Patent ID: 6409784
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B01D,F02M

Abstract:
A filter comprising a filter housing, a housing cover, and a planar filter insert sealingly installed in said housing such that the filter insert divides the housing into an inlet chamber for fluid to be filtered from an outlet chamber for filtered fluid; at least one inlet for admitting fluid to be filtered into said inlet chamber, and an outlet for discharging filtered fluid from said outlet chamber; said at least one inlet having an inlet opening cross section aligned substantially perpendicular to the plane of said filter insert, wherein said filter is equipped adjacent said at least one inlet with a deflector for deflecting fluid to be filtered entering said inlet chamber in a direction perpendicular to the planar surface of the filter insert and toward the planar surface of said filter insert adjacent said at least one inlet, and wherein said deflector comprises a curved tube which receives fluid from said at least one inlet and discharges the fluid toward the planar filter insert.