Patent ID: 8974567
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: F01M,F02M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A gas-liquid rotating coalescer separating liquid from a gas-liquid mixture, comprising: a coalescing filter assembly comprising a housing having an inlet receiving said gas-liquid mixture, a gas outlet discharging separated gas, and a drain outlet discharging separated liquid, an annular rotating inside-out flow coalescing filter element in said housing, the filter element having an endcap, a drive shaft, a rotary drive member coupled to the drive shaft, said rotary drive member positioned between said drive shaft and said endcap when said annular rotating coalescing filter element is received in said housing, a first set of one or more detent surfaces on said rotary drive member, and a second set of one or more detent surfaces on said endcap of said coalescing filter element, said second set of one or more detent surfaces engagingly interacting with said first set of one or more detent surfaces in interlocking mating keyed relation to effect rotation of said coalescing filter element by said rotary drive member.