Filter Suspended From Head Patents (Class 210/444)
  • Patent number: 11820673
    Abstract: A water purifier includes a filter head, a flow channel control module, and a filter element. The flow channel control module includes a waterway board and a flow manifold. The waterway board is provided with a water flow channel. The flow manifold is provided with a first passage and a second passage. When the flow manifold is driven by the filter element and rotated relative to the waterway board to a first position where the first passage is connected to the water flow channel, the flow channel control module is switched to a first flow channel waterway mode (or filter mode). When the flow manifold is driven by the filter element and rotated to a second position where the second passage is connected to the water flow channel, the flow channel control module is switched to a second flow channel waterway mode (or replacement mode).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: KEMFLO INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sheng-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 11365657
    Abstract: A connection adapter for connecting a treatment apparatus to a connection head of a treatment device for a fluid is provided with a connecting section that connects to the connection head. A threaded socket section coaxial to an imaginary connecting axis is provided to screw on the treatment apparatus. The threaded socket section has at least one fluid passage channel connecting a fluid-conducting space of the treatment apparatus to a fluid-conducting space of the connection head. The connecting section has at least two screw holes for receiving screws or threaded bolts or the connecting section has a central thread that connects to a connection head-associated central thread. An assembly of connection head and connection adapter is provided. A treatment device provided with connection head and connection adapter is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Thalmann, Sangamesh Otageri, Mohan Bangalore Panneerselvam
  • Patent number: 11202994
    Abstract: The invention relates to membrane modules, in particular membrane pocket modules, which comprise membrane pocket stacks which are disposed in a housing having at least one feed inlet, at least one retentate outlet, and at least one permeate outlet. The invention also relates to the use of the membrane module according to the invention for separating mixtures of liquids and/or gases. The membrane of the previously known type, also referred to as a GS module, comprises a housing which for forming a container interior space by means of finisher discs at two end sides is closed in a pressure-tight manner. The finisher discs comprise at least one feed inlet, at least one retentate outlet, and one permeate outlet, wherein at least one membrane pocket stack which has a plurality of membrane pockets which are lined up beside one another and are mutually separated by seals and which are push-fitted onto a permeate tube is disposed in the container interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Scholles
  • Patent number: 10737206
    Abstract: A filter and its holder each have a keyed surface, one being a protruding “key” and one being a recessed “lock,” wherein cooperation of these keyed surfaces is required in order for the filter to be installed in the holder. Modification/adaptation of the keyed surfaces, by changing the location, number and length of the key protrusions and cooperating recesses during manufacture, allows various sets of mating filters and holders to be produced so that only mating/matching filters and holders may be connected together. The keyed protrusions are preferably located on an upper shoulder or on protruding flange(s) of the upper end of the filter. The cooperating recess structure inside the filter holder comprises axial recesses that allow axial insertion of the key protrusions, and hence the filter, into the holder and also a circumferential recesses portion that receives multiple key protrusions to retain the filter in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: OMNIPURE FILTER COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Roger P. Reid
  • Patent number: 9630127
    Abstract: Improved filter vessel assemblies for filtering fluids in fluid systems (e.g., industrial and/or commercial systems) are provided. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for advantageous filter vessel assemblies that include a releasable locking assembly for a removable filter member (e.g., a filter bag). The present disclosure provides for improved systems/designs for easily securing and/or unsecuring removable filter members to or from a locking assembly of a filter vessel assembly. Improved, convenient, low-cost and/or effective systems and methods for easily securing and/or unsecuring removable filter members to or from a filter vessel assembly by utilizing advantageous locking assemblies associated with a supporting assembly or basket assembly of the filter vessel assembly are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Lee Hoots, Jon Terence Stone, Michael Todd Pace
  • Patent number: 9457299
