Housing

US6306192A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Volker Greif · Harthausen, DE
• Stefan Kochert · Waiblingen, DE
• Klaus Moessinger · Löwenstein, DE
• Bernd Spaeth · Ulm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 3, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2265/028
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A housing, in particular a pot-shaped filter housing. To connect housing pot 10 and cover 11, a joint consisting of closure elements such as locking clamps or bow clamps 16 is proposed which can be attached at the periphery of the housing via receivers 18. As there are more receivers 18 provided on the housing than locking clamps 16 which are required for absorbing retention forces, it is possible to vary the exact fitting position of the locking clamps according to the respective space available for receiving and mounting the housing. This is essential, because the rotating radius 27 of the tension levers 17 of the locking clamps has to be considered when mounting the locking clamps 16. It is thus possible to provide housings for any field of use with variable receivers for the closure elements.