Patent ID: 8585794

Claim:
An air filter insert comprising: a folded filter medium which is flowed through in an axial direction by a gaseous fluid to be purified, said folded filter medium including one or more lateral edge edges; a sealing element arranged on at least one of said lateral edges of said folded filter medium, said sealing element including a first leg-shaped contact section extending in an axial direction, arranged immediately on and secured onto said lateral edges of the filter medium, said first leg-shaped contact section including a first contact surface formed on an externally positioned side of said first leg-shaped contact section and extending is an axial direction; a second leg-shaped contact section extending in a radial direction, arranged immediately on a respective one said axial end faces of the filter medium and secured onto at least one of said lateral edges, said second leg-shaped contact section including a second contact surface formed on an externally positioned side of said second leg-shaped contact section and extending is a radial direction; wherein both said first and said second leg-shaped contact sections of said sealing element are affixed immediately onto said lateral edges, wherein said leg-shaped contact sections are monolithically and contiguously joined together at a first end; wherein a bevel surface is provided on an opposing second end of at least one of said leg-shaped contact sections.