Patent ID: 8328022

Claim:
A filter for filtering a liquid or gaseous fluid comprising: a filter element ( 1 ) with a zigzag-folded filter medium ( 14 ; 106 ) including a raw side ( 105 ); and a clean side ( 104 ); a plurality of filter medium sections ( 120 ) joined to neighboring filter medium sections ( 120 ) along fold edges (F); a plurality of elongated adhesive sections ( 122 ) arranged on said filter medium ( 14 ; 106 ) and extending along at least two lines of adhesive ( 101 ), said at least two lines of adhesive ( 101 ) extending at least sectionwise at a slant or perpendicular to fold edges (F) of the filter medium; wherein on each line of said at least two lines of adhesive ( 101 ) at least one adhesive section ( 122 ) and at least one interruption ( 107 ) of the adhesive are arranged; wherein said interruptions ( 107 ) of said adhesive of the different lines of adhesive ( 101 ), viewed in the direction of the fold edges (F), are displaced relative to each other such that by the interruptions ( 107 ) of the adhesive in said filter medium section ( 120 ) that extends between two neighboring fold edges (F) no passage ( 126 ) extending continuously parallel to the fold edges (F) is realized.