Patent ID: 9283509
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B01D

Claim Text:
1. A filter element comprising: a filter member provided with a plurality of pleat portions; and a frame body holding an outer peripheral portion of the filter member, wherein the frame body is provided with a comb-shaped member having a comb-tooth portion which is inserted into adjacent pleat portions and contacts to a surface of the filter member, and the comb-shaped member is formed by an insert-molding process, wherein a projection is formed to at least one end of the comb-shaped member so as to extend in a longitudinal direction thereof, and wherein the projection is firmly embedded into the frame body, and wherein holding portions are formed to both the ends of the comb-shaped member at which the holding portions continuously contact so as to surround the outer peripheral edges of the ends of the comb-shaped member.