Patent · US Expired

Air filters

US4268290A · kind A · utility

51Cited by
3References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 1979
Grant dateMay 19, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 31, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2279/60
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A pleated paper filter element has the configuration of the frustrum of a cone with the pleats extending lengthwise of the sloping wall of the cone and has pleat separation dimples embossed into the paper from which the element is made, the height of said dimples being graduated lengthwise of the element so as to provide controlled pleat separation over at least most of the length of the element.

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