Patent ID: 8007669
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A top loading filter canister system comprising: a housing having a cylindrical side wall with lower and upper ends and with a length there between, the housing having a cylindrical chamber with an enlarged upper region; a basket positioned within the chamber supported at the lower end of the housing; a filter formed with a central cylinder coaxial with the side wall and with outwardly extending filtering surfaces; a stationary cap attached to the upper end of the housing, the stationary cap having an upper end with a threaded aperture, the stationary cap having input and exit passages; and a filter cap having a threaded exterior surface removably received in the threaded aperture of the stationary cap, a flow discharge passage with a lower end positioned within the filter and with an upper end coupled to the exit passage, an annular flow cavity between the flow discharge passage and the exit passage.