    Abstract: The invention relates to a separation device (1) for separation of a constituent from a liquid mixture (5), comprising a vessel (2), an inlet (3) and at least one outlet (6), said inlet (3) being arranged above the outlet (6), a filter material (7) capable of binding the constituent and is arranged within the vessel (3) between the inlet (3) and the outlet (6) such that flow passes through the filter material (7). The filter material (7) is arranged in a cartridge (4) inserted into the vessel (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: BEKO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Koslowski, Andreas Ostgathe, Herbert Schlensker, Johannes Sinstedten
  • Patent number: 9061222
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for filtering a liquid utilize a filter apparatus including a bypass filter, a full flow filter, and a flow balancing element for dividing a total inlet flow of fluid to the filter apparatus into a bypass portion, passing through the bypass filter, and a full flow portion, passing through the full flow filter. The bypass filter has a lower filtering efficiency than the full flow filter element, so that a venturi tube is not required for causing the bypass portion to pass through the bypass filter. The flow balancing element divides the flow into a desired bypass portion and a desired full flow portion, at a predetermined operating temperature. Below the operating temperature, the bypass portion increases and the full flow portion decreases, the bypass portion becoming greater than the full flow portion at a second predetermined temperature below the operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Baldwin Filters, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Fisher
  • Publication number: 20150101970
    Abstract: Disclosed is a capsule apparatus having a filter housing defining a filter chamber with a top cap having a plurality of ports extending substantially laterally from a top end of the top cap. The lateral and substantially uniform orientation of the ports facilitates connection to panel mount assemblies and improves filter maintenance processes. A transfer tube extending the length of the capsule allows the introduction of heated fluids from a top mounted inlet port to a bottom of the capsule chamber to allow or a substantially uniform heat gradient in the capsule filter chamber. A dispersion ring or dispersion plate may be secured to a distal end of the transfer tube to promote uniform dispersion of liquids and/or gases introduced into the capsule apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: ZenPpure Corporation
    Inventors: ZhenWu Lin, Mark D. Lorusso
  • Publication number: 20150001140
    Abstract: A water filtration system that includes a filter manifold having a rotatable cover is provided. A filter cartridge is provided that includes a sump having a filter head integrally secured to a first end and cap releasably secured to a second end. A locking mechanism extending from the cover locks into the filter manifold to position the cartridge in an “in-use” state. The filter cartridge further includes two offset cylindrical inlet and outlet members protruding from the filter head that are designed to engage corresponding inlet and outlets of the filter manifold through a horizontal engagement mechanism. A check valve is positioned within the filter manifold adjacent the inlet of the filter cartridge to control fluid flow through the water filtration system. The filter cartridge head includes fins upwardly extending therefrom that are configured to engage corresponding slots formed in a plurality of corrugated channels of the filter manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Reckin, Tedd M. Schneidewend
  • Patent number: 8911623
    Abstract: A filter cartridge for operatively engaging a manifold having an ejection cam and an insertion cam. The filter cartridge includes a filter element and inlet/outlet portion in fluid communication with the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brian J. Tubby, Laurence W. Bassett
  • Publication number: 20140353235
    Abstract: The present invention presents a removably secured seal for forming a second stage water-tight seal within a two stage cavity filter head assembly for mating with a complementary manifold having cylindrical (male) bayonet ports. The seal includes a base circumferential seal having a center aperture and sidewall members extending axially upwards from the base seal; the sidewall members being insertable within cavities or slots formed in the second stage recess cylindrical cavity sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Michael J. Sherman, Stephen P. Huda
  • Patent number: 8894853
    Abstract: A filter device for a water purifier including a filter unit having a flange having an inlet, an outlet, an optional discharge port, opposite engaging protrusions, and opposite engaging recesses; a connecting member fitted into the flange so as to be connected with the inlet, the outlet, and optional discharge port and having inner communicating passages so as to be connected with respective connecting holes, a cap member fitted around the flange to cover the connecting member and having on an outer circumference connecting ports communicating with the respective connecting holes, the cap member having opposite engaging holes corresponding to the engaging protrusions and opposite engaging grooves corresponding to the engaging recesses, and a fixing member engaging on an inner end with the engaging recess through the engaging groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventor: Jeong Beom Kim
