FILTER DEVICE
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1. A liquid filter device, comprising:
- a filter element received in a filter housing,wherein the filter housing has an inlet on a crude side and an outlet on a pure side,wherein the filter element separates a crude chamber that communicates with the inlet from a pure chamber that communicates with the outlet,wherein the filter element has an axially and eccentrically projecting plug which in an inserted state, is plugged into a plug receptacle formed within the filter housing, and wherein at least one signal generator recognizes at least one of a presence and an absence of the plug in the plug receptacle, generating at least one signal.
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A filter device having a filter element received in a filter housing, the filter housing has an inlet and an outlet. The filter element separates a crude chamber that communicates with the inlet from a pure chamber that communicates with the outlet. The filter element has an axially and eccentrically projecting plug, which in an inserted state, is plugged into a plug receptacle formed within the filter housing, and wherein at least one signal generator recognizes at least one of a presence and an absence of the plug in the plug receptacle, generating at least one signal.
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1. A liquid filter device, comprising:
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a filter element received in a filter housing, wherein the filter housing has an inlet on a crude side and an outlet on a pure side, wherein the filter element separates a crude chamber that communicates with the inlet from a pure chamber that communicates with the outlet, wherein the filter element has an axially and eccentrically projecting plug which in an inserted state, is plugged into a plug receptacle formed within the filter housing, and wherein at least one signal generator recognizes at least one of a presence and an absence of the plug in the plug receptacle, generating at least one signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A filter element, comprising:
- an axially and eccentrically projecting plug, wherein the filter element plug penetrates into a plug receptacle formed within a filter housing of a filter device, wherein at least one signal generator recognizes at least one of a presence and an absence of the plug in the plug receptacle, generating at least one signal.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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17. The filter element according to claim 17, wherein at least one of the return line and the drain line is throttled such that an emergency volume flow can be delivered through the outlet when the filter element is missing.
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