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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Dongpil Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Youngjin Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Kanghyun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaebok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A filter apparatus positionable outside a washing machine and connectable to a drain device of the washing machine, the filter apparatus including a filter case including a case inlet configured so that, with the filter apparatus connected to the drain device, water from the drain device is flowable through the case inlet into the filter case, and a case outlet configured so that, with the filter apparatus connected to the drain device, water in the filter case is flowable through the case outlet out of the filter case; a filter detachably mountable inside the filter case so that water flowing through the case inlet is flowable through a surface of the filter to filter foreign substances from the water, and then to the case outlet; a filter cleaning device configured to clean the surface of the filter; and a controller configured to control the filter cleaning device.