Filtration system

US8951415B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KX Technologies LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael J. Sherman · Beverly Hills, US
• Lori Foix · Inver Grove Heights, US
• Steven J. Haehn · Oakdale, US
• Erik R. Klimpel · Woodbury, US
• David W. Fisher · Houston, US
• David T. Bardwell · Woodbury, US
• Steven K. Wilson · Pine City, US
• James B. Larson · Stillwater, US
• Stephen P. Huda · Shelton, US
• Frank A. Brigano · Northford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2201/303
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention presents a filtration system with an integrated manifold valve. The filtration system employs only one pivotal component—the pivoting of the manifold. The manifold valve includes a dual aperture design for a two-fold alignment scheme with the ingress and egress lines of the fluid source. The invention is free of multi-component rotary valve with internal, rotatable parts, or an activation component, such as a handle, for initiating the rotary valve, allowing the user to rotate the rotational components thereof. The reduction in moveable components in this design reduces the likelihood of failure and increases the reliability of the filtration system.