Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for filtering a fluid

US4603001A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 13, 1984
Grant dateJul 29, 1986
Priority date—
Expiry dateSep 13, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC02F1/003
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a filtering apparatus which incorporates a flow deflector, to divert an incoming flow of the fluid to be filtered, which serves as a device to cause one or more multifaceted bead members to circulate throughout and to impinge upon every surface of an inlet chamber of the filter apparatus so that contaminents tend to be removed from the filter inlet surface portion of the inlet chamber.

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