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Abstract

A laundry washing machine includes a wash tub, a basket to receive laundry and rotatably mounted within the wash tub, a collection chamber connected to the bottom of the wash tub for collecting washing liquid therefrom, a drain pump for pumping washing liquid in a first direction from the collection chamber to a drain pump during a draining phase of the cycle of operation of the machine, an electrical heating element within the collection chamber for heating washing liquid collected therein, a recirculation pump for pumping heated washing liquid in a second direction from the collection chamber and for recirculating the heated washing liquid to an upper portion of the wash tub during a recirculation phase of the cycle of operation of the machine, and a filter removably mounted within the collection chamber. In particular accordance with the present invention, the filter is in the form of an integral one-piece member including a fine-mesh filtering surface extending transversely across the collection chamber at a position upstream of the heating element with regard to the second direction of washing liquid flow, and a wide-mesh filtering surface positioned upstream of the drain pump with regard to the first direction of washing liquid flow.

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First Claim