LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS HAVING A FILTER DEVICE

The invention relates to a filter device for a laundry treatment machine. The filter device for the laundry treatment machine has a sealing insert which can be inserted into the laundry treatment machine and a filter carrier with a filter element which can be inserted into the laundry treatment machine. The sealing insert can be removed from the laundry treatment machine independently of the filter carrier. In an inserted state, the filter element lies tightly in the axial direction on a rear side of the sealing insert. On the sealing insert, a radial elastic sealing lip is provided which seals the sealing insert in the inserted state relative to a process air guide device of the laundry treatment machine. The laundry treatment machine comprises a laundry drum, a process air guide device for guiding a process air flow through the laundry drum, and a heat exchanger arranged behind the laundry drum along the process air flow. Such a filter device is arranged between the laundry drum andthe heat exchanger in the process air flow.