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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Todd M. Jozwiak, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Todd M. Jozwiak, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/4206 (2013.01); A47L 15/4219 (2013.01); A47L 15/4227 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dishwasher with a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, a liquid spraying system supplying a spray of liquid to the treating chamber, a liquid recirculation system defining a recirculation flow path, and a liquid filtering system having a rotating filter. A chopping system is included to macerate foreign objects within the recirculation flow path and includes a blade mounted to the rotating filter.