Patent ID: 9683686
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B01D,F16L

Claim:
1. A connection member for positioning one or more filters comprising: a top side; a bottom side; a pair of lateral sides interconnecting said top side and said bottom side; an upstream facing side interconnected with said top side, said bottom side, and said pair of lateral sides, wherein said connection member adjacent said upstream facing side inwardly tapers from said top side to said bottom side to define a downwardly facing upstream opening adapted to engage one or more prefilters; a downstream facing side interconnected with said top side, said bottom side, and said pair of lateral sides, wherein said connection member adjacent said downstream facing side inwardly tapers from said bottom side to said top side to define an upwardly facing downstream opening adapted to engage one or more final filters; wherein said connection member includes said downwardly facing upstream opening in air flow communication with said upwardly facing downstream opening and orientates the one or more final filters or prefilters to assist in draining contaminates from the one or more final filters or prefilters; and wherein said connection member is a two piece component that includes an upstream member in a nesting relationship with a downstream member, wherein said upstream member includes said downwardly facing upstream opening and said downstream member includes said upwardly facing downstream opening.