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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jacquelyn R. Geda, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Antony M. Rappette, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/4225 (2013.01); A47L 15/0057 (2013.01); A47L 15/4206 (2013.01); A47L 15/4208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dishwasher with a tub at least partially defining a washing chamber, a liquid spraying system, a liquid recirculation circuit, and a liquid filtering system where the liquid filtering system includes a rotating filter and where a granular agent contacts the rotating filter to clean the filter. Methods of cleaning a rotating filter provided within a liquid flow by scouring the filter with a granular agent.