Patent ID: 7807055
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A filtration system comprising: a manifold which includes an inlet fitting and an outlet fitting, each fitting having an axis; a filter which includes a housing and a filter element disposed in the housing, wherein the housing includes an inlet fitting and an outlet fitting, each fitting having an axis and being positioned on top of the housing; a carriage which supports the filter with the fittings of the filter respectively axially aligned with the fittings of the manifold; a mounting mechanism arranged between the manifold and the carriage to move the carriage and the filter between a disengaged position in which the fittings of the filter are axially aligned with and spaced from the fittings of the manifold and an engaged position in which the fittings of the filter respectively engage the fittings of the manifold, wherein the filter moves in a direction parallel to the aligned axes of the fittings of the filter and the manifold along all of the distance that the filter travels on the carriage; and a positioning mechanism arranged between the carriage and the filter to axially align the inlet and outlet fittings of the filter with the inlet and outlet fittings of the manifold in the disengaged position of the mounting mechanism.