  • Patent number: 8887923
    Abstract: A filter medium comprises: a) 55 to 80 percent by weight of activated carbon particles having a D50 of 70 to 130 micrometers and a D10 of 25 to 50 micrometers; b) 5 to 20 percent by weight of first catalytic activated carbon particles having a D50 in a range of 20 to 40 micrometers and a D10 of 2 to 20 micrometers; and c) 10 to 30 percent by weight of a thermoplastic binder that binds at least the activated carbon particles and the catalytic activated carbon particles into a porous unitary body, wherein the percent by weight of components a)-c) is based upon a total weight of components a)-c). A water filtration system including the filter medium is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Mark R. Stouffer, Eric C. Pemberton
  • Patent number: 8869991
    Abstract: A filter assembly that includes a filter body defining a mouth, a filter element disposed in the filter body, and a seal disposed on the mouth. The seal has a seal body defining a center axis. The seal body has an axial surface perpendicular to the center axis and an outer annular surface revolved about the center axis. A portion of the outer annular surface defines at least one of an arcuate and a substantially frustoconical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Wix Filtration Corp LLC
    Inventor: Darrell T. McKenzie
  • Publication number: 20140299536
    Abstract: A pressure vessel adapted to hold a compatible filter cartridge encased in a polymeric film is provided. The pressure vessel comprises a pressure vessel outer wall and a pressure vessel inner wall. The pressure vessel inner wall comprises an inner circumference and one or more depressions extending from the inner circumference toward the pressure vessel outer wall, the one or more depressions creating one or more fluid passages between the polymeric film and the pressure vessel when the filter cartridge is installed in the pressure vessel. The one or more depressions comprise a first depression wall joining the pressure vessel inner wall at the inner circumference such that an angle a facing away from the depression between the first depression wall and a tangent of the inner circumference is greater than or equal to ninety degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Hideaki Baba
  • Patent number: 8821734
    Abstract: An oil purifying liquid filter, having an annular ring element receiving space, wherein the ring element has two axial end disks, a cover selectively fastened to a housing to close the receiving space, an inlet that is formed within the housing on a crude side, an outlet that is formed within the housing on a pure side, a first additional opening that is formed within the housing, a second additional opening that is formed within the cover, a first closure that is formed on the first end disk of the filter element in order to close the first additional opening, and a second closure that is formed on the second end disk of the filter element to selectively close the second additional opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Grass, Mike Schmid, Andreas Widmaier
  • Patent number: 8821724
    Abstract: Liquid filter arrangements are described and shown. The arrangements generally include a filter member comprising a shell enclosing a filter cartridge. Unique features for interface between the enclosed filter cartridge and the shell are provided. Also provided are unique features for interaction between the cartridge and a filter head, in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Mandt, Brent Gulsvig, John Hacker
  • Publication number: 20140231318
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for high viscosity pumps including a noncompliant filter. One embodiment can include a multi-stage pump comprising an pump inlet flow path, a pump outlet flow path, a feed stage in fluid communication with the pump inlet flow path, a dispense stage in fluid communication with the feed stage and the pump outlet flow path, a noncompliant disposable filter for high viscosity fluid in a flow path between the feed stage and the dispense stage and a set of valves to selectively allow fluid flow through the multi-stage pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: James Cedrone, George Gonnella, Iraj Gashgaee, Ralph J. Stankowski
  • Publication number: 20140224725
    Abstract: A steeping device for use on water bottles with a threaded neck or mouth is disclosed. The steeping device includes cap with a female coupler that cooperates with a reversible adapter ring that fits within the female coupler. The adapter ring has an internal divider wall with aperture with teeth along the perimeter of the aperture. The aperture accepts a filter element that has a flange with least one rib that cooperates with the teeth of the adapter ring. The arrangement allows the reversible coupler to be threaded into the female coupler in either direction and capture the flange of the filter between the cap and the internal divider wall while adapter ring engages the threaded neck or mouth of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: TEA SPOT, INC.
