Electric filter

Claim 1

A FILTER ADAPTED TO BE USED IN CLARIFYING DRY CLEANING SOLVENTS, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A TANK FOR CONTAINING A BODY OF SAID LIQUID TO BE FILTERED, A MANIFOLD MOUNTED IN SAID TANK FOR COLLECTING FILTERED LIQUID AND CONDUCTING IT TO A POINT OUTSIDE SAID TANK, A FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF FILTER ELEMENTS CONNECTED TO THE MANIFOLD, THE FILTER ELEMENTS OF SAID SECOND SERIES BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN ADJACENT FILTER ELEMENTS OF SAID FIRST SERIES, EACH OF SAID FILTER ELEMENTS COMPRISING A RELATIVELY COARSE FORAMINOUS FRAMEWORK MADE OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE METAL, A RELATIVELY RINELY POROUS, PERMEABLE MEDIUM IN THIN SHEET FORM ENCASING SAID FRAMEWORK AND A CONMENT WITH SAID MANIFOLD, ELECTRICAL INSULATING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID MANIFOLD AND EACH FILTER ELEMENT OF SAID FIRST SERIES, A MAIN CONDUCTOR EXTENDING THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID TANK AND ELECTRICALLY INSULATED FROM SAID TANK, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT TO SAID MAIN CONDUCTOR, A SERIES OF BRANCH CONDUCTORS WITHIN SAID TANK ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING SAID MAIN CONDUCTOR AND THE FILTER ELEMENTS OF SAID FIRST SERIES TO CHARGE THE CONDUCTIVE FRAMEWORKS THEREOF TO A HIGH VOLTAGE, SAID TANK AND MANIFOLD BEING MADE OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND BEING GROUNDED TO GROUNG THE CONDUCTIVE FRAMEWORKS OF FILTER ELEMENTS OF SAID SECOND SERIES, AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING TO SAID TANK LIQUID CONTAINING SUSPENDED SOLIDS TO BE FILTERED THEREFROM.