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Filtration unit with pleated filtering elements

US6143174A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 8, 1999
Grant dateNov 7, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2031/14
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There is disclosed a filtration unit for separating a substance from a fluid, the unit made up of at least one pleated filter element in a cylindrical housing, the housing in turn made up of two mating housing components and at least two fluid connectors, the filter element separating the housing into inlet and outlet plenums with the periphery of the filter element adjoining the wall of the cylindrical housing; the periphery of the filter element and the periphery of the two mating components are all bonded to each other by a single integral sealant bond.

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