Patent ID: 6348149
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: B01D,F01M

Abstract:
A manufacture for filtering oil and adapted for supplying oil to lubricate an oil lubricating system comprisinga receptacle having an endless wall and a sealed chamber in which a filtering means is adapted to be disposed, a top closure member mounted to said wall, a bottom closure member mounted to said wall, a platform mounted in said receptacle and spaced above said bottom closure member and having a platform bore therein, pump means mounted in said receptacle between said platform and bottom closure member, inlet conduit means mounted to said bottom closure and in communication with the space in the sealed chamber between said platform and bottom closure member, outlet conduit means mounted to said receptacle and operatively connected to said pump, means in said receptacle for mounting a filtering means to and above said platform and for connecting the filtering means to said pump means, third conduit means mounted to said receptacle for applying a vent or vacuum during operation of the manufacture, whereby upon such operation with a filtering means including a filter mounted in said receptacle, oil ingressing through said inlet conduit means flows into the space between said platform and bottom closure member and through said platform bore into the chamber above said platform and then into the filtering means to egress therefrom through said pump and outlet conduit means to the system.