Patent ID: 7789926
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A filter housing, comprising: at least one axial flow filter element including an inlet end face and an outlet end face, wherein fluid to be filtered flows axially between said inlet and outlet axial end faces; at least one continuous sealing collar circumferentially extending around an outer circumference of said at least one filter element, said sealing collar adapted to press against a sealing flange on the housing; a common clamping frame element attached to an interior of said filter housing; said common clamping frame element including at least one cutout, each cutout configured to enable insertion of one of said filter element end faces therein; and a clamping device provided in said clamping frame; wherein individual filter elements of said at least one flow filter element are inserted side by side into said cutouts of said common clamping frame element, wherein each of the sealing collars rests on the clamping frame element, and wherein the clamping frame element is plane parallel to the at least one sealing flange and can be displaced by a clamping device toward the sealing flange, wherein the clamping device is formed by