Patent ID: 6221246
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
In a filter housing assembly having a filter housing for a filter element, a closure plate, a top flange on the housing and bolts for removably attaching the closure plate to the top flange, the combination of:A. a spindle extending rigidly from the closure plate, means for permanently fixing one end of the spindle to the closure plate with the other end of the spindle extending freely downwardly toward the filter element; andB. a top filter support fixed to the spindle in axially spaced relation to the closure plate and extending radially from the spindle to the top of the filter element, and means for rigidly fixing the top filter support to the spindle for movement therewith;whereby the spindle and the top filter support are fixed for movement only with the closure plate, causing the spindle and the top filter support to be removed from the filter element simultaneously with the closure plate being removed from the top flange, and whereby the filter element becomes available for removal from the filter housing simultaneously with removal of the closure plate from the top flange.