Patents Assigned to Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.
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Patent number: 8556080Abstract: A shipping and display carton is provided that may be used for panel filters. The carton preferably has three display positions including horizontally flat, vertically upright, and side filter display positions to provide a retailer with display options. The box has several features such as releasable interlocked retainer flaps to retain filters in one display position, perforated removal portions including a removable card carrying a cover lid, a single glue seam with interlocking bottom panels so as to provide break down without a cut knife, and other features.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Sinclair, LaMonte A. Crabtree
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Patent number: 8500839Abstract: A panel filter including a pleated filter media, a frame and a screen is provided. The pleated filter media is supported by the frame which is a one-piece die cut frame or a two-piece die cut frame with integrally formed webbing and border. The pleated filter media is further supported by the screen on one or both sides.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: LaMonte A. Crabtree, John Davis, Daniel R. Haas
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Patent number: 8491690Abstract: A panel filter including a pleated filter media, a frame and a screen is provided. The pleated filter media is supported by the frame which is a one piece die cut frame or a two-piece die cut frame with integrally formed webbing and border. The pleated filter media is further supported by the screen on one or both sides.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: LaMonte A. Crabtree, John Davis, Daniel R. Haas
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Publication number: 20120317941Abstract: A filter assembly including a rectangular inlet frame having a rectangular inlet opening to receive a primary filter and optional a prefilter. The filter assembly may include a rectangular outlet frame and a housing body that is collapsible to have a flattened shipping state and an erect state. The rectangular inlet frame may also be used as a housing by itself to support and house primary filters and prefilters. A gridwork including one or more grid dividers may be used in the rectangular inlet frame to provide 2 or more openings for receipt of filters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventor: LaMonte A. Crabtree
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Publication number: 20120318144Abstract: A filter assembly including a rectangular inlet frame having a rectangular inlet opening to receive a primary filter and optional a prefilter. The filter assembly may include a rectangular outlet frame and a housing body that is collapsible to have a flattened shipping state and an erect state. The rectangular inlet frame may also be used as a housing by itself to support and house primary filters and prefilters. A gridwork including one or more grid dividers may be used in the rectangular inlet frame to provide 2 or more openings for receipt of filters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: LaMonte A. Crabtree, Richard Keith Chesson, JR., Ronald Jay Geil, JR., Jeffrey A. Sinclair
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Publication number: 20120291406Abstract: A filter system includes a housing having an inlet opening surrounded by a sealing surface, an outlet opening. The housing may be rotational molded or be configured to be nestable with additional housings for shipping purposes. The system may also be configured such that the filter to be mounted therewith can be placed interior to the filter housing during shipment. A V-bank filter or a single-header box filter is positioned in the inlet opening, has a flange in general alignment with the sealing surface, and a plurality of filter media sections projecting away from the flange and into the housing interior. A seal is disposed between the flange of the V-bank or single-header box filter and sealing surface. A pre-filter, such as a panel filter, may be provided upstream from the primary filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: LaMonte A. Crabtree, Ronald Jay Geil, JR., Richard Keith Chesson, JR., Jeffrey A. Sinclair
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Publication number: 20120167535Abstract: A panel filter is provided such as for HVAC applications in which one of the cut edges is frayed and attached with adhesive to the inner peripheral surface of a paper board frame. The frayed edges may facilitate better gluing of pleated filter medium to the frame especially for self-supported filter media applications and may increase structural rigidity and sealibility as a whole. Frayed edges also provide flexibility to assist in installation of a card of pleated filter medium into a paper board frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas R. Underwood, Casey C. Dent, LaMonte A. Crabtree
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Publication number: 20120048115Abstract: A self service kiosk station employing a water repellant air filter is provided. The self service kiosk may take many forms including a vending machine, gaming station, ATM, DVD rental machine, or the like. Positive pressure within the housing may be employed as well to keep contaminants outs and ensure air flow into the housing is through the water repellant air filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: CLARCOR AIR FILTRATION PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: LaMonte A. Crabtree, Mike Raider
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Publication number: 20110057022Abstract: A shipping and display carton is provided that may be used for panel filters. The carton preferably has three display positions including horizontally flat, vertically upright, and side filter display positions to provide a retailer with display options. The box has several features such as releasable interlocked retainer flaps to retain filters in one display position, perforated removal portions including a removable card carrying a cover lid, a single glue seam with interlocking bottom panels so as to provide break down without a cut knife, and other features.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Sinclair, LaMonte A. Crabtree
