公开(公告)号：US20160244341A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-25

申请号：US15052651

申请日：2016-02-24

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： TIMOTHY J. CAMPBELL ,  DAVID P. COOPER ,  BETH M. JACKSON ,  STEVEN JOHN KUEHL ,  MARK M. SENNINGER

IPC: C02F1/28 ,  B01D15/18 ,  B01D15/10

CPC classification number: C02F1/283 ,  B01D15/10 ,  B01D15/18 ,  C02F2101/103 ,  C02F2101/12 ,  C02F2101/20 ,  C02F2101/322 ,  C02F2101/36 ,  C02F2101/38 ,  C02F2201/006 ,  C02F2301/043 ,  C02F2303/02 ,  C02F2307/04

Abstract: A gravity driven water filter having: a housing with at least one upwardly extending sidewall that extend upwardly from a bottom of the housing and define an interior volume of the housing; a filter media retention screen covering treated water outlets on a bottom of the housing; and a lid closing a top of the housing and enclosing the interior volume of the housing where the lid includes a plurality of water inlet holes, an upwardly extending vent stack, and finger actuated tabular members radially extending from the vent stack and engaged with the vent stack and a top surface of the lid to permit a rotational force to be applied to the housing.

Abstract translation: 重力驱动的水过滤器，其具有：具有至少一个向上延伸的侧壁的壳体，所述侧壁从所述壳体的底部向上延伸并且限定所述壳体的内部容积; 过滤介质保留屏幕，覆盖在壳体的底部上的处理过的水出口; 以及盖子，其封闭所述壳体的顶部并且封闭所述壳体的内部容积，其中所述盖子包括多个进水孔，向上延伸的排气叠层以及从所述排气叠片径向延伸并与所述排气口接合的手指致动的板状构件 堆叠和盖的顶表面以允许将旋转力施加到壳体。