Filter with rotating wiper having indexing blades
US5087365A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 14, 1990 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D29/6476
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A self-cleaning filter comprises a filter element and a housing. A cleaning unit, movable with respect to the filter element, removes filtered-out solids from the upstream face of the filter element. A movable cleaning element is engagable with the filter element. Indexing structure removes the cleaning element from the filter element for removing accumulated solids from the cleaning element while a second cleaning element engages the filter element for cleaning same in substitution for the first cleaning element.
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