    Inventor: Tea Spot, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8801925
    Abstract: A removable device that ensures that the port of a filter cartridge is liquid tightly sealed to the port of the head of a housing even when there is insufficient room beneath the bowl to allow one to physically secure the cartridge port to the head port before securing the head and bowl together. The invention uses one or more removably attached alignment devices to center the cartridge in the bowl and maintain it at a height sufficient to ensure that the two ports are aligned and liquid tightly sealed to each other when the bowl and head are mated together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Almasian, Jeremy Perreault, Szyk Martin
  • Patent number: 8801927
    Abstract: A filter system for filtering fluids has a housing, an inlet, and an outlet. A filter element is arranged inside the housing. A cover closes the housing and provides access to the filter element inside the housing. A securing device prevents the housing from being closed by the cover when the filter element is missing. The filter element has at least one filter element guide path section. The housing or the cover has a rim area with at least one rim guide path section. The filter element guide path section and the rim guide path section supplement one another to a guide path. The securing device comprises at least one securing element arranged on the cover or the housing. The securing element is guided on the guide path when a closing movement is carried out for closing the housing by the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Mann + Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Kocksch, Thomas Rodewaldt
  • Patent number: 8770415
    Abstract: A filter element for a liquid filter, especially a fuel filter, having an annular, rotationally symmetrical filter medium closed on at least one axial end by an end disk to sealingly separate an exterior space surrounding the the filter medium from an interior space inside the filter medium, with a connecting opening provided in the end disk such that the opening is arranged eccentrically of the axis of the filter medium, and a filter system in which such a filter element is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mann + Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Jokschas, Uwe Scherle, Dusan Franclik
  • Patent number: 8747665
    Abstract: A filter container includes a wall portion defining a cavity that is adapted to receive a filter. The wall portion includes an inner surface defining the cavity. One or more filter retaining elements integrally-extend from the inner surface that provides a shoulder having an interface surface for interfacing with the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Wix Filtration Corp LLC
    Inventor: Darrell T. McKenzie
  • Patent number: 8709240
    Abstract: An oil filter assembly is disclosed for a machine, such as an internal combustion engine, that has an oil output port and an input port. A mounting plate is fixed with an outer enclosure. The mounting plate is further adapted to conduct oil from the machine into a peripheral portion of the outer enclosure, and then returning oil from a central portion of the outer enclosure back to the machine. Oil may pass from the peripheral portion to the central portion through a primary filter having a first porosity. A pressure-actuated valve is fixed fluidly between the portions of the outer enclosure. Oil passes through the pressure actuated valve only when an oil pressure differential between the peripheral and central portions exceeds a threshold pressure. A secondary filter has a second porosity greater than the first porosity, and is fixed between the pressure-actuated valve and the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: 37Degree Filters, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Hubbard
  • Patent number: 8709247
    Abstract: A filter cartridge including catches for ejecting the filter cartridge from a filter housing as the filter cartridge and filter housing are removed from a filter base is provided. The catches are configured to engage corresponding catches of the filter base to limit axial motion of the filter cartridge as the filter cartridge and filter housing are threadedly removed from the filter base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Baldwin Filters, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Beard, Stephen Schweitzer
  • Patent number: 8673146
    Abstract: A filter assembly for fluid filtration having a push-activated lock and release mechanism. A push filter design activates a floating key lock upon insertion and extraction, where the filter key may be used simultaneously as a lock and as an identifier for particular filter attributes. The filter base may be situated inline, and in fluid communication, with influent and effluent piping, such as within a refrigerator. The filter housing assembly may be attached to, and removed from, the filter base by a push-actuated release. Upon insertion, the filter key shifts the filter lock longitudinally to receive interlocking segments. Upon extraction, the same axial push shifts the filter lock further to align the interlocking fingers within gaps that allow for easy extraction. The specific key lock design allows a user to identify and match certain filter configurations received by the mechanical support, and reject other filter configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: KX Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. Huda, Michael J. Sherman, Steven J. Haehn
