Patent ID: 9713782
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B01D

Claim:
1. A filter for use with a manifold assembly, the filter comprising a housing, first and second fittings, a fluid conduit, and a permeable filter medium, wherein the housing has a longitudinal axis, an interior defining a filter chamber, an upper region, a top, and a bottom, and wherein the first and second fittings extend axially upwardly from the top of the housing and terminate at a topmost portion and are sealingly engagable with first and second fittings of a manifold assembly, the housing defining a fluid flow path within the housing between the first and second fittings of the filter, wherein the permeable filter medium is arranged in the filter chamber in the fluid flow path within the housing to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path, the filter further comprising a reservoir positioned at the top of the housing, wherein the reservoir includes a wall comprising a flange, at least a portion of the flange extending outwardly beyond the housing in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the outwardly extending portion of the flange defining one or more ledges that face downwardly toward the bottom of the housing, the flange surrounding the first and second fittings collectively and further defining a basin, the wall having a topmost portion and each of the first and second fittings having a topmost portion, and wherein the topmost portion of each of the first and second fittings is at or below the topmost portion of the wall of the reservoir, and the first fitting comprises an inlet fitting opening into the fluid conduit, the fluid conduit directing fluid from the top of the housing toward the bottom of the housing outside of the filter chamber.