Patent ID: 7210585
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. An edge filter assembly comprising: a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a longitudinal axis; a filter element disposed within the housing including first and second filter plates and first and second spacers disposed between the first and second filter plates, the spacers and filter plates being configured and arranged to define a flow channel extending generally radially within the housing and defined between the first and second filter plates and the first and second spacers, the flow channel defining a flow gate, and the first filter plate having at least one axial projection extending therefrom generally into and generally aligned with a fluid path within the housing, the axial projection being located on the housing axis; wherein the housing and the filter element are configured and arranged to direct fluid from the inlet to the flow gate, the flow gate being sized to block passage therethrough of debris entrained in the fluid as the fluid passes from the inlet to the outlet, and the axial projection is disposed between the first and second filter plates and in non-contact arrangement with the second filter plate.