Patent ID: 6015493
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for filtering liquid within a liquid distribution system having one or more components, a liquid channel through which liquid can flow into and out of each of the components, and an input channel which receives the liquid before said liquid flows into the liquid channel, wherein a first distance separates an input end of the liquid channel from an output end of the input channel, the apparatus comprising:a plurality of filtration systems, each having an input port and an output port;a plurality of channel diverting extensions from the liquid distribution system; anda plurality of channel return extensions to the liquid distribution system, wherein each of the channel diverting extensions is coupled between the liquid distribution system and a different one of the input ports of the filtration systems, with at least one of the channel diverting extensions having length greater than the first distance and being coupled between the output end of the input channel and the input end of the liquid channel, and wherein each of the channel return extensions is coupled between the liquid distribution system and a different one of the output ports of the filtration systems, with one of the channel return extensions having length greater than the first distance and being coupled between the output end of the input channel and the input end of the liquid channel, wherein at least one of the channel diverting extensions and the channel return extensions is detachably coupled to one of the filtration systems or to the liquid distribution system.