Patent ID: 6375840
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
A socket-wrench removable oil filter comprising:an oil filter assembly having an oil filter member which includes a housing having top and side walls and being cylindrically-shaped and further having a plurality of finger-holding grooves being disposed therein and also having a slot being centrally-disposed in said top wall and being adapted to receive a portion of a socket wrench; and a support member being disposed in said slot for strengthening said slot during tightening and removal of said oil filter member, said support member comprising a ring member having a plurality of finger-like projections extending outwardly from a side of said ring member, said finger-like projections being spaced along an edge of a hole formed through said ring member, said finger-like projections being disposed generally perpendicular to said ring member, said finger-like projections being contactable with said side walls of said slot of said oil filter member to strengthen said slot when said oil filter member is being removed.