Thread debris filtering apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10253446-B2
Application number	US-201415127493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2014
Priority date	Mar 21, 2014
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

A thread debris filtering apparatus includes a thread debris filter, where the thread debris filter includes a filter front cover (100) and a filter rear cover (200) connected with the filter front cover; a water filtering part (110) is arranged on the filter front cover (100); a water inlet (220) is arranged in the filter rear cover (200); backflow prevention structures (210) are arranged on an inner wall of the filter rear cover (200); and the backflow prevention structures (210) are arranged at the lower part of the water inlet (220) and close to the water inlet (220).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thread debris filtering apparatus, applied in an inner drum of a washing machine, comprising a thread debris filter, wherein the thread debris filter comprises a filter front cover and a filter rear cover connected therewith; a water filtering part is arranged on the filter front cover; and a water inlet is arranged in an upper part of the filter rear cover, wherein backflow prevention structures are formed by a series of convex structures and arranged on an inner wall of the filter rear cover, the convex structures are arranged in a staggered manner, and tops of the convex structures are uneven; the backflow prevention structures are arranged below the water inlet and close to the water inlet, and a setting area of the backflow prevention structures is less than or equal to ½ of an area of the inner wall of the filter rear cover.

2. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a height of each backflow prevention structure is 1/10 to ½ of a distance formed after the filter front cover and the filter rear cover are closed.

3. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each backflow prevention structure is a scaly convex structure, side section of which is in the shape of straight teeth.

4. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a filtering cover, wherein the filtering cover is installed on an inner wall of the inner drum of the washing machine from too to bottom; the thread debris filter is installed on the filtering cover; and a distance is formed between the cover wall of the filter rear cover at the lower part of the water inlet and the inner drum of the washing machine.

5. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein a water supply guiding structure is arranged on the filtering cover at the lower part of the thread debris filter; and the water supply guiding structure is formed by recessing a cover wall of the filtering cover towards a direction of the inner drum of the washing machine.

6. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a distance between an inwards recessed inner wall of the water supply guiding structure and the inner drum of the washing machine is less than or equal to a distance between a bottom wall of the filter rear cover and the inner drum of the washing machine.

7. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the water filtering part comprises a filtering frame and a filtering screen; the filtering frame is a frame structure provided with a plurality of water-through ports; and the filtering screen is attached to the frame structure.

8. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the water filtering part is formed by small through holes which are arranged in the filter front cover.

9. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a filtering cover, wherein the filtering cover is installed on an inner wall of the inner drum of the washing machine from too to bottom; the thread debris filter is installed on the filtering cover; and a distance is formed between the cover wall of the filter rear cover at the lower part of the water inlet and the inner drum of the washing machine.

10. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein a water supply guiding structure is arranged on the filtering cover at the lower part of the thread debris filter; and the water supply guiding structure is formed by recessing a cover wall of the filtering cover towards a direction of the inner drum of the washing machine.

11. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein a distance between an inwards recessed inner wall of the water supply guiding structure and the inner drum of the washing machine is less than or equal to a distance between a bottom wall of the filter rear cover and the inner drum of the washing machine.

12. The thread debris filtering apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a filtering cover, wherein the filtering cover is installed on an inner wall of the inner drum of the washing machine from too to bottom; the thread debris filter is installed on the filtering cover; and a distance is formed between the cover wall of the filter rear cover at the lower part of the water inlet and the inner drum of the washing machine.

Assignees

• Haier Group Corp
• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co

Inventors

• Lv Peishi
• Yang Lin
• Tian Yunlong
• Wang Lingchen
• Liu Zunan
• Ji Qinglong
• Li Weihai

Classifications

• D06F39/10 Primary

  Filtering arrangements · CPC title

• D06F23/04

  and rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis · CPC title

• B01D35/30

  Filter housing constructions · CPC title