Patent ID: 6929739

Claim:
A cooling device, comprising: a cooling unit having horizontally extending fluid guide channels with fins extending between said guide channels, said guide channels having first and second ends; a first housing part formed as part of said cooling unit, and having a first collecting space adjacent said first ends of said guide channels, a filter chamber located therein, a partition wall within the first housing part adjacent to and separating the first collecting space from the filter chamber, and a through-opening extending through said partition wall; a second housing part formed as a part of said cooling unit and having a second collecting space adjacent said second ends of said guide channels; an outlet extending from said second housing part and opening into said second collecting space; an inlet extending from said first housing part and opening into said filter chamber; and a filter element mounted within said filter chamber and sealed to said through-opening; whereby unfiltered fluid flows through said inlet and into said filter chamber, through said filter element, out said through-opening and into said first collecting space, through said first ends into and through said fluid guide channels, through said second ends into said second collecting space, and out said outlet.