Patent · US Expired

Dome shaped extrusion filter support

US5449459A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 13, 1993
Grant dateSep 12, 1995
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2201/184
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a filter support for use as part of a screened packing, or filter system, in an extrusion process, wherein the filter support provides a rigid wall in the shape of a dome featuring flow passage holes through the wall such that the longitudinal axis of each hole is perpendicular to a plane tangent to the surface of the dome at the location of the hole.

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