Patent ID: 6613115
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
A cartridge dust collector assembly comprising:a housing including an air inlet, an air outlet, a first side, a transverse wall within the housing having a plurality of openings, and a chamber defined within the housing and below the transverse wall that effectively runs the length and width of the housing, said chamber including an access opening in the first side of the housing; a pair of parallel slide rails secured within the chamber, said slide rails spaced apart and aligned with the access opening of the chamber and supporting a row of dust collector cartridges, each of said dust collector cartridges including a media pack, a head plate, a bottom plate, and a sealing gasket connected to a top end of the dust collector cartridge, each head plate adapted to be slidably carried on the slide rails, with the slide rails being spaced apart to receive the head plate of the cartridge therebetween; means for interlocking the cartridges one to the other, said interlocking means including an inter-engaging slot and a tab on each of the head plates, wherein the tab in one head plate engages the slot of an adjacent head plate; and a locking means for releaseably securing the dust collector cartridges in position within the housing.