Patent ID: 6337013
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
A filter for filtering liquids comprising a housing having an inlet, an outlet and an inner surface, said filter comprising:(i) at least one removable filter element having an inner face, an outer face and first and second outwardly flanged ends, each of the outwardly flanged ends having a sealing face; (ii) a first sealing face on the inner surface of the housing, said sealing face of the inner surface of the housing being sealable with said sealing face of the second outwardly flanged end; (iii) a housing flange on the inner surface of the housing, said housing flange having a second sealing face adjacent to said sealing face of the first outwardly flanged end; (iv) a frame releasably secured to said housing flange; and (v) a jack device located on said frame and arranged for applying force to said filter element, wherein, upon the application of force from the jack device, said sealing faces are sealed to define a liquid flowpath through said inlet, through said inner face of said filter element to said outer face of said filter element and out said outlet.