Patent ID: 8192621

Claim:
An apparatus ( 1 ) for filtering fluids of the type comprising: channeling means ( 2 ) of a fluid, a main body ( 3 ) connected to said channelling means ( 2 ) and having an inner housing cavity ( 4 ) and a mouth ( 5 ) to access said housing cavity ( 4 ), and a filter element ( 6 ) housed in said housing cavity ( 4 ) and chosen from a bag filter and a basket filter, a base ( 7 ) suitable to support said main body ( 3 ) in a raised position, and coupling means ( 8 ) suitable to engage said base ( 7 ) with said main body ( 3 ) so as to define an operating position of said apparatus ( 1 ) in which said main body ( 3 ) is above said base ( 7 ) and said mouth ( 5 ) is facing said base ( 7 ) and below said housing cavity ( 4 ), and said coupling means ( 8 ) comprise a main hinge ( 10 ) suitable to allow overturning of said main body ( 3 ) with respect to said base ( 7 ), to place it in a maintenance position in which said mouth ( 5 ) is above said housing cavity ( 4 ).