  • Publication number: 20140061119
    Abstract: A plastic end disk for a filter element has a disk-shaped-section sealing an end face of a star-pleated bellows and has a hollow-cylindrical section extending away from the disk-shaped-section. An inner side of the hollow-cylindrical section radially seals the plastic end disk on a receiving pin by an O-ring. The hollow-cylindrical section has noses arranged on the inner side that extend into the interior the hollow-cylindrical section. The noses house an O-ring. The noses include first noses extending in a first plane parallel to the disk-shaped-section and second noses extending in a second plane that is spaced apart from the first plane in axial direction. The first noses are displaced relative to the second noses such that the first noses, when projected axially onto the second plane, and the second noses do not overlap and an undercut-free configuration of the plastic end disk is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Horst Croissant, Michael Wolf
  • Patent number: 8623207
    Abstract: A loose-proof structure of a filter cartridge shell, includes: a filter cartridge shell body, the filter cartridge shell body has an open end which includes several treads in its inside and an upper end surface, and an upper end cover, which is hermetically and spirally coupled with the filter cartridge shell body. The upper cover has a raised rafter edge. The raised rafter edge and the open end are equipped with a loose-proof fixed ring. a periphery surface of the raised rafter edge has loose-proof locking teeth, an inside surface of the loose-proof fixed ring has loose-proof tooth spaces matching with the loose-proof locking teeth. An external end surface of the open end has loose-proof scabs, the loose-proof fixed ring has loose-proof grooves on its bottom matching with the loose-proof scabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Zhejiang Qinyuan Water Treatment S. T. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiuyou Ye, Jianlin Liang, Kaiqin Peng, Daowen Lu
  • Publication number: 20130334126
    Abstract: A filter housing unit having a housing which has inlet and outlet passages, a bottom formed to hold the filters lower end, a filter with a cylindrical center shaft which is accessible through the housings top which is sealed closed with a screw on cap that has a center exit passage which also serves to locate the filters upper end. The caps exit passage flows into a fluid column area allowing filtered fluid to connect with the housing exit passage. Fluid flows from the inlet through the filter up the center shaft into and out of the cap to the housing exit passage. A filter can be easily replaced by removing the cap making the filter accessible, removing filter and replacing it with a new clean filter and replacing the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Guy J. Van Every
  • Publication number: 20130319929
    Abstract: A shower filter is disclosed comprising a cap having an input port connectable to shower arm and output port connectable to a showerhead, a filter assembly engageable to and supportable by the cap, and a housing disposed about the filter assembly and engageable to the cap. The housing is disengageable from the cap while the filter assembly remains in engaged to the cap. The filter assembly further includes a fluid dispersal chamber disposed, intermediate the filter assembly an input flow path and the filter assembly output flow path, the fluid dispersal chamber facilitating distribution of water from the filter assembly input flow path throughout the filter assembly annular output flow path and filtering media disposed therealong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: David Aaron Farley, JR.
  • Patent number: 8562830
    Abstract: Embodiments of a key system for filters and their connecting heads, brackets, or other holders are shown. The filter cartridge and its holder each have a keyed surface, one being a protruding “key” and one being a recessed “lock”. Cooperation of these keyed surfaces is required in order for the filter cartridge to be installed in the holder, so that mis-matched cartridges cannot be installed into the holder, for example, to prevent a particular type of cartridge from being placed in a filtration or other process where it would be inappropriate, or undesired. The keyed surfaces are selectively locate-able preferably at different circumferential locations on a perimeter of the filter and a corresponding location on a perimeter of the head/holder. The perimeter may be, for example, on an outer shoulder surface of a filter and an inner surface of a valve head, or on outer and inner surfaces of connectors that provide a liquid seal between the filter and the head/holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Omnipure Filter Company
    Inventor: Roger P. Reid
  • Patent number: 8550255
    Abstract: A filter device having a filter element (9) forming a body extending along a longitudinal axis received in a housing (1) closed by a cover part (3). A sealing arrangement (49) is provided to form a fluid-tight seal between the housing (1) and the cover part (3). The sealing arrangement (49) is a component of a filter element (9) and is fixed to a sealing carrier (48) rigidly connected to the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hydac Filtertechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Sakraschinsky, Norbert Sann
  • Patent number: 8535530
