Patent ID: 9724627
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B01D,Y10T

Claim:
1. Filter assembly to filter at least one fluid, the filter assembly comprising: a vessel having an open end, a cover configured to close the open end of the vessel, a tube within the vessel, the tube extending along a longitudinal axis X of the vessel, a removable filter cartridge housed in the vessel and comprising a first flange, a second flange, and a filtering medium extending between the first and second flanges and having a tubular hollow space to surround the tube, and a holder holding the first flange on the vessel, the holder configured to prevent the detachment of the first flange from the vessel and/or configured to enable the filter cartridge to be held fixedly in the vessel, characterized in that the first flange of the filter cartridge at least partially forms the cover, in that the first flange of the filter cartridge at least partially forms an external wall of the filter assembly, in that the first flange includes an aperture, and in that the tube includes an upper extension passing through the aperture of the first flange and cooperating in a tightly sealed manner with the aperture, said upper extension being configured to abut against an external face of the first flange opposite the filter media and to form said holder.