Patent ID: 6481241
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B01D,F25B

Abstract:
A desiccant bag adapted for use in an accumulator of an air-conditioning system, said accumulator having a suction tube with an inlet leg, an outlet leg, and a bight therebetween, said bight of said suction tube having a pickup filter mounted thereto, said pickup filter having a clasp and a filter body integrally extending from said clasp, said desiccant bag comprising:a casing; a desiccant material contained within said casing; and a flexible flap extending from said casing, said flexible flap having an aperture therethrough, said flexible flap further having a locating edge along periphery and at one end of said aperture; whereby said aperture of said flexible flap is mounted over said filter body of said pickup filter, and said locating edge of said flexible flap locates against a portion of said clasp of said pickup filter to locate and hold said desiccant bag in position on said pickup filter.