FILTER FUER EINE WASCHMASCHINE

A filter for domestic laundry washing machines of the recirculation type comprising a collecting receptacle (5) disposed below the tub (3) and connected thereto by a conduit (6) and a housing (15) for a removable filtering element (14). The collecting receptacle (5) is adapted to contain an electric heater element (12) and to communicate with a top portion of the tub through a conduit (7) and a recirculation pump (8), and with a discharge conduit (10) of the machine through a discharge pump (11). According to the invention the removable filer element (14) is of one-oiece construction comprising a fine-mesh filtering surface (17, 21) disposed upstream of the heater element (12) in the washing liquid recirculation direction, and a coarse-mesh filtering surface (18, 22) disposed upstream of the discharge pump (11) in the washign liquid discharge direction. In this manner, any contaminants deposited on the fine-mesh filtering surface (17, 21) during the recirculation phase are carried away by the washing liquid during each discharge phase.