Patent ID: 8202341
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A filter comprising: a filter cup; a filter insert having at least one layer of filter material, said filter insert inserted into said filter cup and having a substantially cylindrical shape; a terminal disk arranged at an end face of said filter insert and abutting against an axial end of said at least one layer of filter material, said terminal disk positively-lockingly connected to an axially outwardly protecting circumferential wall of an end of said filter cup; said terminal disk having a circumferential rim wherein said circumferential rim is configured to engage said end of said filter cup and is provided with locking means that positive-lockingly connect said terminal disk and said filter cup; wherein said circumferential rim of said terminal disk comprises ring segments, wherein adjacent ring segments separated from one another by narrow radial slots extending though an outer circumferential rim of said terminal disk, wherein said ring segments axially engage said end of said filter cup, wherein said locking means are radially inwardly oriented snap-on hooks provided on said ring segments, and wherein said filter cup has at least one radially outwardly oriented projection that is engaged by said snap-on hooks.