A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a tub, and a pump for recirculating wash fluid from the tub to a filter container. The filter container includes a fluid inlet in fluid communication with the pump and fluid outlet in fluid communication with the tub. The filter container also includes a filter housing for directing wash fluid from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. A self-clearing filter assembly is provided within the filter housing. The self-clearing filter includes side walls and a filter base having at least one inclined surface. The self-clearing filter is situated such that the inclined surface is below the fluid inlet. The self-clearing filter prevents microfibers and other debris from passing through to the outlet of the filter container. Simultaneously, the force of the wash fluid on the inclined surface forces the microfibers and other debris to a trough, where it can be collected and disposed of.

A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet, a wash tub positioned within the cabinet, at least one pump in fluid communication with the wash tub, and a dual drain path connected to the at least one pump. The dual drain path may include a first drain path from the at least one pump, an unfiltered second drain path from the at least one pump in fluid parallel to the first drain path, and a water filter located along the first drain path. Some washing machine appliances may further include a controller configured to initiate a drain cycle.

Household appliances and methods of testing are provided. The household appliance includes a mechanical component and a controller in operative communication with the mechanical component. The controller has a partitioned memory. The partitioned memory includes a testing partition and a control partition. The controller is configured for and/or the method includes authorizing a user of the household appliance and verifying a personality of the a household appliance. Testing software is loaded into the testing partition of the memory of the controller. The testing software is executed from the testing partition, whereby the mechanical component of the household appliance is operated. The method also includes and/or the controller is also configured for exiting remote testing mode after executing the testing software and deleting the testing software from the partitioned memory when exiting the remote testing mode.

A washing machine has a rotatable drum that is positioned within a tub. The drum has a drum base at one end of the drum. The drum base includes at least one slot to enable the passage of water into the drum. The tub has a tub base at one end of the tub. The tub base includes a water inlet that is arranged in line with the at least one slot in the drum base so that water is sprayed into the drum when the at least one slot rotates into alignment with the water inlet on the tub base and so that the spray of water into the drum is interrupted when the at least one slot rotates out of alignment with the water inlet on the tub base.

An inner drum comprises lifting ribs extending along a generatrix of the inner drum, each being hollow inside, a water-splashing surface of each of the lifting ribs has permeable holes to allow a hollow part of each of the lifting ribs to communicate with an inside of the inner drum, and a rear end of each is arranged close to an inner drum bottom, and provided with a water outlet structure. A no-clean washing machine is installed with the inner drum, the inner drum is a closed container with an opening closed by a door. When the inner drum rotates at a high speed, the washing water is guided towards the inner drum bottom and flows to a center of the bottom along a water guide flow channel on the bottom, and is discharged out of the inner drum through a water outlet connector of a central joint.

A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a wash basket, a recirculation line, and an infuser reservoir. The cabinet may include a front panel. The front panel may define an opening. The tub may be positioned within the cabinet. The wash basket may be rotatably mounted within the tub. The wash basket may define a wash chamber for receiving articles for washing. The recirculation line may define an air path in fluid communication with the tub. The recirculation line may extend from a first line end disposed on the tub to second line end disposed on the tub and spaced apart from the first line end. The infuser reservoir may be attached to the recirculation line along the air path an in fluid communication therewith.

A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet including a first front panel arranged on a front side and a second front panel arranged on the first front panel and operated by a user, a tub disposed inside the cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub to provide a space to store laundry, and a panel cover arranged on a front side of the second front panel to protect the second front panel. The panel cover includes a water penetration prevention rib formed on a top surface thereof to prevent water from penetrating into the control part from an outside.

A support plate mounted on the inner side wall of an inner drum has a through hole corresponding to drain openings formed in the wall of the drum, and a gap between the support plate and the side wall of the inner drum forms a space for valve plugs of sealing valves to move up and down; a mounting sleeve installed on the upper side of the support plate has an inner through hole coaxially arranged with the through hole in the support plate, so that the valve plugs of the sealing valves are coaxially installed in the inner through hole and can move up and down. A drain opening formed in the side wall of the inner drum is provided with a sealing valve installed on the inner drum via the sealing valve structure.

A washing machine having a washed laundry/garment treatment system. The washing machine comprises a rotatable drum, a soap/laundry dispenser, a water supply flow valve, an ozone generator and a control panel for controlling operation of the rotatable drum, the soap/laundry dispenser, the water supply flow valve, and the ozone generator. The laundry/garment treatment system comprises a source of an additive/treating composition to be added a washing machine without any laundry/garments contained therein, and the source of the additive/treating composition is connected to the washing machine to supply a quantity of additive/treating composition thereto for mixing with water and formation of a treatment mixture. A circulating pump is connected to the washing machine for pumping the treatment mixture into a treatment holding tank. A mixture feed valve controls the flow of treatment mixture from the treatment holding tank back into the washing machine for treating the laundry/garments, following washing thereof.

A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet with an outlet, a drawer drawn out from the outlet, and a tub inside the drawer, providing a space for storing water and having an inlet on its upper surface. A drum rotatably mounted inside the tub includes an inlet on an upper surface for receiving laundry inside of the drum. A cabinet includes a first frame made at least in part from metal and including a first outlet, a second frame made at least in part from metal, spaced apart from the first frame along a moving direction of the drawer, and including a second outlet, a base panel made of a nonmetal lighter than metal, fixed to the first and second frames, and forming a bottom surface of the cabinet, and a metal cover fixed to the first and second frames and forming an upper surface and both sides of the cabinet.