Replacement cartridge filter with pleated filter media, automatic filter media advance and wireless communications
First Claim
1. A replacement filter within a flow channel comprising:
- a first frame portion of an at least two frame portions, the first frame portion of the at least two frame portions being a cartridge;
an at least one movement device;
an at least one motor coupled to and driving the at least one movement device;
an at least one power source powering the at least one motor;
a controller;
an at least one filter media stack having a filter media, the filter media being pleated and folded and compactly stored in the stack and the at least one filter media stack being in the cartridge;
a second frame portion of an at least two frame portions, the second frame portion of an at least two frame portions being a frame, that couples with the first frame portion of the at least two frame portions forming a housing with an at least one exposure slot through which the flow channel passes, wherein the first and second frame portions of the at least two frame portions are coupled such that the at least one movement member engages the at least one filter media stack in the first of the at least two frame portions, the at least one movement member moves the filter media upon instruction from the controller from a pleated, folded and compact state to extend across the at least one exposure slot to expose the pleated and extended filter media to the flow and through the movement of the at least one movement member to remove exposed filter media and restack and store the exposed filter media in a media cartridge stack.
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Abstract
A replacement filter deployed within a flow channel with a housing having a first frame member and a second frame member that are detachable with an exposure slot formed within the housing. A filter media storage area is within the housing, having unexposed, folded, pleated filter media stored therein. The unexposed folded, pleated filter media is compactly held within the filter media storage area. A motor is coupled to a power supply and in communication with a controller. The motor moving a movement member that advances an unexposed portion of the stacked pleated filter media into the exposure slot, expanding and exposing the unexposed portion of the media to the flow channel while retaining pleats and creating an exposed portion of the filter media. A containment area is provided where the exposed portion of the pleated filter media is collected folded, restacked and compactly stored and retained.
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52 Claims
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1. A replacement filter within a flow channel comprising:
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a first frame portion of an at least two frame portions, the first frame portion of the at least two frame portions being a cartridge; an at least one movement device; an at least one motor coupled to and driving the at least one movement device; an at least one power source powering the at least one motor; a controller; an at least one filter media stack having a filter media, the filter media being pleated and folded and compactly stored in the stack and the at least one filter media stack being in the cartridge; a second frame portion of an at least two frame portions, the second frame portion of an at least two frame portions being a frame, that couples with the first frame portion of the at least two frame portions forming a housing with an at least one exposure slot through which the flow channel passes, wherein the first and second frame portions of the at least two frame portions are coupled such that the at least one movement member engages the at least one filter media stack in the first of the at least two frame portions, the at least one movement member moves the filter media upon instruction from the controller from a pleated, folded and compact state to extend across the at least one exposure slot to expose the pleated and extended filter media to the flow and through the movement of the at least one movement member to remove exposed filter media and restack and store the exposed filter media in a media cartridge stack. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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- 33. The filter of clam 24, further comprising an at least one guide rail in the collection cartridge.
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44. A replacement filter deployed within a flow channel comprising:
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a housing having a first frame member of an at least two frame members and a second frame member of an at least two frame members that are detachable with an at least one exposure slot formed within the housing by the at least two frame members; an at least one filter media storage area within the housing, having unexposed, folded, pleated filter media stored therein, the unexposed folded, pleated filter media being pleated, folded, and stacked to be compactly held within the at least one filter media storage area; an at least one motor coupled to a power supply and in communication with a controller, the at least one motor moving an at least one movement member that advances an unexposed portion of the compactly held pleated, folded, and stacked pleated filter media into the at least one exposure slot, expanding and exposing the unexposed portion of the pleated filter media to the flow channel while retaining the pleats and creating an exposed portion of the at least one pleated filter media with an at least one processing module and an at least one transceiver module and the controller communicating with the at least one sensor, the at least one sensor communicating data to the processing module and the controller, and the transceiver module transmitting data from the filter to a network or a storage device; and a containment area, wherein the exposed portion of the pleated filter media is collected folded, restacked and compactly stored and retained within the containment area.
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Specification