Patent · US Expired

Air filter assembly for filtering air with particulate matter

US5562746A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 1995
Grant dateOct 8, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2271/022
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An air filter assembly for filtering air with particulate matter therein is provided. The air filter assembly includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a spacer wall separating the housing into a filtering chamber and a clean air chamber. The spacer wall includes a first air flow aperture therein. The assembly includes a filter element positioned in air flow communication with the first air flow aperture. The assembly also includes a Venturi element mounted in the spacer wall first air flow aperture. The Venturi element includes a bell-mouth-shaped end portion which projects into an inner clean air chamber of the first filter element. The assembly includes a pulse jet cleaning apparatus having a nozzle oriented to direct a pulse of air into the first Venturi element in a direction toward the first filter element.

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