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Publication number: 20100313760Abstract: A filter for an electronics cooling unit of a telecommunications base station, the electronics cooling unit adapted to receive fresh air into a housing of the cooling unit through an opening communicating with the external environment. The filter includes a structural support configured to be mounted to said housing, a gasket sealingly engaging the structural support and adapted to engage the housing; and a filter media supported by the structural support, the filter media being free of a membrane type layer and including a fiber entanglement selected to prevent ingress of water sufficient to pass a salt fog test consistent with GR-487-CORE and in accordance with ASTM B 117.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: LaMonte A. Crabtree, Mike Harriman, Mike Raider
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Publication number: 20100270204Abstract: A shipping and display carton is provided that may be used for panel filters. The carton preferably has two display positions including horizontally flat and vertically upright positions to provide a retailer with display options. The box has several features such as releasable interlocked retainer flaps to retain filters in one display position, perforated removal portions including a removable card carrying a cover lid, a single glue seam with interlocking bottom panels so as to provide break down without a cut knife, and other features.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Sinclair, LaMonte A. Crabtree
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Publication number: 20100269468Abstract: A panel filter including a pleated filter media, a frame and a screen is provided. The pleated filter media is supported by the frame which is a one-piece die cut frame or a two-piece die cut frame with integrally formed webbing and border. The pleated filter media is further supported by the screen on one or both sides.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: CLARCOR AIR FILTRATION PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: LaMonte A. Crabtree, John Davis, Daniel R. Haas
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Publication number: 20100269467Abstract: A panel filter including a pleated filter media, a frame and a screen is provided. The pleated filter media is supported by the frame which is a one piece die cut frame or a two-piece die cut frame with integrally formed webbing and border. The pleated filter media is further supported by the screen on one or both sides.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: CLARCOR AIR FILTRATION PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: LaMonte A. Crabtree, John Davis, Daniel R. Haas
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Publication number: 20100181249Abstract: A multi-layer filter media including at least one layer of melt-blown fiber filter media and at least one layer of electrospun nanofiber filter media is provided. The multi-layer filter media of the present invention is configured such that the at least one layer of the melt-blown fiber filter media is on the upstream and the at least one electrospun nanofiber filter media is positioned downstream of the at lest one melt-blown fiber filter media.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: Thomas B. Green, Lei Li
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Patent number: 7537632Abstract: A panel filter frame and panel filter are provided. The panel filter frame is made from a one-piece die-cut blank of material. The die-cut blank includes a grill portion, four sidewall portions and four flap portions all integrally connected. Individual sidewall portions are interposed between a side of the grill portion and one of the four flap portions. The plurality of portions of the die-cut blank are interconnected at fold lines. The frame is formed when the die-cut blank is folded about the fold lines and the portions are secured in the folded position by at least a plurality of interlock receptacles formed in the terminating folded portion of the die-cut blank.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: David Miller, Mitch Reynolds
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Publication number: 20070294988Abstract: A panel filter frame and panel filter are provided. The panel filter frame is made from a one-piece die-cut blank of material. The die-cut blank includes a grill portion, four sidewall portions and four flap portions all integrally connected. Individual sidewall portions are interposed between a side of the grill portion and one of the four flap portions. The plurality of portions of the die-cut blank are interconnected at fold lines. The frame is formed when the die-cut blank is folded about the fold lines and the portions are secured in the folded position by at least a plurality of interlock receptacles formed in the terminating folded portion of the die-cut blank.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: David Miller, Mitch Reynolds
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Publication number: 20060283162Abstract: A self-supporting pleated filter, and an apparatus and method for fabricating such a filter, are provided, through use of a conveyor having a plurality of spaced apart flites operatively joined to one another in such a manner that spacing between the flights is selectively adjustable. The conveyor is incorporated into a pleat spacer, according to the invention, so that the pleat spacing of a pleat pack of the filter may be conveniently varied, during manufacture of the filter, to provide a desired pleat spacing, and to also provide a desired fit between the periphery of the pleat pack and a frame, of the filter, which is attached to the pleat pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: Casey Dent, Richard Sommer