Patent ID: 8727137
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: B01D,B04C

Abstract:
1. A filter housing comprising: a vessel portion having a inlet and a first outlet; a lid being sealingly mateable to said vessel portion, said lid having a second outlet; a cage adapted for fitting within said vessel when said lid is mated to said vessel, said cage including a sidewall affixed to upper and lower plates and maintaining said upper and lower plates at a fixed distance apart, said upper and lower plates adapted for being sealed to said vessel portion and said inlet of said vessel portion being located between said upper and lower plates of said cage when said cage is fitted within said vessel portion, said cage including an upper flange being sealable to said vessel portion and including a tab having an alignment hole, said vessel portion including an alignment pin, said sidewall including a cage inlet for allowing fluid to enter said cage between said upper and lower plates, said inlet in said sidewall of said cage being aligned with said inlet in said vessel portion when said pin is inserted into said alignment hole, said upper plate including an aperture and said lower plate including an aperture; a filter being sealed within said aperture in said upper plate and said filter being sealed within said aperture in said lower plate, said filter extending between said aperture in said upper plate and said aperture in said lower plate, said filter having a sidewall including an inlet, said filter including a lower outlet for discharging fluid and filtered material out of said aperture in said lower plate and an upper outlet for discharging fluid out of said aperture in said upper plate, said cage being sealable to said vessel portion so that fluid entering said inlet in said sidewall of said cage must pass through said filter to exit said cage.