Patent ID: 8906140

Claim:
A filtration module, comprising: a filter member; and a spacing member, said filter member and said spacing member being disposed in detached, contact engagement along a length of each said member to define a predetermined configuration of the filtration module, said spacing member being preformed to include a plurality of undulations extending across a width thereof and along said length thereof; wherein said length of said filter member and said length of said spacing member each extend about a longitudinal axis of the filtration module to define a concentric and detached plurality of filtration layers, and an interleaved, concentric and detached plurality of spacing layers, respectively; wherein corresponding portions of at least some of said plurality of undulations are configured across a portion of said width, between opposite edges of the spacing member, to define notched portions, wherein said filter member is located within said notched portions; and wherein the notched portions of the spacing member define a plurality of channel portions along the interleaved, concentric and detached plurality of spacing layers; and wherein at least portions of adjacent filtration layers are located therewithin.