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Filter apparatus and method of filtering

US4321064A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
12References
33Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 24, 1980
Grant dateMar 23, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 24, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S118/07
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A filter comprising a flat sheet, a corrugated sheet adhered in faced relationship to said flat sheet, a first array of parallel spaced orifices formed in said flat sheet, and a second array of parallel spaced orifices formed in said corrugated sheet, orifices in said first array being disposed laterally in spaced relationship from orifices in said second array, orifices in said first array communicating with orifices in said second array through corrugations in said corrugated sheet. A process for separating suspended particles from a fluid using the foregoing filter is disclosed. Use of the foregoing filter in a spray booth is also disclosed.

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