Patent ID: 7264716
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A membrane filtration system for connecting a filter submodule comprising one or more elongate bundles of semipermeable polymeric fibers, said system comprising: a housing; at least one submodule comprising an elongate bundle of semipermeable polymeric fibers attached to a connecting sleeve having a locking formation; at least one submodule connecting collar connected with said housing, said collar constructed and arranged to receive and locate the connecting sleeve, said collar releasably secured to the sleeve at an end by a snap clip, which axially and slidingly engages both said collar and said locking formation and at least in part surround both said collar and said locking formation to prevent axial withdrawal of said submodule from said collar, wherein the clip is resiliently biased to enable radial contraction of the clip when the clip engages with the submodule and the collar.