Patent · US Expired

Agitator mounted filter for an automatic washer

US4338802A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1980
Grant dateJul 13, 1982
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F39/10
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A filter for use in a vertical axis automatic clothes washing machine mounted on the exterior of a two section separable agitator and which projects into a fluid flow path. The exterior section is easily removable, cleanable and replaceable. The filter is formed as a double cone with inlet openings on one side and a foraminous filter surface on the other side.

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