Patent · US Expired

Extended life filter apparatus

US5667544A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1996
Grant dateSep 16, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S55/24
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A particulate filter for a fluid stream being of preselected thickness with progressively increasing fibrous density from the upstream face toward the downstream face, the filter having a transversely and uniformly extending planar sheet-like adhesive barrier at a preselected location and quantity between the upstream and downstream faces thereof.

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