Patent ID: 6951611

Claim:
A method for producing hollow fiber membrane-containing filters including a filter housing having a first portion and a second portion and including a first end and a second end, said method comprising laying a plurality of said hollow fibers in said first portion of said filter housing to form a bundle of said hollow fibers, comprising mounting a plurality of said first portions of said filter housing on a rotary winding wheel, continuously feeding said hollow fibers to said plurality of first portions of said filter housing and said rotary winding wheel is rotated whereby said hollow fibers are laid serially in said plurality of first portions of said filter housings, forming said first and second portions of said filter housing into said filter housing, connecting said plurality of hollow fibers together and to at least one of said first and second ends of said filter housing and simultaneously sealing said first and second portions of said filter housing together by applying a potting compound through a potting aperture and along a potting strip disposed substantially along the entire length of said filter housing through an outlet aperture into said at least one of said first and second ends of said filter housing containing said plurality of hollow fibers to provide both a sealed housing and a connected plurality of hollow fibers, and cutting said ends of said hollow fibers at said at least one of said first and second ends of said filter housing whereby said plurality of hollow fibers include open ends.