Filter with exchangeable insert

• US 8,211,219 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2007
• Issued: 07/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Donaldson Filtration Deutschland GmbH (Donaldson Company Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Donaldson Filtration Deutschland GmbH (Donaldson Company Incorporated)
• Inventors: Schuster, Hans-Michael, Schäfer, Jens, Rbayti, Abdelkhalic, Groth, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Greene, Jason M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bui, Dung H
• Application Number:
  US12/304,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20100058930A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,839 Days
• Field of Search: 553/18, 553/17, 553/15, 554/13, 554/14, 554/16, 554/62, 554/65, 554/98, 55D/IG.17, 555/07, 555/05, 554/67, 555/04, 555/08, 554/10, 554/18, 555/10, 964/21, 961/47, 210/443, 210/444
• US Class Current: 96/421
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/0004 Details of removable closures, lids, caps or filter heads
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/0039 with flow guiding by feed or discharge devices
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/2414 End caps including additional functions or special forms
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/446 by pressure measuring
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/17 Compressed air water removal

Abstract

A filter, in particular for compressed gas systems, includes a filter top part having at least one inlet channel and at least one outlet channel and a filter bottom part having a filter element, wherein the filter top part has a pressure-resistant housing and an insert which is suited in an optimal manner to the course of the inlet and outlet channels.

Claims

1. A filter, comprising:

a top part having a housing;

a separate insert received in the housing of the top part and having at least an inlet channel and at least an outlet channel;

a bottom part; and

a filter element received in the bottom part,

the housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, said inlet and outlet openings partially overlapping openings of the inlet and outlet channels of the insert, said inlet and outlet channels formed in the insert having a three-dimensionally curved course.

2. The filter of claim 1, wherein the insert is detachably mounted in the housing.

3. The filter of claim 1, wherein the insert is mounted rotatably within the housing.

4. The filter of claim 1, wherein the housing is designed pressure-resistant, and the insert is designed differential pressure resistant.

5. The filter of claim 1, wherein the curved course of the inlet and outlet channels defines a radius of an arc which is greater than half a diameter of the top part.

6. The filter of claim 1, wherein the housing has at least one inlet opening and an outlet opening which at least partially overlap respective openings of the inlet and outlet channels of the insert and are integrated in attachment elements configured for attachment to external lines.

7. The filter of claim 1, wherein the inlet and outlet channels have openings in confronting relationship to the filter element, said opening being mirror-symmetric or point-symmetric.

8. The filter of claim 7, wherein the opening of at least one of the inlet channel and outlet channel has the shape of a kidney or a semicircle.

9. The filter of claim 1, wherein the insert has at least one pocket for a functional component.

10. The filter of claim 9, wherein the functional component is a transducer of a differential pressure indication.

11. The filter of claim 1, wherein the filter element has a hollow-cylindrical configuration.

12. The filter of claim 11, wherein the hollow-cylindrical filter element has a jacket which is made at least in part of filter material.

13. The filter of claim 1, wherein one of the inlet and outlet channels feeds directly or indirectly into a filter chamber defined by the filter element and the other one of the inlet and outlet channel feeds directly or indirectly into a collector chamber formed by the filter element and the bottom part.

14. The filter of claim 13, wherein the filter element has an attachment element with a feed channel and a drain channel to connect the filter chamber and the collector chamber with the inlet and outlet channels.

15. The filter of claim 14, wherein the filter element has at least one guide element in a mouth area of the feed channel and the drain channel into the filter chamber.

16. The filter of claim 14, wherein the attachment element is rotatable in relation to the top part so that the filter chamber is selectively connectable with the inlet and outlet channels.

17. A filter, comprising

a top part having at least one inlet and outlet channel;

a bottom part; and

a filter element received in the bottom part and defining a filter chamber,

wherein the inlet channel connects the filter chamber with a first connection opening, and the outlet channel connects a collector chamber, formed by the filter element and the bottom part, with a second connection opening,

wherein the inlet and outlet channel has a three-dimensionally curved course.

18. The filter of claim 17, wherein the inlet and outlet channels define a radius of an arc which is greater than half a diameter of the top part.