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Rotating filter for a dishwasher and methods of cleaning a rotating filter

  • US 9,826,882 B2
  • Filed: 07/05/2017
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pump and filter assembly of a dishwasher, comprising:

  • an impeller adapted to recirculate liquid;

    a housing defining an interior and exterior;

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

    a granular agent reservoir in open communication with at least a portion of the rotating filter and storing a granular agent, which contacts and scours the rotating filter to clean the rotating filter during rotation.

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