Patent ID: 8282825

Claim:
an inline fluids filter, the filter comprised of an inner tube, an outer tube, an interspace between the inner tube and the outer tube, and a filter means, the outer tube a solid cylinder impervious to liquids, the inner tube a cylindrical screen with a diameter smaller than the outer tube comprised of a rigid material, the screen possessing a plurality of holes through it of various diameters, the inner tube possessing a top end and a bottom end, the top end of the inner cylinder a flat solid structure, the bottom end open, the plurality of holes in the inner tube comprised of two sizes, the holes at the top of the inner cylinder large and the holes at the bottom end of the inner cylinder small, the large holes at the top of the inner cylinder comprising a safety bypass for fluids, the filter means a fine mesh screen or filter material that is wrapped around the inner cylinder to capture and retain particulate matter suspended in fluid passing from the interspace to the interior of the inner tube, the filter means extending from the bottom of the inner tube to just below the beginning of the larger holes comprising the safety bypass, the bottom of the interspace lined with an absorbent boom, the absorbent boom comprised of materials that absorb and retain hydrocarbons.