Patent ID: 8425644
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A V-bank filter comprising: a first pair of pleated filter elements arranged in a vee configuration; a second pair of pleated filter elements arranged in a vee configuration, wherein the first and second pair of filter elements are joined in a linear arrangement; and a housing having the first and second pairs of pleated filter elements disposed therein, the housing and filter element pairs comprising a unitary disposable filter, wherein a centerline defined by the first pair of pleated filter elements defines an acute angle with a centerline defined by the second pair of pleated filter elements, the housing having a filter inlet and a filter outlet, the housing having a first side panel and a second side panel, the first and second side panels having parallel first edges defining the filter inlet therebetween, the first edges oriented perpendicular to a flow direction through the filter inlet, wherein the flow direction through the filter inlet is substantially parallel to a flow direction through the filter outlet.