Patent ID: 9480942
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B01D

Claim Text:
1. A separation device for separating impurities from gases, comprising: a filter cartridge configured to and capable of separating out particulate and fluid media from gases, said filter cartridge having a longitudinal axis and a filter medium; a support tube being in said filter cartridge having media channels therein and coaxially encompassing said longitudinal axis, said support tube including coaxial first and second tube members connected with one another at a connecting piece separating a discharge chamber inside said first tube member from an absorber chamber inside said second tube member, said connecting piece including an annular disc extending between and connecting adjacent axial ends of said first and second tube members; a collecting device including an absorber in said absorber chamber configured to and capable of binding fluid media separated from gases; and a coalescing device configured to and capable of increasing sizes of drops of fluid media separated from gases, said coalescing device enclosing an outer surface of said support tube with said filter medium.