Patent ID: 7655074
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: B01D,F02M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An air cleaner comprising: (a) a housing having first and second opposite ends and a sidewall between said first and second ends; said sidewall defining an access opening; said sidewall having a slide mount; an access cover removal positioned over the access opening; (b) a filter element operably installed and sealed in the housing; the filter element having first and second opposite flow faces; the filter element including media having a plurality of flutes; each of the flutes having an upstream portion adjacent to the first flow face and a downstream portion adjacent to the second flow face; selected ones of the flutes being open at the upstream portion and closed at the downstream portion; and selected ones of said flutes being closed at the upstream portion and open at the downstream portion; (c) said sidewall defining a bump out region; (d) the housing including a pivot region about which the filter element can pivot when moving into and out of sealing engagement with the housing.