Patent ID: 7695548

Claim:
A dual use fluid filtration tool to separate both solid particles and gas from a fluid wherein said tool is used with a downhole submersible pump having a motor which rotates a shaft, which tool comprises: a housing having a substantially cylindrical wall with a plurality of perforations therethrough and an interior chamber therein; a removable cylindrical filter surrounding said housing and said interior chamber of said housing to filter solid particles while permitting fluid and gas to pass therethrough; at least one centralizer bearing within said interior chamber of said housing to centralize said shaft passing through said interior chamber; a pick up charger extending radially from said shaft and having angled fins, such that rotation of said shaft rotates said pick up charger and promotes movement of fluid upward through said interior chamber; means to radially induce fluid in said interior chamber in order to separate said gas from liquid; means to direct said gas separated from said fluid out of said interior chamber; and means to direct said liquid in said interior chamber to said pump.