Patent ID: 7993422

Claim:
An air cleaner comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a primary filter element operably installed within the housing; the primary filter element including a media construction having an inlet flow end and an outlet flow end and wherein the primary filter element is configured to provide straight through flow; (i) the primary filter element having a cross-sectional configuration including a pair of spaced opposite curved ends; (ii) the primary filter element including an axial seal member extending completely peripherally around the media construction and axially sealed to a portion of the housing, the seal member including first and second opposite sides and an outer annular surface; the first and second opposite sides of the seal member being compressed axially toward one another in sealing the primary filter element to the housing; and (iii) a frame member including a band extending completely, peripherally, around the filter media construction of the primary filter element and a projection extending radially therefrom; (A) said projection extending completely, peripherally, around said filter media construction; and, (B) said axial seal member being mounted on the frame member projection; and, (c) a precleaner upstream of the primary filter element; the precleaner including multiple centrifugal separators and an ejection tube.