Patent ID: 6500338
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: B01D,F02B,F02M,Y10S

Abstract:
A filter/drier cartridge for use in a fuel supply line, said filter/dryer cartridge comprising:a casing having an interior, said casing having an inlet communicating with said interior and an outlet communicating with said interior; desiccant material filling at least a portion of said interior, said desiccant material acting to remove water from fuel flowing through said filter/dryer cartridge; a filter element position in said interior intermediate said desiccant material and said outlet, said desiccant material and said filter element being arranged within said casing such that all fuel flowing through said filter/dryer cartridge must pass through said desiccant material and said filter element; wherein said casing has a bottom, a front wall, a back wall, a left wall, a right wall, and an open top, said inlet being formed in said back wall, and said outlet being formed in said front wall, said filter/dryer cartridge further including a lid acting as a closure for said open top; a first baffle lying in a plane parallel to said back wall, said first baffle being positioned intermediate said back wall and said front wall, said first baffle sealingly abutting said lid, said left wall, and said right wall, said first baffle extends as a sheet from said lid to a bottom edge, said bottom edge being spaced apart from said bottom such that all fuel flowing through said filter/dryer cartridge must pass between said bottom edge and said bottom; a second baffle lying in a plane parallel to said first baffle, said second baffle being positioned intermediate said first baffle and said front wall, said second baffle sealingly abutting said bottom, said left wall, and said right wall, said second baffle extends as a sheet from said bottom to a top edge, said top edge being spaced part from said lid such that all fuel flowing through said filter/dryer cartridge must pass between said top edge and said lid; a first mesh screen extending across a flow area defined by said left wall, said right wall, said back wall, and said first baffle; and a second mesh screen extending across a flow area defined by said left wall, said right wall, said first baffle, and said second baffle, said desiccant material being contained in a space enclosed by said bottom, said left wall, said right wall, said second baffle, said first mesh screen, said second mesh screen, and said first baffle, said filter element extending across a flow area defined by said lid, said bottom, said right wall, and said left wall.