Filter and conditioner and brake system including the same

Claim 1

IN A HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING A RESERVOIR FOR HYDRAULIC FLUID, MEANS FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO HYDRAULIC FLUID, HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED BRAKING MEANS FOR THE MOTOR VEHICLE, MEANS FOR PASSING HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM THE RESERVOIR TO THE BRAKING MEANS, THE PRESSURE APPLYING MEANS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE HYDRAULIC FLUID WHEREBY HYDRAULIC FLUID UNDER PRESSURE IS SUPPLIED TO THE BRAKING MEANS FOR ACTUATING THE SAME, AND MEANS FOR RETURNING HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM THE BRAKING MEANS TO THE RESERVOIR WHEN THE BRAKING MEANS HAS BEEN ACTUATED AND RELEASED, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A FILTER FOR FILTERING LIQUIDS, THE FILTER BEING MOUNTED IN THE PATH OF FLOW OF HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE SAID MEANS FOR RETURNING THE HYDRAULIC FLUID TO THE RESERVOIR WHEREBY HYDRAULIC FLUID IS PASSED THROUGH THE FILTERING MEANS AND FILTERED UPON ACTUATING AND RELEASING THE BRAKING MEANS AND RETURNING THE HYDRAULIC FLUID TO THE RESERVOIR, THE FILTER COMPRISING A HOUSING, A FILTER ELEMENT, THE FILTER ELEMENT INCLUDING A CONTAINER, FILTERING MEANS IN THE CONTAINER FOR REMOVING SUSPENDED SOLID PARTICLES FROM THE HYDRAULIC FLUID, MAGNET MEANS IN THE CONTAINER FOR MAGNETICALLY ATTRACTING MAGNETIZABLE PARTICLES IN THE HYDRAULIC FLUID, A CONDUIT EXTENDING THROUGH THE CONTAINER AND SEALED THEREIN, THE CONDUIT BEING OPEN AT ONE END AND CLOSED AT