Patent ID: 7396377
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A filter element comprising a wound filter with axial flow channels, said filter element having a mounting ring around its circumference secured to the wound filter by a welded, bonded, extruded or fused connection, wherein the mounting ring carries a circumferential profiled seal which, when the filter element is installed in a housing, engages the housing to provide a seal between an unfiltered fluid side of the filter element and a filtered fluid side of the filter element, wherein the mounting ring has, on a side facing the filter element, a projection or shoulder into which the filter element is adhesively bonded or welded, and the mounting ring has a circumferential bulge or bead, and wherein the profiled seal is supported against the bulge or bead, and the profiled seal is fixed in a groove of the mounting ring.