Compact filter assembly
US4769052A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 1986 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D46/06
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A flexible fabric filter apparatus having multiple support surfaces for shaping a flexible fabric filtering element into a compact shape and in which apparatus the support surfaces assist in sealing the filtering element to the filter housing between the inlet and outlet of the filter housing. A method for assembling a filter apparatus having a flexible fabric filtering element which method includes the steps of manipulating the filtering element to form inner and outer filtering sections, mounting the inner and outer filtering sections on corresponding inner and outer support surfaces, and sealing a filter section with the filter housing at a point between the inlet and outlet of the filter housing.
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