Patent ID: 6093227
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
An air filter apparatus comprising:a body having a through bore;an air filter element mountable within the bore; andmeans, cooperating with the body, for forming a labyrinth air flow path from an air inlet at one end of the means through the bore in the body, the air flow path forming means including:the body having a tubular end portion;a plurality of ribs extending outward from the end portion, each rib having an outer edge;a cap having a side wall with an inner surface, a first end, and an end wall at an opposite end;the cap removably mounted over the ribs spacing the inner surface of the cap from an exterior surface of the tubular end portion of the body to form the air flow path between the inner surface of the cap and the exterior surface of the tubular end portion of the body; andmeans, formed in the tubular end portion of the body adjacent one end thereof, for disposing the through bore in the body in fluid flow communication with the air flow path between the sidewall of the cap and the tubular end portion of the body.