    Abstract: Liquid filter arrangements are described and shown. The arrangements generally include a filter head, a seal adaptor, and a filter member comprising a shell enclosing a cartridge. Unique features for interface between the filter cartridge and the filter head are provided. Also provided are unique filter head features and cartridge features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Mandt, Brent A. Gulsvig, John R. Hacker
  • Patent number: 8505741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water filter, having a filter head and an interchangeable filter cartridge, with a blend-adjusting element which is located on the filter cartridge. The water filter is distinguished in that during the operation of installing the interchangeable filter cartridge in the filter head, the blend-adjusting element is positioned together with the filter cartridge on the filter head via adjustable or fixed drivers. In a further embodiment, the water filter is distinguished in that an adjusting device comprises an untreated-water distribution element arranged in or on the filter head and a partial-flow channel guiding element which is complementary with respect thereto and is arranged in or on the filter cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Aquis Wasser-Luft-Systeme GmbH, Lindau Zweigniederlassung Rebstein
    Inventors: Roland Scholz, Andreas Wawrla
  • Publication number: 20130193083
    Abstract: A filtration system includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a first chamber fluidly connected to the inlet, a second chamber fluidly connected to the outlet, and a wall separating the first and second chambers. The system also includes a removable filter assembly, at least a portion of the filter assembly being disposed within the first chamber of the housing. The system further includes a lid removably connected to the housing. The lid includes a passage fluidly connecting the first and second chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Nathaniel Royce Kamp, Jeffrey Robert Ries
  • Patent number: 8474631
    Abstract: A filter system for filtering fluids has a filter head and a filter cup with a rim area, wherein the filter cup is connected detachably by the rim area by a rotational and/or plug-in movement to the filter head. A filter element is exchangeably arranged in the filter cup. A sealing device with several sealing areas is provided that seals the filter head relative to the filter cup. The filter element has a connecting end disk arranged at an end face that is facing the rim area of the filter cup. On the connecting end disk at least two of the sealing areas of the sealing device are arranged so as to extend circumferentially in such a way that a first sealing area seals the connecting end disk relative to the filter head and a second sealing area seals the connecting end disk relative to the filter cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Kocksch
  • Publication number: 20130126416
    Abstract: A urea-water solution filter (1) comprising a housing (2), a cover (3) and a urea-water solution filter element (4), wherein a membrane (8) separates a compensation volume (10) from a filtration volume (11) and the membrane (8) seals between cover (3) and housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventor: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
  • Publication number: 20130118972
    Abstract: Bottled water dispensers are disclosed that include a modular water filter, particularly bottom loading water dispensers that include a pump to move water through the water dispenser. The water filters include a bottom container with an open top end, and a cap portion with an open bottom end (which is configured to be attached to the open top end of the bottom container). The water filters also include an interior container which (i) resides within the interior area of the water filter when the bottom container and cap portion are connected to each other and (ii) includes one or more filters through which water may pass within the water filter. The water filter is modular and may be used and replaced within bottled water dispensers as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventor: George Yui
  • Patent number: 8413818
    Abstract: A filter unit includes a substantially cylindrical body portion having a proximal end and a distal end. First and second recessed engagement surfaces traverse at least part of the body portion. The first and second engagement surfaces include a first segment that extends substantially parallel with the longitudinal extent of the body portion. A second segment extends at an angle between 50 degrees and 60 degrees from the direction of the first segment. A third segment extends substantially orthogonal to the first segment. A laterally extending key member is disposed on the body portion between the first recessed engagement surface and the second recessed engagement surface. An engagement protrusion extends from the proximal end and has a sidewall with a water inlet and a concave engagement wall with a water outlet. The engagement wall includes a first portion that angles inward to the water outlet at a first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher A. Kruckenberg, John W. Morrison, Peter J. Richmond, Jeffrey A. Spindler
  • Patent number: 8398853
