidly couple to a household drain; and a filter located in the enclosed housing and fluidly separating the housing inlet from the inlet of the wash pump to filter liquid being recirculated from the SUMP to the sprayer; wherein the wash pump has an impeller rotatable about a first axis of rotation, the drain pump has an impeller rotatable about a second axis of rotation, and the enclosed housing has a longitudinal axis, and the wash pump, drain pump, and enclosed housing are arranged such that the first and second axes of rotation are generally parallel with the longitudinal axis to form an overall elongated configuration. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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