Abstract: A closed hollow filter canister having gas-impermeable end walls (94, 96) and a gas-permeable side wall (100). Gas contaminated with liquid is sprayed under pressure through line (90) and flow-restricting orifice (80) into the interior space of the canister where the contaminants become atomized and are retained by the side wall (100). Gas free of liquid contaminants passes into the atmosphere. In a preferred embodiment the gas is air contaminated with water, and the wall (100) is of cellulosic material which becomes wetted with water which gradually volatilizes. The filter canister may be used to treat streams (90a, 90b) from a gas compressor (50) and an associated reservoir tank (125).

Abstract: Gas at elevated temperature from a compressor (50) is fed to a first cooling coil (14) and thence to a second cooling coil (18) in chamber (16). The cooled gas at line (20) enters a chamber (22) where water and oil (if present) separate. A contaminant-free stream of compressed gas is further purified at filter chambers (28, 34). A portion of the gas flow, carrying the liquefied water or water/oil mixture is returned via reducing valve (44) to the interior of chamber (16) where it travels up riser pipe (46) in heat-exchanging relationship with the gas in coil (18) and emerges through port (48) as a condensate-free gas stream, the condensate having re-volatilized after passage through the reducing valve (44). The described arrangement minimizes or eliminates watery waste and cools the gas stream without the need for a powered cooler or supply of cooling water.

Abstract: A filter and filtering process for coalescing droplets of atomized oil in a stream of gas includes an oil coalescing layer (14) of e.g. glass microfibres and a second layer (18) of felt or foam downstream of the coalescing layer (14). The drainage layer is impregnated with a fluorocarbon to reduce oil carry-over.

Abstract: An assembly is provided of a filter bowl (10), a cartridge (12) and a head (11) in which the filter bowl (10) can be removed after it has descended from the filter head (11) through a distance corresponding to only a minor part of the length of the filter cartridge (12). The cartridge (12) is a push fit into a vertical port (52) in the filter head (11). Flange (18) of the cartridge (12) and a slotted buttress (44) of the bowl (12) establish a mechanical connection between the filter bowl (10) and the cartridge (12) so that the filter bowl (10) and the filter cartridge (12) are together mounted to and demountable from the filter head (11). The filter cartridge (12) having the support flange (18) that coacts with the buttress (44).

Abstract: A coupling for a pressure or vacuum fluid system having a bowl and filter head (10, 26) that connect together by relative rotation to engage bayonet coupling formations (32, 34, 94) thereof. When connected together the bowl (10) and filter head (26) have outer walls (16, 104) overlapping with an intervening seal (22) therebetween. A pressure relief valve (38) is provided in one of the members (10). A latch (36, 108) engages at an angular position of said members (10, 26) where the bayonet coupling is established to prevent relative rotation of said members (10, 26) and is prevented from engagement at other angular positions. The latch (36) is decoupled from the valve (38) when in its engaged state but is operatively coupled to the valve (38) when in a disengaged state to open said valve (38), fluid flow therethrough providing an audible warning when a pressure differental exists across the valve (38).

Abstract: Detectable vapors, odors and smells are removed from a stream of compressed air entering a tubular cartridge and passing axially through a cylindrical bonded granular or supported granular sorbent bed or radially through a bonded granular or supported granular tubular sorbent bed arranged so that the air velocity therethrough is not greater than 300 ft/min and the minimum contact time with the granules is 0.1 seconds, the bed being arranged to be traversed by the entire volume of air passing through the cartridge. The air then passes through a surrounding microporous or pleated filter element prior to being discharged radially from the cartridge.

Abstract: A self-supporting tubular fibrous filter element consists of elongated fibers compacted in a direction parallel to the central axis of said tubular element to have a substantially constant density throughout the length and thickness of the tube with a majority of the fibers in parallel to one another in a circumferential direction about the said axis. When required, a perforated cylindrical support sheet is molded into at least one cylindrical face of the element.

Abstract: Tubular filter elements are formed by first feeding a slurry into a tubular moulding space between a vertical core and a cylindrical fine mesh screen. Air pressure is applied to the slurry so that the liquid drains through the screen and through a screen at one base of the space, while a mass of microfibres builds up to be removed from the space for bonding by a synthetic resin. A reciprocable sleeve increases the effective height of the screen as the mass builds up. Layers of microfibres having different qualities can be assembled by using different core diameters in succession. Filter elements that need not necessarily be cylindrical can be formed by this or analogous pressure methods in which the majority of the microfibres are directed approximately parallel to one another, and/or in which one or each face of the filter element has moulded into it a perforated sheet of supporting material.

Abstract: Tubular filter elements are formed by first feeding a slurry into a tubular moulding space between a vertical core and a cylindrical fine mesh screen. Air pressure is applied to the slurry so that the liquid drains through the screen and through a screen at one base of the space, while a mass of microfibres builds up to be removed from the space for bonding by a synthetic resin. A reciprocable sleeve increases the effective height of the screen as the mass builds up. Layers of microfibres having different qualities can be assembled by using different core diameters in succession. Filter elements that need not necessarily be cylindrical can be formed by this or analogous pressure methods in which the majority of the microfibres are directed approximately parallel to one another, and/or in which one or each face of the filter element has moulded into it a perforated sheet of supporting material.

Abstract: A filter element for gas or liquid comprises a layer of glass, ceramic, metal, mineral wool or organic fibers containing, wholly within the layer, an apertured sheet, for example of steel or aluminum, the fibers being bound to one another throughout the layer and through the apertures, as well as to the sheet itself, by a synthetic resin such as silicone resin or polyurethane. The filter element is formed by mounting the apertured sheet a selected distance above a filter surface on which the fibers build up while a slurry containing the fibers is drained through the filter surface. When the fibers have built up to a predetermined distance above the sheet, the fibers containing the sheet are removed and the assembly impregnated with a synthetic resin and cured. Two or more grades of slurry mixture may be used in succession to produce a density grading through the thickness of the fibrous layer.