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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2022
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Seth E. Bixby, Stevensville, MI (US);
Sayer J. Murphy, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Thomas D. Spicer, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Eric J. Vasko, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Heather A. Hellmuth, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Michael A. Ledford, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Meagan K. Vandervelde, St. Joseph, MI (US);
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A removable fluid pumping and filtration apparatus for a laundry treatment machine is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of selectively attachable and detachable stackable sections, the sections including a handle section and one or more further sections; wherein, when attached together in stacked arrangement to form an agitator, the plurality of sections collectively define: a cylindrical body, a hollow interior of the body, first and second opening about the exterior circumference of the body to define a water flow path into and out of the hollow interior, and placement within the hollow interior for a removable filter along the water flow path, and wherein the handle section including an area to grip onto and rotate the removable fluid pumping and filtration apparatus to facilitate insertion and removal of the agitator.