Patent ID: 9017458
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A filter apparatus for concurrently removing particles from a fluid and removing gases from the fluid, comprising: a filter unit body housing, said filter unit body housing forming an enclosure; at least one opening in said filter unit body housing; at least one tubular filter element positioned in said enclosure of said filter unit body housing, said at least one tubular filter element having a tubular side, an internal passage, a closed top, and an open bottom wherein said open bottom is positioned over said at least one opening in said filter unit body housing; a filter material associated with said tubular side of said at least one filter element that removes the particles from the fluid, when the fluid passes through said filter material; and a gas removing material in said enclosure of said filter unit body housing that removes the gases from the fluid as the fluid passes through said enclosure.