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. One or more filter elements are usable in a dust collector. One example dust collector includes a collector housing having a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a tube sheet dividing the housing between an unfiltered air volume and a clean air volume. At least one filter element is removably mounted and sealed within the tube sheet. A gasket member secured to the element includes first and second gasket regions separated by a channel. 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. Next, an axial force is exerted against the gasket member to form a seal between the gasket member and the tube sheet.
Abstract:
A pillar-shaped honeycomb structural body includes a first end face and a second end face substantially parallel to each other; and a peripheral surface connecting the first end face and the second end face. The first end face and the second end face have similar peripheral shapes. A taper rate P satisfies 0
Abstract:
An air filter arrangement, an air cleaner assembly including the air filter arrangement and methods of assembly and use are described. An air filter arrangement comprising a serviceable filter cartridge is described. The typical cartridge includes a recessed first flow face and an opposite outwardly projecting second flow face, with a central apex. Features of the cartridge, and an air cleaner for installation into the cartridge, are described.
Abstract:
A filter for internal combustion engine air intake comprised of a synthetic fiber media uniquely enhanced with an electrostatic charge. The media described in this application is a low restriction synthetic fiber media enhanced with an electrostatic charge applied to the media fibers to greatly improve efficiency and dust holding capacity. This charge is so effective that unlike other mechanical filters the initial efficiency of this media is as high, or higher than its efficiency after use. The applied charge will either attract particles of an opposite charge that might otherwise pass through the media or in cases of particles with similar charges an induced dipole is formed to attract those particles. The claims of this patent will not be for the method of enhancing this media but for its use and configuration for use in engine intake air filtration.
Abstract:
An air filter, particularly an air filter for an internal combustion engine, having a housing with an unfiltered air inlet and a filtered air outlet. A round filter element is sealingly disposed between the unfiltered air inlet and the filtered air outlet. In addition, an adsorber element provided with adsorbent particles is disposed on an interior wall of the housing such that the adsorber element is arranged within the round filter element.
Abstract:
An internal support for an air filter includes a helical member which is shaped and dimensioned to fit against the inside surface of the air filter to provide structural support which prevents the air filter from inwardly collapsing. In another embodiment of the invention, a plurality of support rings are installed in spaced apart parallel relationship inside the air filter.
Abstract:
A filter cleaning system for use with a fabric filter mounted in a housing and defining an upstream side at which particulates are separated from a fluid stream passing through the filter and collected. The fabric filter also has a downstream side that is substantially free of the particulates. The filter cleaning system comprises a blowpipe for supplying a pressurized fluid. A one-piece nozzle is made from a tubular member having a substantially constant cross-section extending along the length of the member. The nozzle is attached to the blowpipe at a first end portion. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the blowpipe to direct a portion of the pressurized fluid from a second opposite end portion into the downstream side of the filter to dislodge particulates from the upstream side. An aspirator is located upstream and spaced from the second end portion of the nozzle. The aspirator enables an extra volume of fluid to be delivered from the second end portion of the nozzle than is delivered from the blowpipe to the first end portion of the nozzle.
Abstract:
A filter device for filtering air in internal combustion engines equipped with a filter that can be inserted into a filter housing and has a flame-retardant effect. The filter comprises a main filter element and an upstream filter fleece whereby the flame-retardant effect is achieved by the fleece prefilter.
Abstract:
A particulate filtration system including a frustoconical-shaped filtration element, a housing enclosing the filtration element and coaxial therewith, an inlet, and an outlet. The filtration element has a closed first end and a larger oppositely-disposed open second end. The housing has a first closed end, a larger oppositely-disposed open second end, and a frustoconical-shaped wall therebetween and surrounding the filtration element. An annular-shaped passage is defined by and between the filtration element and the housing. The inlet is located at the second end of the housing and is fluidically connected to the annular-shaped passage. The outlet is located at the second end of the filtration element and coaxial with the inlet. The outlet defines an outlet passage with a frustoconical or arcuate shape and a cross-sectional area that decreases along the flow path in a direction away from the filtration element.
Abstract:
A high flow air filtration system comprises a filter element, a housing, a billet adapter, a radial seal device (ex. o-ring) and a tube. The filter element within the housing may be bolted to a vehicle chassis. One end of the billet adapter may be clamped to the filter element and the o-ring may couple the other end to the tube. The o-ring may form a “floating seal” between the tube and the billet adapter, allowing the tube to move relative to the billet adapter to compensate for movement of the engine relative to the chassis. The o-ring seal replaces the flexible hose/coupling, which reduces turbulence within the flow path to the engine. The billet adapter may include at least one angle for reducing the inner diameter of the billet adapter and further reducing turbulence within the flow path to the engine.