Patent ID: 6013179
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
A filter assembly, comprising:a skirt portion having a top section, an intermediate section, and bottom section, said skirt portion adapted to be mounted above a fluid sump;said intermediate section being disposed between said top section and said bottom section and having sides that surround said top section, some of said sides being sloped downward towards said bottom section;said bottom section further including at least one aperture therethrough;at least one layer of filter media disposed over said aperture;at least one supply suction tube having a first end and a second end, said supply suction tube extending through said skirt portion with said second end being disposed outside of said skirt; andwherein said bottom section excludes integral downwardly extending peripheral walls surrounding said at least one aperture and said at least one supply suction tube, such that said bottom section does not define said fluid sump.