Filter cartridge assembly
US9993757B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2201/4084
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A filter cartridge assembly is provided. The filter cartridge assembly includes a filter head having an inlet and an outlet, an inner moving up or down in the filter head by an elastic unit, and a locking/unlocking part to control the inner to be stopped in a state that the inner moves up and to move down in state that the inner is stopped such that a filter cartridge is detachably installed in the filter head through the up-down movement of the inner, wherein, in order to allow the inner, which moves up or down in the filter head, to linearly move up only to separate the filter cartridge and to prevent the filter cartridge from being arbitrarily separated when the inner moves down. The inner includes an inner main body, and a holder including a plurality of wing pieces, in which the holder formed on a lower end of the inner main body are provided with the wing pieces which are spaced apart from each other to operate inward and outward, respectively, when the inner moves up or down. Each of the wing pieces includes a protrusion for inducing the inner to be retracted inward while tightly making contact with an inner wall of the filter head when the inner moves up, and a holder protr…
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