Patent ID: 7422119
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. Cylindrical element designed to support a filtering cartridge in a filtering assembly for liquid circulating in an engine or hydraulic equipment, the said filtering cartridge comprising a filtering medium ( 4 ) bound by two flanges ( 41 , 42 ), characterised in that it comprises at least two longitudinal ribs ( 32 ) extending longitudinally along the cylindrical element, each of the at least two longitudinal ribs having a succession of longitudinally spaced, at least partially radially inwardly sloping fins ( 33 ) extending therefrom, wherein a sinuous fluid flow path is formed between the radially inwardly sloping fins and longitudinally sloping fins extending from a neighboring longitudinal rib, the inwardly sloping fins and the longitudinally sloping fins extending along the cylindrical element.