Washing Machine Filter Housing for Cleaner Lint Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional washing machine net filters are difficult to clean, requiring users to handle them inside out, which can be dirty, and are challenging to remove foreign materials due to their fibrous nature.
Innovation Solution
A method for cleaning the foreign materials filtering apparatus involves separating it from the washing water circulating duct, opening the filtering space by detaching and rotating filters, and removing collected materials through a guide protrusion and hinge system, allowing for easy access and cleaning without exposing users to dirt.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the net filter is kept inside out during cleaning, then foreign materials can be accessed, but the user's hands become dirty
Solution Approach 1:
The filter element is designed with an openable structure that inverts the conventional cleaning approach. Instead of turning the filter inside out to access foreign materials, the housing is opened to reveal the filter element in its normal orientation, allowing users to clean foreign materials without direct contact with dirty surfaces
2Reliability
If the net filter has a fibrous characteristic, then it can filter foreign materials effectively, but removing foreign materials becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The filter system is segmented into a removable filter element and a housing. The filter element itself is designed with an openable structure that divides the filtering surface, allowing foreign materials to be accessed and removed from the fibrous filtering surface without damaging the filter media while maintaining effective filtering performance
3Reliability
If the filter unit is tightly coupled in the washing water circulating duct, then filtering is effective, but detachment for cleaning becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling mechanism between the filter unit and washing water circulating duct is designed with dynamic characteristics, allowing the filter unit to be securely coupled during operation for effective filtering, while enabling easy detachment when cleaning is required through a simple release mechanism
Data Source
AI summary
In a method for cleaning the foreign materials filtering, foreign materials collected in a foreign materials filtering space can be easily removed under a filter unit is separated from or is mounted at a filter cover unit. As a result, can be solved the conventional problems that a net filter has to be kept inside out at the time of a cleaning process to cause a user's hands to become dirty, and there is a difficulty in removing foreign materials from the net filter due to a fibrous characteristic of the net filter. Accordingly, a cleaning operation for the foreign materials filtering apparatus can be facilitated.