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Filter module

US8245853B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 2008
Grant dateAug 21, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D25/24
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a filter module comprising a body of wound layers of sheet material, with an inner and outer peripheral surface, a winding axis and a passage within the body, the sheet material having a plurality of openings forming at least two types of channels within the wound layers, the channels extending in a direction from the inner peripheral surface to the outer peripheral surface, a first type of channels in fluid communication with the outer periphery and closed at the end toward the inner periphery, a second type of channels in fluid communication with the inner periphery and closed at the end toward the outer periphery, the two types of channels separated by portions of sheet material, one of the types of channels being outlet channels and being covered by a filter material.

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