Patent ID: 7186284

Claim:
A filter mounting system for use in a baghouse having a tubesheet with a plurality of openings, said filter mounting system comprising; a filter assembly including: filter media; and a rigid non-metallic tubular mounting collar attached to said filter media to mount said filter media relative to the tubesheet, said mounting collar having a tapered surface portion extending from a tubular portion; a gasket made of a flexible elastometic material, said gasket having a tubesheet receiving portion and a filter receiving portion extending from said tubesheet receiving portion, said filter receiving portion having a tapered surface portion that forces a first portion of said tubesheet receiving portion of said gasket into engagement with a first portion of the tubesheet upon engagement with said tapered surface portion of said mounting collar during installation of said filter assembly in said gasket; said tubular portion of said mounting collar of said filter assembly adapted to be positioned within said filter receiving portion of said gasket and engaging said filter receiving portion to effect sealing engagement of a second portion of said tubesheet receiving portion of said gasket against a second portion of the tubesheet.