    Abstract: A water purifying system having a bypass path supplies raw water to an outlet when a filter assembly is separated from a valve assembly. The water purifying system includes a valve assembly having a valve cover with an inlet and an outlet, and a head member moved up and down within the valve cover to form an inflow path and an outflow path, and a filter assembly removably connected to the valve assembly and mounted with a filter. When the filter assembly is connected to the valve assembly through a linear motion, the filter assembly advances the head member so that a fluid flown in through the inlet is guided to the outlet passing through the filter. When the filter assembly is separated from the valve assembly, the head member is retreated so that the fluid flown through the inlet is guided to the outlet bypassing the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Koog An, Sang Min Park, Young Gwl Park
  • Patent number: 8366930
    Abstract: A filter assembly for fluid filtration having a push-activated lock and release mechanism. A push filter design activates a floating key lock upon insertion and extraction, where the filter key may be used simultaneously as a lock and as an identifier for particular filter attributes. The filter base may be situated inline, and in fluid communication, with influent and effluent piping, such as within a refrigerator. The filter housing assembly may be attached to, and removed from, the filter base by a push-actuated release. Upon insertion, the filter key shifts the filter lock longitudinally to receive interlocking segments. Upon extraction, the same axial push shifts the filter lock further to align the interlocking fingers within gaps that allow for easy extraction. The specific key lock design allows a user to identify and match certain filter configurations received by the mechanical support, and reject other filter configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: KX Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. Huda, Michael J. Sherman, Steven J. Haehn
  • Patent number: 8365924
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a manifold for a filter assembly. The manifold includes a first base which may define a first inlet configured to direct fuel flow to a first filter element, and a first outlet configured to direct fuel flow from the first filter element to the second filter element. The manifold includes a second base operably coupled to the first base. The second base may define a barrier which prevents the fuel flow from flowing from the first inlet to the second filter element without passing through the first filter element. The second base may also define a second inlet configured to receive fuel flow from the first outlet and direct the fuel flow to the second filter element, and a second outlet configured to receive the fuel flow from the second filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Sokolchik, Matthew Ronald Hulen, Rhett Dakota Ringenberger
  • Patent number: 8356716
    Abstract: A filter unit includes a body portion having a proximal end and a distal end and a shoulder disposed therebetween. An engagement protrusion extends from the proximal end. The engagement protrusion includes a sidewall with a water inlet and an engagement wall with a water outlet. A cross-section of the engagement protrusion taken orthogonal to the longitudinal extent of the filter unit has only one axis of symmetry. A first engagement surface traverses approximately one-quarter of an outside circumference of the body portion. A second engagement surface traverses approximately one-quarter of an outside circumference of the body portion opposite the first engagement surface. A laterally extending key member is disposed on the body portion proximate the shoulder. An electronic device is positioned on the body portion adapted to store usage information relating to the capacity and usage of the filter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher A. Kruckenberg, John W. Morrison, Peter J. Richmond, Jeffrey A. Spindler
  • Patent number: 8337582
    Abstract: A compressed air filter adapter for connecting a filter element (12) to a filter connection housing (13) includes a flow duct (21) enclosed by a wall (20) for compressed air, the flow duct (21) at a first end being delimited by a first opening (14), having an inner contour (142) defined by a first edge (141) and an outer contour (143), and at a second end by a second opening (15), having an inner contour (152) defined by a second edge (151) and an outer contour (153). The first opening (14) is provided for connection to a filter connection housing (13) and forms an opening cross-section (16), defined by the inner contour (142) of the first opening (14). The second opening (15) defines an opening on the filter side and forms a second opening cross-section (17), defined by the inner contour (152) of the second opening (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kaeser Kompressoren AG
    Inventors: Michael Feisthauer, Norbert Fischer, Gerhard Leidner, Norbert Bär
  • Patent number: 8268170
    Abstract: A filter including a filter bowl (4), filer head (48) and filter element (2). The filter element (2) comprises a locking ring (12), a first end cap (6) coupled to the locking ring (12), a filter media (10) coupled to the first end cap (6), and a locking rib (30) extending outwardly from the locking ring (12). The locking rib (30) comprises a first portion (34) which extends radially from the locking ring (12) and a second portion (38) which extends from the first portion (34) around the periphery of the locking ring (12). At least part of the second portion (38) of the locking rib (30) is arranged to flex relative to the first portion (34) of the locking rib (30). The locking rib (30) forms part of a bayonet connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Parker Hannifin (UK) Ltd.
