EP2601879A1 - Filter für Spülmaschine und Spülmaschine mit besagtem Filter - Google Patents
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- EP2601879A1 EP2601879A1 EP11425292.7A EP11425292A EP2601879A1 EP 2601879 A1 EP2601879 A1 EP 2601879A1 EP 11425292 A EP11425292 A EP 11425292A EP 2601879 A1 EP2601879 A1 EP 2601879A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
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- A47L15/4202—Water filter means or strainers
- A47L15/4206—Tubular filters
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- the present invention relates to dishwashing machines, and in particular to a filter with a close-mesh net (“microfilter” hereafter) to be used in said machines.
- the filtering group generally includes a plane filter with a comparatively large-mesh net (1-2 mm.) located on the tank bottom and having a concave shape. Therefore this filter conveys a portion of the water towards a lower central area, where there is arranged an assembly of at least two vertical concentric filters with progressively smaller passage ports.
- a first filter intended to capture the larger dirt particles is usually made from steel or plastic and has holes with a diameter of about 0,8-1 mm. Then there is a second filter with a close-mesh net, the "microfilter”, which usually has almost square holes with a 0,2 mm side and is intended to capture even the smallest dirt particles to guarantee a great cleanliness of the wash and rinse water and thus assure an optimum cleaning of the dishes.
- Microfilters almost always have a simple circular cylindrical structure, although in some cases they have a frustoconical shape or a lateral surface with a wavy pleating.
- the use of these alternative shapes serves the purpose of increasing the filtering surface with respect to a cylindrical microfilter, since the greater is the filtering surface the greater is the washing effect because the impurities are removed from the water in a shorter time.
- the frustoconical shape implies an increase in the diameter of the microfilter that is therefore bulkier, while the pleated lateral surface, with the same external size, allows to increase the filtering surface only by about 20% and implies a higher manufacturing complexity and therefore a higher cost of the filter.
- the obj ect of the present invention is to provide a filter for dishwasher that overcomes the above-mentioned drawbacks.
- This object is achieved by means of a filter whose filtering surface is divided into at least two cylindrical sectors separated by at least two radial channels.
- the main advantage of the present filter is that of having, with the same diameter, a filtering surface that is greater by at least about 50% with respect to a conventional cylindrical filter and by at least about 25% with respect to a pleated cylindrical filter.
- This advantage can also be seen as that of having, with the same filtering surface, a smaller diameter that allows to make a dishwasher with a smaller collecting sump and therefore to reduce the amount of water required for the washing.
- a further advantage of this filter stems from its structural simplicity, in particular with respect to a pleated filter, which results in a lower cost and a higher strength.
- a filter according to the present invention has a conventional cylindrical shape with a plastic structure provided with holes 1 in the top base for the inflow of the water to be filtered and with openings 2 in the bottom base to drain the accumulated dirt when the filter is washed by a counter-current j et.
- the novel aspect of the present filter resides in the fact that said cylindrical structure is also provided with two radial channels 3, 3' that divide it into two cylindrical sectors 4, 5 each of which is provided with a close-mesh net on all its lateral surfaces, including the internal surfaces defining said channels 3, 3'.
- the global filtering surface of the filter is made up not only of the external curved surfaces 4a, 5a but also of the internal flat surfaces 4b, 4c, 5b, 5c defining the radial channels 3, 3' that are preferably formed aligned at a central position, i.e. along a diameter.
- channels 3, 3' are preferred for the sake of manufacturing simplicity, so as to obtain two identical cylindrical sectors 4 and 5, and because it provides the maximum increase in filtering surface.
- channels 3, 3' it would be possible to form channels 3, 3' even along two radiuses that are not aligned along a diameter thus obtaining two different cylindrical sectors, while still achieving the same increase in filtering surface by about 50%.
- the internal flat surfaces 4b, 4c, 5b, 5c provide an increase equal to about twice the filter diameter whereby, taking into account the decrease in the external curved surface due to the outlets of channels 3 and 3', the overall increase is about of ⁇ /2 times the diameter, i.e. 50% more with respect to a conventional cylindrical filter whose curved lateral surface is equal to ⁇ times the diameter.
- a greater number of radial channels can divide the filter into a greater number of cylindrical sectors and allows to achieve a greater increase in filtering surface, since every channel provides an increase equal to about 3/4 of the diameter.
- a third channel so as to divide the filter into three cylindrical sectors, i.e. with three channels arranged in a Y rather than the two above-mentioned channels arranged in an I or a V, allows to substantially double the filtering surface (obviously to the detriment of a greater complexity and cost of the filter).
- the radial channels 3, 3' preferably have a trapezium cross-section with the shorter base at the center because said shape makes easier the filter manufacturing, the flow of water through the flat surfaces 4b, 4c, 5b, 5c (since they are not parallel but diverge outwards) and also the cleaning of the latter by means of a counter-current jet of water.
- a filter according to the present invention is introduced in the collecting sump 6 of a dishwasher, where water is filtered prior to being drawn out by a wash pump 7 that sends it to a sprinkler 8.
- the filter is introduced in sump 6 such that the outlet of at least one of the radial channels 3, 3'is preferably arranged facing the inlet of the suction duct 9 connecting the collecting sump 6 to the wash pump 7.
- the diametral channel 3, 3' that receives the water filtered by the flat internal surfaces is oriented towards the suction zone so as to facilitate the flow of water through the filter.
- the above-described and illustrated embodiment of the filter for dishwasher according to the invention is just an example susceptible of various modifications.
- the radial channels may be more than two, even differently shaped and arranged, as long as they divide the filter into at least two cylindrical filters.
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Priority Applications (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| PL11425292T PL2601879T3 (pl) | 2011-12-06 | 2011-12-06 | Filtr do zmywarki i zmywarka zawierająca wymieniony filtr |
| EP11425292.7A EP2601879B1 (de) | 2011-12-06 | 2011-12-06 | Filter für Spülmaschine und Spülmaschine mit besagtem Filter |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| EP11425292.7A EP2601879B1 (de) | 2011-12-06 | 2011-12-06 | Filter für Spülmaschine und Spülmaschine mit besagtem Filter |
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| EP2601879A1 true EP2601879A1 (de) | 2013-06-12 |
| EP2601879B1 EP2601879B1 (de) | 2016-03-02 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP11425292.7A Active EP2601879B1 (de) | 2011-12-06 | 2011-12-06 | Filter für Spülmaschine und Spülmaschine mit besagtem Filter |
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| EP (1) | EP2601879B1 (de) |
| PL (1) | PL2601879T3 (de) |
Citations (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| SE308587B (de) * | 1967-06-21 | 1969-02-17 | Electrolux Ab | |
| EP2236073A2 (de) * | 2009-04-03 | 2010-10-06 | LG Electronics Inc. | Geschirrspüler |
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- 2011-12-06 EP EP11425292.7A patent/EP2601879B1/de active Active
- 2011-12-06 PL PL11425292T patent/PL2601879T3/pl unknown
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| SE308587B (de) * | 1967-06-21 | 1969-02-17 | Electrolux Ab | |
| EP2236073A2 (de) * | 2009-04-03 | 2010-10-06 | LG Electronics Inc. | Geschirrspüler |
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| PL2601879T3 (pl) | 2016-08-31 |
| EP2601879B1 (de) | 2016-03-02 |
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