Abstract:
A multi-stage filter, wherein the first stage of filtration comprises a coarse filter to remove the larger impurities. The second stage will remove the finer impurities from the liquid (oil) that have passed through the first stage (coarse filter.) The first and second stage filter shall reside within a single housing. The housing will have both an inlet port for receiving the unfiltered fluid (oil) and an discharge port for passing the filtered fluid (oil) back into the system. The first stage, or coarse filter element has an opening adjacent the inlet, such that fluid entering through the inlet will first pass through the coarse filter element.
Abstract:
A multiround filter housing apparatus, cleaning system and method are provided. A filter housing having an integrated base that includes an integral cartridge plate, a plurality of cartridge filter bores, an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold is presented. The upper face of the integral cartridge plate is recessed to facilitate drainage of product and cleaning media. The lower portions of the cartridge filter bores are connected to the outlet port by additional sloped bores, thereby eliminating the need for a collection chamber. A spray device assembly is provided to facilitate a complete nullClean-in-Placenull system in conjunction with the filter housing of the present invention.
Abstract:
Reaction vessels suitable for solid phase polymer synthesis generally comprise: a housing defining a chamber for containing a resin, said housing having an operable inlet port and an operable outlet port in fluid communication with said chamber; and an elongate resin filter having an interior bore, and adapted to enable filtered fluid flow from an exterior inlet surface thereof into the filter interior bore, said filter being disposed in said chamber and having an outlet connection fluidly coupling said filter interior bore to the housing outlet port such that fluid flowing through the housing inlet port into the chamber passes through the filter inlet surface, into the filter interior bore and out the housing outlet port.
Abstract:
The prefilter assembly is provided with a central cavity in which a plurality of tubular porous tubular elements are provided with the remaining space being filled by a mass of shattered metal particles. During filtration, the shattered metal particles eliminate dead space within the filter while also filtering out micro gels which may be in the polymeric material. The shattered metal particles also reduce the possibility of gel formation due to cross-linking of the polymer mass therethrough.
Abstract:
A filter apparatus is provided comprising a number of cylindrical candle filters, each of which contains a displacement body forming a space of uniform width between itself and the candle filter. The filter material of the candle filter is supported by a cylindrical supporting body which has passages through which a plastic melt to be filtered can flow. A number of filter apparatuses can be arranged on concentric circles on a cylindrical filter housing so as to minimize the dwelling time of the plastic melt flow through the filters and to minimize the pressure loss over the length of the filters.
Abstract:
A filter system comprising a tank and a filter assembly removably mounted therein. The filter assembly includes a plurality of filter tubes in fluid communication with a plenum chamber on the bottom thereof. The plenum chamber is open on its bottom, and rests on the bottom of the filter tank. Suitable seals maintain the fluid integrity of the plenum chamber against the bottom of the tank. The filtrate leaves the plenum chamber through an outlet port in the bottom of the tank.The inlet port is also in the bottom of the tank, and the fluid to be filtered passes upwardly through a channel formed in the center of the plenum chamber. The top of the tank is sealed by a U-shaped gasket, with the cover of the tank resting on the gasket. No auxiliary flanges are needed to provide a top seal. The cover of the tank is raised by a lifting mechanism, and is rotatable away from the top of the tank to permit access to the tank. When the cover is to be returned to its closing position, a keying mechanism automatically seats the cover in the proper position.
Abstract:
Filtering equipment has an inlet chamber which houses removable filtering cylindrical cartridges. The circular end surfaces of each cartridge are seated by annular seats, one on a rigid divider which separates the inlet chamber from an oulet, and the other associated with a removable rigid cover which is spaced a predetermined distance from the divider when the cover is fixedly mounted to close the inlet chamber. These two seats serve as seals for the ends of the associated filter cartridge, and at least the latter annular seat is flexibly yieldable in the axial direction of the cartridge. The normal combined axial dimension of the cartridge and its two seats, when not under axial compression, is greater than the normal distance between the divider and the cover, so that, when the cover is clamped down, in its assembled position on the inlet chamber, the flexible annular seat member is distorted, to form a tight seal against the cartridge and the cover. Each cartridge is positioned by a pair of centering posts, one of which is fixed in the cover and passes through the middle of one annular seat, and projects into the central hollow of the cylindrical cartridge; and the other of which is secured in the rigid divider, passes through the associated annular seat, and extends into the central hollow of the cylindrical cartridge.
Abstract:
An improved filter tube holder and a filter assembly in which such holder is used, which holder is adapted to secure a filter tube about a passageway in the mounting or sealing plate of the assembly, and which holder comprises: a closed end cap element disposed on one side of a mounting plate; a mounting bar strip element disposed on the opposite side of the mounting plate; first and second arched strip elements at one and the other end of a tie rod; a end cap element with an opening at the opposite end from the disc element on the one side of the mounting plate; the closed end cap element and the open end cap element adapted to secure in a sealing manner a filter tube therebetween, the tie rod adapted to pass through the passageway and the filter tube; means to secure the first and second strip elements to the tie rod; and a means to move the closed cap element and/or the mounting bar strip element toward each other to secure the filter tube therebetween in a fluid-tight manner about the passageway in the mounting plate.