Patent AU-2013200833-B2 (AU)
Title: Improved manifold arrangement
Inventor: BILTOFT BRUCE GREGORY
IPC: B01D35/00
Filed: 2012-09-17
Granted: 2015-09-17
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date W O 2013/048801 A1 4 April 2013 (04.04.2013) W I PO I P CT (51) International Patent Classification: O'Keefe Road, Annangrove, New South Wales NSW 2156 BO1D 35/30 (2006.01) (AU). MCMAHON, Robert James [AU/AU]; 240 Elswick Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales NSW 2040 (21) International Application Number: PTU21057 (AU). PCT/US2012/055715 (A) (22) International Filing Date: (74) Agents: RASHIDI-YAZD, Seyed Kaveh E. et al.; (22) Intrntina Fili Date:9.201) Siemens Corporation- Intellectual Property Dept., 170 17 September 2012 (17.09.2012) Wood Avenue South, Iselin, New Jersey 08830 (US). (25) Filing Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (26) Publication Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (30) Priority Data: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, 2011904047 30 September 2011 (30.09.2011) AU DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, Fl, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (71) Applicant (for all designated States except US): HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. [US/US]; 3333 Old Milton KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, Parkway , Alpharetta, Georgia 30005-4437 (US). ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, (72) Inventors; and RW, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, (71) Applicants (for US only): BILTOFT, Bruce Gregory TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, [AU/AU]; 51 Park Avenue, NSW 2067, New South Wales ZM, ZW. NSW 2067 (AU). COLLIGNON, Michael [AU/AU]; 34 [Continued on next page] (54) Title: IMPROVED MANIFOLD ARRANGEMENT (57) Abstract: Provided is an improved filtration module = D- 120 assembly comprising a vessel having a filtration cartridge FIG. 7 disposed within it and a header coupled to an end of the vessel, the header including a housing having an open-en ded upper end and a lower end, and an end cap including a portion that mates with a complimentary structure defined by the inner all of the open ended upper end of the housing to removable engage with the housing and the end cap may -~further define a passageway for fluid to flow out of the ves CI sel. The filtration module assembly may enable an im proved manifold arrangement used to communicate fluids to and from a filtration system comprising a plurality of such modules and the configurations of the present inven 168 tion may facilitate improved operation of such filtration systems. It20 WO 2013/048801 A1lllIl|||IllI||VlIlllllllllllI|||||I||||||||||II|||I|II||I|||||||||I||||||||||||||||||||I||II| (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, Published: UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, - with international search report (Art. 21(3)) EE, ES, Fl, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK,