Patents by Inventor Thomas D. Raether

Thomas D. Raether has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200330917
    Abstract: Z-filters capable of cleaning particulate matter from airflow streams in dust collectors, including reverse flow, reverse air, and reverse pulse systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raether, Brian Zauner, Mark Belcher, Gabriel Safarian
  • Patent number: 10744445
    Abstract: Z-filters capable of cleaning particulate matter from airflow streams in dust collectors, including reverse flow, reverse air, and reverse pulse systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raether, Brian Zauner, Mark Belcher, Gabriel Safarian
  • Publication number: 20200122073
    Abstract: Filter systems and methods described herein include one or more spacer elements positioned in the dirty air chamber along with the filter elements attached to the spacer elements. The dirty air inlet delivers a dirty air stream into the dirty air chamber along a dirty air flow axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Patent number: 10556198
    Abstract: Filter systems and methods described herein include one or more spacer elements positioned in the dirty air chamber along with the filter elements attached to the spacer elements. The dirty air inlet delivers a dirty air stream into the dirty air chamber along a dirty air flow axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Publication number: 20190282946
    Abstract: Filter cartridges including tubular filter media having ovate cross-sections and filter systems using the ovate tubular filter cartridges are described herein. The inner perimeters of the ovate cross-sections of one or more of the filter cartridges may be asymmetric, i.e., the inner perimeters of the cross-sections of the tubular filter media in the filter cartridges may have no lines about which they are symmetric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Patent number: 10350531
    Abstract: Filter cartridges including tubular filter media having ovate cross-sections and filter systems using the ovate tubular filter cartridges are described herein. The inner perimeters of the ovate cross-sections of one or more of the filter cartridges may be asymmetric, i.e., the inner perimeters of the cross-sections of the tubular filter media in the filter cartridges may have no lines about which they are symmetric. The inner perimeters of the ovate cross-sections of the tubular filter media in one or more of the filter cartridges may have only one line of symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Publication number: 20190193012
    Abstract: The air filter systems described herein include one or more pulse collectors and pulse generators aligned along pulse axes. The pulse generators and filter elements may be arranged along a pulse distance as measured from a pulse outlet to a filter element opening. The pulse collectors and the filter elements may have openings with a relationship between them within parameters described herein. The pulse collectors may have a relationship between their hydraulic diameter and their length within parameters described herein. The pulse collectors may include a filter section and a pulse section that meet at a junction along a length of the pulse collector. The pulse sections may have a hydraulic diameter that increases when moving from the junction to the tube sheet opening of the pulse section. The filter sections may have a hydraulic diameter that remains constant when moving from the junction to the filter end opening of the filter section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Patent number: 10245543
    Abstract: The air filter systems described herein include one or more pulse collectors and pulse generators aligned along pulse axes. The pulse generators and filter elements may be arranged along a pulse distance as measured from a pulse outlet to a filter element opening. The pulse collectors and the filter elements may have openings with a relationship between them within parameters described herein. The pulse collectors may have a relationship between their hydraulic diameter and their length within parameters described herein. The pulse collectors may include a filter section and a pulse section that meet at a junction along a length of the pulse collector. The pulse sections may have a hydraulic diameter that increases when moving from the junction to the tube sheet opening of the pulse section. The filter sections may have a hydraulic diameter that remains constant when moving from the junction to the filter end opening of the filter section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Publication number: 20190083915
    Abstract: A filter element includes a media pack and a gasket member. The gasket member includes first and second gasket regions separated by a channel. The elements are usable in a dust collector having a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a tubesheet dividing between an unfiltered and a clean air volume. An element is removably mounted and sealed within the tube sheet. At least one projection angled relative to a plane of the tube sheet extends into the channel of the gasket member. A method of servicing a dust collector includes removing a first filter element from the tube sheet in the housing, and then sealing a second filter element against the tube sheet by orienting at least one projection extending from a plane of the tube sheet into a channel defined by a gasket member secured to the second filter element. An axial force is exerted to form a seal between the gasket member and the tube sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raether, Brian Zauner, Jim C. Rothman
  • Patent number: 10137396
    Abstract: A filter element includes a media pack and a gasket member. The gasket member includes first and second gasket regions separated by a channel. The elements are usable in a dust collector having a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a tubesheet dividing between an unfiltered and a clean air volume. An element is removably mounted and sealed within the tube sheet. At least one projection angled relative to a plane of the tube sheet extends into the channel of the gasket member. A method of servicing a dust collector includes removing a first filter element from the tube sheet in the housing, and then sealing a second filter element against the tube sheet by orienting at least one projection extending from a plane of the tube sheet into a channel defined by a gasket member secured to the second filter element. An axial force is exerted to form a seal between the gasket member and the tube sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raether, Brian Zauner, Jim C. Rothman
  • Publication number: 20180272262
    Abstract: A filter element includes a media pack of Z-media having first and second opposite flow faces and a side wall extending between the first and second flow face. A gasket is secured to the side wall. The gasket has a sealing portion and an attachment portion. The sealing portion has a flat surface at least one inch long and is located between being planar with and 0.5 inches recessed from the first flow face, inclusive. The filter element can be used in a dust collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Patent number: 9981215
    Abstract: A filter element includes a media pack of Z-media having first and second opposite flow faces and a side wall extending between the first and second flow face. A gasket is secured to the side wall. The gasket has a sealing portion and an attachment portion. The sealing portion has a flat surface at least one inch long and is located between being planar with and 0.5 inches recessed from the first flow face, inclusive. The filter element can be used in a dust collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Publication number: 20180093213
    Abstract: A filter element includes a media pack and a gasket member. The gasket member includes first and second gasket regions separated by a channel. The elements are usable in a dust collector having a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a tubesheet dividing between an unfiltered and a clean air volume. An element is removably mounted and sealed within the tube sheet. At least one projection angled relative to a plane of the tube sheet extends into the channel of the gasket member. A method of servicing a dust collector includes removing a first filter element from the tube sheet in the housing, and then sealing a second filter element against the tube sheet by orienting at least one projection extending from a plane of the tube sheet into a channel defined by a gasket member secured to the second filter element. An axial force is exerted to form a seal between the gasket member and the tube sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raether, Brian Zauner, Jim C. Rothman
  • Publication number: 20180021712
    Abstract: Filter systems and methods described herein include one or more spacer elements positioned in the dirty air chamber along with the filter elements attached to the spacer elements. The dirty air inlet delivers a dirty air stream into the dirty air chamber along a dirty air flow axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Publication number: 20170348627
    Abstract: Z-filters capable of cleaning particulate matter from airflow streams in dust collectors, including reverse flow, reverse air, and reverse pulse systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas D. Raether, Brian Zauner, Mark Belcher, Gabriel Safarian
  • Publication number: 20170340999
    Abstract: A filter element includes a media pack of Z-media having first and second opposite flow faces and a side wall extending between the first and second flow face. A gasket is secured to the side wall. The gasket has a sealing portion and an attachment portion. The sealing portion has a flat surface at least one inch long and is located between being planar with and 0.5 inches recessed from the first flow face, inclusive. The filter element can be used in a dust collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Patent number: 9827526
    Abstract: A filter element includes a media pack and a gasket member. The gasket member includes first and second gasket regions separated by a channel. The elements are usable in a dust collector having a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a tubesheet dividing between an unfiltered and a clean air volume. An element is removably mounted and sealed within the tube sheet. At least one projection angled relative to a plane of the tube sheet extends into the channel of the gasket member. A method of servicing a dust collector includes removing a first filter element from the tube sheet in the housing, and then sealing a second filter element against the tube sheet by orienting at least one projection extending from a plane of the tube sheet into a channel defined by a gasket member secured to the second filter element. An axial force is exerted to form a seal between the gasket member and the tube sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Patent number: 9795908
    Abstract: Filter systems and methods described herein include one or more spacer elements positioned in the dirty air chamber along with the filter elements attached to the spacer elements. The dirty air inlet delivers a dirty air stream into the dirty air chamber along a dirty air flow axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Patent number: D800894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether
  • Patent number: D896942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Raether