Filter Bag Mounting Assembly
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1. A filter bag comprising:
- a bag structure of filter material;
a panel adhered to the bag structure and having a fill opening; and
a sccuring tab attached by a hinge to the panel;
the panel being configured to have a mounted position in which a fill tube projects through the fill opening into the bag structure to exhaust air into the bag structure, and to be secured in the mounted position by manually pivoting the securing tab about the hinge to bring the hinge into attachment with a securing structure coupled to the fill tube.
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Abstract
A filter bag includes a bag structure of filter material. A panel is adhered to the bag structure and has a fill opening. A securing tab is attached by a hinge to the panel. The panel is configured to have a mounted position in which a fill tube projects through the fill opening into the bag structure to exhaust air into the bag structure. The panel can be secured in the mounted position by the attachment tab being manually pivoted about the hinge into attachment with an attachment structure coupled to the fill tube.
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29 Claims
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1. A filter bag comprising:
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a bag structure of filter material; a panel adhered to the bag structure and having a fill opening; and a sccuring tab attached by a hinge to the panel; the panel being configured to have a mounted position in which a fill tube projects through the fill opening into the bag structure to exhaust air into the bag structure, and to be secured in the mounted position by manually pivoting the securing tab about the hinge to bring the hinge into attachment with a securing structure coupled to the fill tube. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A filter bag comprising:
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a bag structure of filter material; a panel adhered to the bag structure and having a fill opening; and a securing tab attached to the panel; configured for a fill tube to project in a forward direction through the fill opening into the bag structure, while the securing tab projects perpendicularly from the panel into attachment at an attachment location rearward from the panel to secure the panel to the fill tube. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A filter bag comprising:
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a bag structure of filter material; and a panel adhered to the filter bag and located on a lateral axis and having a fill opening configured to receive a fill tube, the panel having a periphery that follows a trapezoid defined by a laterally-extending top edge and a narrower laterally-extending bottom edge and two laterally-opposite sides that are inclined downwardly laterally-inward, the width of the bottom edge being narrower than the width of the fill opening. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A filter bag comprising:
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a bag structure of filter material; a panel adhered to the bag structure and having a fill opening; and a securing tab attached to the panel, the tab having; a securing hole; two slits cut into the tab and projecting from the hole; and a tongue formed by and between the two slits and having a distal edge bordering the hole; configured for a fill tube to project through the fill opening into the bag structure while a hook coupled to the fill tube projects through the securing hole and presses against the tongue'"'"'s distal edge to secure the panel to the fill tube. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a bag structure of filter material; a panel adhered to the bag structure and located on a lateral axis, the panel having a fill opening and two laterally-opposite sides, each side having upper and lower side edges and a side tab projecting laterally outward from between the upper and lower side edges; a fill tube; and a bracket attached to the fill tube and having laterally-opposite sides, each side having upper and lower side rails and a gap between the upper and lower side rails; the panel being configured for a user'"'"'s fingers to grasp the side tabs to move the panel all the way into a mounted position in which the fill tube projects through the fill opening into the bag structure and the panel is laterally captured between the two upper rails and between the two lower rails and the two side tabs project through the two gaps. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a mounting bracket including an abutment plate, a fill tube and a hook; a bag structure of filter material; a panel adhered to the filter bag and located on a lateral axis and having a fill opening, the panel having a periphery that follows a trapezoid defined by a wider laterally-extending top edge, a narrower laterally-extending bottom edge and two laterally-opposite inclined sides, the panel having a seating edge adjacent the bottom edge; the panel being configured to be mounted on the bracket by seating the panel'"'"'s seating edge on the hook and then pivoting the panel about the seating edge into abutment with the abutment plate, with the fill tube projecting through the fill opening into the bag structure. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A fill tube apparatus comprising:
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an abutment plate with a front face and a top end; a fill tube projecting forward in front of the front face; a ledge located below the fill tube and projecting forward in front of the front face; and a hook located above the fill tube and projecting rearward from the front face; configured for a filter bag mounting collar to be seated on the ledge and abut the front face as the fill tube projects through the mounting collar into the bag and to be secured by the hook at an attachment location rearward from the front face. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A fill tube apparatus comprising:
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an abutment plate with a front face and a top end; a fill tube projecting forward through the front face; a forward-projecting ledge coupled to and located below the fill tube; and an upward projection adjoining the ledge, the projection having a front surface that is inclined upwardly rearward so as to urge a mounting collar of a filter bag, being pressed rearwardly against the projection'"'"'s front surface, to slide upward and over the projection; the apparatus being configured for a filter bag mounting collar to be seated on the ledge and abut the front face and prevented by the upward projection from slipping forwardly off the ledge, as the fill tube projects through the mounting collar into the bag. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. An apparatus comprising:
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a bracket including a fill tube and a hook flange; and a mounting collar adhered to a bag structure of filter material, the collar having a fill opening and a securing hole spaced from the fill opening and an abutment edge bordering the hole; configured for the fill tube to project through the fill opening into the bag structure while the collar is secured in place by the flange extending in a first direction through the securing hole and applying a force, against the abutment edge, directed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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