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Filter service system and method

US8608834B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Caterpillar Inc. · US

Inventors

Cheryl Sellers · Peoria, US
David Thaler · Mossville, US
Mark Grimm · Stanley, US
Jeremy Trethewey · Dunlap, US
Natalie Noel Vanderspiegel · Peoria, US
Richard A. Crandell · Peoria, US
Dong Fei · Peoria, US
Roger A. Hudson · Hanna City, US
Mark Alan Gasper · Delavan, US
Herbert DaCosta · Peoria, US
Eric C. Fluga · Dunlap, US
Hemant Prasad Mallampalli · Peoria, US
Bruce Frazier · Coffeyville, US
Matthew Fletcher · Peoria, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2012
Grant date	Dec 17, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 27, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D2279/30
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for removing matter from a filtering device of a work machine includes a gas pressurization assembly. An element of the gas pressurization assembly is removably attachable to a first orifice of the filtering device without removing the filtering device from a work machine to which the filtering device is connected. The system also includes a heat source fluidly connected to the gas pressurization assembly.

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