Patent ID: 8298419

Claim:
An oil reclamation arrangement, the arrangement comprising: a series of filter assemblies, each filter assembly having: a filter enclosure defined by a fluid encapsulating surface and a filter coupling surface, a filtration medium disposed within the filter enclosure, at least one filter entrance orifice and a filter discharge orifice provided through the filter coupling surface, a filter flow path provided from the at least one filter entrance orifice, through the filtration medium, and exiting through the filter discharge orifice, and a filter coupling interface providing mechanical attachment and fluid communication between the filter coupling surface and another object; a fluid distribution assembly having: a series of filter receiving couplers, the number of filter receiving couplers are respective to the number of filter assemblies, the filter coupler provide the mating connection interface to the filter coupling interface, at least one initial conditioning inlet port, a series of distribution conduits providing fluid communication between the initial conditioning inlet port and the at least one filter inlet flow port of each filter assembly, at least one filter reclamation return port for each filter assembly, a series of reclamation collection conduits providing fluid communication between the series of filter reclamation return ports and a reconditioned fluid collection return port, and a series of plates assembled together, the plates having a series of ports and passages that form the series of distribution conduits and the series of reclamation collection conduits; wherein the series of filter assemblies are removably attached to a filtration side of the fluid distribution assembly via the filter coupling interface.