Patent ID: 7247245
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A filter cartridge for filtering a slurry composition which comprises: a hollow housing having a first end cap including an inlet and a second end cap including an outlet; an annular spacer having an open portion and a solid portion and a nonwoven depth filter material of polymeric fibers inside the housing, said depth filter material having a thickness to retain undesirably large particles of said slurry while permitting passage there through of particles of said slurry within a desired size range, said depth filter material having progressively smaller micron particle retention in the direction of fluid flow, said retention greatest adjacent the fluid outlet wherein said filter material is formed of at least two segments and separated by said annular spacer; an open void volume of not greater than 1 inch in height to prevent separation of solid particles from the slurry composition and provide substantially uniform distribution of slurry over atop surface of the depth filter material, said open void volume upstream of said depth filter and the ratio of the height of said depth filter segments to the height of said annular spacers being between about 1:1 and about 5:1.