    Inventors: Phillip R. Core, Digby J. Scott
  • Publication number: 20120223002
    Abstract: Disclosed is a capsule apparatus having a filter housing defining a filter chamber with a top cap having a plurality of ports extending substantially laterally from a top end of the top cap to reduce the overall dimensions of the apparatus. The lateral and substantially uniform orientation of the ports facilitates connection to panel mount assemblies and improves filter maintenance processes. A transfer tube extending the length of the capsule allows the introduction of heated fluids from a top mounted inlet port to a bottom of the capsule chamber to allow or a substantially uniform heat gradient in the capsule filter chamber. An alternative shield secured in the housing defines a first chamber in fluid communication with an inlet and a second chamber wherein the two chambers are in fluid communication via an opening defined by a lower end of the shield and a bottom of the filter chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventor: Zhenwu Lin
  • Publication number: 20120199530
    Abstract: Disclosed is a seaming cap coupled with a reinforcement plate of a spin-on filter. The seaming cap (41) includes: a central hole (41a) formed in an annular shape; a securing groove (41b) formed in an annular shape by folding the lower end of the outer periphery of the central hole (41a), with an annular packing member (42) inserted therein; a seaming coupling section (41c) protruded and folded downwards at the outer periphery of the securing groove (41b) for seam-coupling to an outer peripheral surface at the upper end of a spin-on filter housing (10); and a plurality of injection-molding object extrusion holes (41d) formed in the securing groove (41b) of the seaming cap (41) at the same intervals. An extrusion object (40e) of the reinforcement plate (40) is extruded into the securing groove (41b) to which an annular packing member (42) of the seaming cap (41) is secured, when injection-molding the reinforcement plate (40) via the injection-molding object extrusion holes (41d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventor: Jang Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8231783
    Abstract: An oil filter subassembly comprises a filter head; an orifice fitting attached to the filter head; and a filter element including a cap attached to the orifice fitting. The orifice fitting includes first and second radially disposed pins and a seal disposed above the pins. The cap includes a central opening having a cylindrical wall, the wall including first and second L-shaped grooves having vertical and horizontal portions, the grooves being oppositely disposed from each other, the horizontal portion including an upper side wall extending upwardly away from the vertical groove portion to provide a cam surface. The cap is configured to compress the seal, thereby to provide a downward bias force on the cap. The pins are configured to move downwardly within the vertical groove portions and positionable within the respective horizontal groove portions, the cam surface tending to push down on the respective pin from the bias force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Inventor: Robert H. Guddee
  • Patent number: RE44424
    Abstract: A filter assembly comprising a filter head having inlet and outlet ports; a filter bowl attached to the filter head, wherein the filter bowl has a drain hole located at the bottom of the filter bowl for draining fluids; a filter element housed within the filter bowl, the filter element including a barrier of filtration media, a drain layer and at least one support tube; wherein a pressure differential exists across the filter element; a bottom cap that seals fluid within the filter element; a top cap having a non-planar flange portion, wherein the flange portion has a substantially curving, generally s-shaped cross-sectional profile, the non-planar flange sealingly received within the filter head such that the filter head is divided into inlet and outlet partitions; wherein the top cap directs fluid from the inlet port into the filter element, where the fluid flows through the barrier of filtration media and then out of the assembly through the outlet port; and, a float drain component attached to the base of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: SPX Flow Technology USA, Inc.
    Inventor: James W. Barnwell
  • Patent number: RE45080
    Abstract: A filter assembly for filtering water from an external source, the filter assembly having a manifold assembly and a filter cartridge. The filter cartridge includes a cartridge engagement means while the manifold includes a manifold engagement means. The cartridge engagement means and manifold engagement means cooperatively interfacing for removable attachment of the filter cartridge to the manifold assembly. The cartridge engagement means and manifold engagement means oriented in a retaining relation during removal of the cartridge filter from the manifold assembly such that any entrained pressure within the cartridge filter is vented while the cartridge engagement means and manifold engagement means are in the retaining relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Karl Fritze