Two-stage oil bypass filter device
First Claim
1. A two-stage oil bypass filter device for removing solid particulate and volatile liquid contaminants from oil, comprising:
- a head assembly for removing volatile liquid oil contaminants including oil inlet means, a singular uniformly smooth surfaced inverted cone-shaped volatile contaminants vaporization means having a horseshoe-shaped oil preheating staging channel means, an oil feed passageway means, heating means located below said vaporization means, oil outlet means, a base plate means having a post-filter flow reducing means, and a non-heat conducting thermoplastic housing means covering said head assembly; and
a replaceable filter cartridge means removably connected to said base plate means including an oil feed tube means, an oil diffuser plate means, an oil additives permeable container means located below said oil diffuser plate means for adding additives to the flowing oil and oil filter medium means for removing solid oil contaminants from the flowing oil.
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Abstract
A new and improved two-stage oil bypass filter device is provided to enable effective and efficient removal of both solid particulate and volatile oil contaminants while also allowing the addition and mixing of certain oil additives as required by specific internal combustion engine or industrial applications. The novel two-stage oil bypass filter device includes a cone-shaped vaporization plate having a heating element located below the surfaces to be heated to provide for more effective and efficient heating of those surfaces critical to removing volatile contaminants, a horseshoe-shaped oil staging channel to provide preheating of the oil, a post-filter flow reducer to greatly reduce the possibility of clogging, a readily replaceable spin-on filter cartridge having a centrally located oil feed tube and an oil diffuser plate which directs the oil to be filtered to all parts of the filter media within the cartridge, an additives package configuration within the filter cartridge for continuous addition and mixing of oil additive substances to the oil being filtered, and a high grade, high impact thermoplastic cap housing to prevent external heating and considerably reduce the potential for burn accidents.
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20 Claims
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1. A two-stage oil bypass filter device for removing solid particulate and volatile liquid contaminants from oil, comprising:
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a head assembly for removing volatile liquid oil contaminants including oil inlet means, a singular uniformly smooth surfaced inverted cone-shaped volatile contaminants vaporization means having a horseshoe-shaped oil preheating staging channel means, an oil feed passageway means, heating means located below said vaporization means, oil outlet means, a base plate means having a post-filter flow reducing means, and a non-heat conducting thermoplastic housing means covering said head assembly; and a replaceable filter cartridge means removably connected to said base plate means including an oil feed tube means, an oil diffuser plate means, an oil additives permeable container means located below said oil diffuser plate means for adding additives to the flowing oil and oil filter medium means for removing solid oil contaminants from the flowing oil. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A replaceable filter cartridge assembly for use in a two-stage oil bypass filter device, comprising:
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a threaded portion for removably connecting said filter cartridge assembly to a base plate threaded portion of a two-stage oil bypass filter device; filter medium means not impregnated with oil additives; a centrally disposed oil feed tube means for directing the flow of oil downwardly to a lower portion of said filter cartridge; an oil diffuser plate means located in said lower portion of said filter cartridge, integrally connected to said oil feed tube for uniformly directing the flow of oil into said filter medium means; and an oil additives permeable container means containing solid oil additives substances located in said lower portion of said filter cartridge, secured below said oil diffuser plate means, for continuous admixing of oil additive substances contained within said permeable container means with oil flowing from said oil feed tube means through said oil diffuser plate means and into said filter medium means. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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