Patent ID: 8852308
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: B01D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A filter arrangement for a system within which fluid is filtered, the system has a portion with an aperture into which the filter arrangement is located for filtering fluid from a dirty side and to a clean side as the fluid flows through the filter arrangement, the filter arrangement including: a frame including: a plurality of filter pleat packs that each allows flow therethrough while stopping flow of particulate matter, each filter pleat pack including a plurality of pleats, each filter pleat pack being removably located at a respective filter pleat pack location of the frame, covering a respective frame aperture, with the pleats of the filter pleat pack mating against the respective saw-tooth contoured surface; and a plurality of removable retainers that non-permanently hold the filter pleat packs against the frame, each retainer having at least one saw-tooth contoured surface that mates against the pleats of the filter pleat pack so that the pleats of the filter pleat pack are sandwiched between the retainer and the frame.