US 12,465,191 B2
Filter cleaning apparatus and method for dishwashing appliance
Joel Boyer, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan (CN)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/526,949.
Prior Publication US 2025/0176789 A1, Jun. 5, 2025
Int. Cl. A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/0039 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4208 (2013.01); A47L 15/4219 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwashing appliance comprising:
a dishwashing tub defining a dishwashing chamber having a tub floor therein;
a manifold positioned adjacent an opening in the tub floor of the dishwashing chamber, wherein the manifold includes one or more sprayers;
a filter frame depending downwardly from the manifold, wherein the filter frame includes an upstream side and a downstream side, wherein the dishwashing fluid is filtered inwardly through the filter frame from the upstream side to the downstream side; and
wherein the one or more sprayers of the manifold spray outwardly through the filter frame, opposite to the dishwashing fluid, from the downstream side to the upstream side.