Patent · US Expired

Filter cells providing lifting means and related methods

US5607584A · kind A · utility

9Cited by
22References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 3, 1995
Grant dateMar 4, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 3, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2201/24
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Removable filter cartridge assemblies (10) for housings (28) having a removable member (101, 130) to provide access to the interior (102, 136) of the housing and an inlet (108, 134) and an outlet (109, 135) to and from the interior thereof (102, 136) comprising at least one filter cell (12) through which fluids are passed for filtration, the cell having a central aperture (18) therethrough for the passage of fluid, separate from the fluid within the housing; opposed disks of filtration media (16), spaced apart and defining upper (16U) and lower (16L) surfaces of the cell emanating radially from the central aperture; and, an outer peripheral edge (14) circumscribing the cell; first and second retainer ring members (22) securably disposed on the upper and lower surfaces of said filter cell, open to and concentric with the central aperture, said first retainer ring members being contiguous with the outlet of the housing; and lifting means (42, 50, 80, 90) communicable with one of the retainer ring members for movement of the filter cell into and out of the filter housing. The present invention also provides a device for lifting and carrying a filter cell (12) comprising retainer ring …

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.