Patent ID: 6620316
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
A modular system for the assembly of filter elements of different structural sizes, comprising a supporting tube which defines an interior cavity of a filter element and carries a filter mat which has passages to permit fluid to pass through, and a jacket formed by a plurality of circular rings, arranged at mutual intervals from one another, which rings are carried by vanes of a star-shaped profile body extending axially in the interior cavity of the supporting tube, and having a coupling piece which makes possible an end connection of one supporting tube with another adjacent supporting tube, which has a holder intended for one end for interaction and locking with a coupling piece, which is shaped as a plug element with a ring consisting of a plurality of fingers that extend in an axial direction at mutual intervals and that have a plurality of hooks formed on an end of said tube to snap on at the holder of the adjacent and waiting supporting tube, wherein each of said rings consisting of fingers has widened gaps between adjacent fingers which are oriented toward the vanes of the profile body whereby these gaps make possible the engagement of ends of the vanes.