Patent Document:

fig1 shows an upper end of a prior art filter bag 101 mounted in an opening 102 in an partition wall 103 in a filter device comprising a dust chamber 104 and a clean - air chamber 105 . the filter bag 101 comprises a tubular , flexible , air - penetrable filter body 106 made of e . g . felt , and it has an upper end that is folded about an annular ring consisting of a metal ring 107 and two axially spaced apart bead rings 108 with a layer of filter material between the metal ring 107 and the two bead rings 108 . the back - folded end of the filter body 106 is sewn to the main part of the filter body 106 below the annular ring as indicated with stitching 109 . the filter body material between the to bead rings 108 forms a sealing between the filter bag 101 and the partition wall 103 such that dust particles cannot pass from the dust chamber 104 to the clean - air chamber 105 between the filter bag 101 and the partition wall 103 . fig2 shows an upper end of a first embodiment of a filter bag a according to the invention mounted in an opening 2 in an partition wall 3 in a filter device comprising a dust chamber 4 and a clean - air chamber 5 . the filter device is not shown in detail since a person skilled in the art knows the structure of a filter device incorporating one or more filter bags . the filter bag 1 comprises a tubular , flexible , air - penetrable filter body 6 made of e . g . felt and a rigid ring element 7 . the ring element 7 is at its lower end provided with small holes 8 by means of which the upper unfolded end of the filter body 6 is sewn as indicated with stitching 9 . the filter body 6 surrounds the lower end of the ring element 7 , i . e . the ring element is located fully within the inner surface of the filter body 6 . the ring element 7 is provided with outwardly protruding members 10 for suspending the filter bag 1 at discrete points on the top surface of the partition wall 3 as shown . when the filter bag 1 is mounted in the opening 2 in the partition wall 3 the ring element 7 as well as the filter body 6 extends through the opening 2 . the size of the opening 2 in the partition wall 3 corresponds essentially to the size of the filter bag 1 , i . e . the filter body 6 abuts circumferentially on the edge of the opening 2 . in order to ensure that no gaps appear between the filter body 6 and the partition wall 3 the size of the opening 2 is preferably a little smaller than the outer size of the filter bag 1 , such that a slight compression of the filter body 6 in this area appears . thereby the filter body 6 forms a sealing between the edge of the opening 2 and the rigid ring element 2 . the sealing , however , does not influence the filtering efficiency of the filter bag , and — more importantly — a cleaning liquid used in a cip process can easily penetrate the filter body 6 and dissolve and remove any undesired material therefrom . fig3 shows an upper end of a second embodiment of a filter bag 11 according to the invention mounted in an opening 2 in an partition wall 3 in a filter device comprising a dust chamber 4 and a clean - air chamber 5 . again , the filter device is not shown in detail since a person skilled in the art knows the structure of a filter device incorporating one or more filter bags . furthermore , the same reference numerals are used for the same parts of the filter device as those used in fig2 , since these parts may be identical . the filter bag 11 comprises a tubular , flexible , air - penetrable filter body 16 made of e . g . felt and a rigid ring element 17 . the ring element 17 is at its lower end provided with small holes 18 by means of which the upper unfolded end of the filter body 16 is sewn as indicated with stitching 19 . the filter body 16 surrounds the lower end of the ring element 17 , i . e . the ring element is located fully within the inner surface of the filter body 16 . the ring element 17 is provided with outwardly protruding members 20 for suspending the filter bag 11 at discrete points on the top surface of the partition wall 3 as shown . when the filter bag 11 is mounted in the opening 2 in the partition wall 3 only the ring element 17 extends through the opening 2 , whereas the filter body 16 ends at a distance below the intermediate wall 3 . a sealing member 12 is arranged between the edge of the opening 2 and the ring element 17 in order to ensure that no gap exists between the ring element 17 and the partition wall 3 . the sealing member 12 is preferably made of a flexible material that is slightly compressed when the filter bag 11 is mounted in the opening 2 . therefore , in this embodiment no air can flow between the filter bag 11 and the edge of the opening 2 in the partition wall 3 . an advantage of this embodiment in relation to the first embodiment shown in fig2 is that the filter body 16 is not compressed at all , which means that a liquid used in a cip process easily penetrates the filter body 16 and dissolves and removes any undesired material therefrom . the sealing member 12 shown in fig3 can of course be dispensed with if the outer surface of the ring element 17 is arranged to form a sealing contact with the edge of the opening 2 in the partition wall 3 , which in fact is the case in the third embodiment shown in fig4 . fig4 shows an upper end of a third embodiment of a filter bag 21 according to the invention mounted in an opening 2 in an partition wall 3 in a filter device comprising a dust chamber 4 and a clean air chamber 5 . again , the filter device is not shown in detail since a person skilled in the art knows the structure of a filter device incorporating one or more filter bags . furthermore , the same reference numerals are used for the same parts of the filter device as those used in fig2 and 3 , since these parts may be identical . the filter bag 21 comprises a tubular , flexible , air - penetrable filter body 26 made of e . g . felt and a rigid ring element 27 . in this embodiment the filter body 26 and the ring element 27 are not sewn together as in the embodiments shown in fig2 and 3 . in this embodiment the filter body 26 and the ring element 27 are assembled during a moulding process of the ring element 27 . this means that the filter body 26 is provided first , and the end of the filter body 26 is then placed in a mould . the ring element 27 is then moulded in the mould with some of the ring element material penetrating into the filter body 26 as indicated in fig4 to create a firm interconnection between the moulded ring element 27 and the filter body 26 . like in the first two embodiments the ring element 27 is provided with outwardly protruding members 30 for suspending the filter bag 21 at discrete points on the top surface of the partition wall 3 as shown . when the filter bag 21 is mounted in the opening 2 in the partition wall 3 , only the ring element 27 extends through the opening 2 , whereas the filter body 16 ends at a distance below the intermediate wall 3 . as mentioned above the outer surface of the ring element 27 fits sealingly into the opening 2 of the partition wall 3 such that no gap exists between the ring element 27 and the partition wall 3 . also in this embodiment any undesired material can easily be dissolved and / or removed from the filter body 26 by means of a liquid used in a cip process . the invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments shown in fig2 - 4 . however , the various features shown in these embodiments may be combined differently than shown , and other features may be added to the filter bag . also , the filter body and the ring element may be interconnected by other means than by sewing or moulding . the filter body and the ring element can for instance by welded together , especially if they are made of the same weldable material . in this case all interconnections of the filter body can advantageously be welded whereby overlapping filter material can be avoided . alternatively the filter body and the ring element can be glued together . the term “ unfolded ”, when used in this specification , is intended to stress that the filter body material does not overlap . it is directed solely to the end of the filter body that is connected to the ring element and does not refer to any other part of the filter body . despite this fact , other parts of the filter body are preferably also unfolded in order to ensure that the filter body can be thoroughly cleaned .

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