Patent ID: 6337012
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B01D,B03C,F01M

Abstract:
A method of converting an oil filter for automotive or marine use to a magnetically active oil filter, comprising:providing an oil filter for automotive or marine use, the oil filter including a filter element, bore and an interior chamber; providing a monolithic, self-clinging, dis-attached, hand-insertable magnet insertable in said oil filter for automotive or marine use for attracting element particles that otherwise pass through said filter element; inserting said, monolithic, self-clinging, dis-attached, hand-insertable magnet through said bore and into said interior chamber of said oil filter for automotive or marine use, so as to cause said oil filter for automotive or marine use to be converted into a magnetically active oil filter that attracts element particles that otherwise would pass through said filter element without a substantial reduction of flow through said filter.