Patent ID: 6217639
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
A contamination control breather that processes unfiltered air into filtered air, the breather comprising:an air impervious elongated body open at a first distal end of the body and a second distal end of the body;a first cap attached to said first end for allowing the filtered air to exit the elongated body through an aperture in said first cap;a second cap attached to said second end for allowing the unfiltered air to enter said elongated body to pass through said elongated body to said first cap;wherein said aperture in said first cap connects to a neck, said neck being air impermeably attached to a container that uses filtered air; andwherein said first cap further comprises a metal plate with an aperture therethrough, for reinforcing said first cap, wherein said aperture of said metal plate is collocated with said aperture of said first cap.