Dry cleaning liquid conditioning cartridge

Claim 1

A DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGE FOR FILTERING DRY CLEANING SOLVENT COMPRISING AN OUTER SHELL SHELL HAVING INLET PERFORATIONS IN ONE ORTION THEREOF FOR RECEIVING SAID SOLVENT, A SUPPORT TUBE INSIDE SAID OUTER SHELL AND HAVING OULET PERFORATIONS IN ONE PORTION THEREOF THROUGH WHICH FILTERED AND CONDITIONED SOLVENT MAY BE DISPENSED, A PAIR OF END PLATE MEANS CONNECTING SAID OUTER SHELL AND SAID SUPPORT TUBE IN FIXED RELATIONSHIP AT THE ENDS THEREOF TO DEFINE A SOLVENT FILTERING AND CONDITIONING CHAMBER, IMPERFORATE PARTITION MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID OUTER SHELL AND SAID SUPPORT TUBE BETWEEN THE ENDS THEREOF TO DIVIDE SAID FILERING AND CONDITIONING CHAMBER INTO FIRST AND SECOND COMPARTMENTS, SAID PERFORATED PORTION OF SAID SUPPORT TUBE BEING IN SAID SECOND COMPARTMENT AND SAID PERFORATED PORTION OF SAID OUTER SHELL BEING IN SAID FIRST COMPARTMENT, A PLURALITY OF PERFORATED, HOLLOW TUBULAR MEMBERS IN SAID FIRST COMPARTMENT CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DISPOSED ABOUT SAID SUPPORT TUBE AND IN FIXED RELATIONSHIP THERETO, EACH OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS HAVING ONE END ABUTTING ONE OF SAID END PLATE MEANS IN SUBSTANTIAL SEALING RELATIONSHIP THERETO AND ANOTHER END EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PARTITION MEANS AND OPENING INTO SAID SECOND COMPARTMENT AND SUPPORTING THEREWITH FOR RELOWS-FOLDED PAPER ELEMENT COEXTENSIVE THEREWITH FOR REMOVING PARTICULATE MATTER FROM SAID SOLVENT, MEANS IN SECOND COMPARTMENT AND IN THE HOLLOW OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER FOR REMOVING NONPARTICULATE MATTER FROM SAID SOLVENT, AND DEPTH TYPE FILTERING MATERIAL FILLING THE VOID BETWEEN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND SAID SUPPORT TUBE AND BETWEEN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND SAID OUTER SHELL FOR REMOVING PARTICULATE MATTER FROM SAID SOLVENT AND FOR EXTENDING THE LIFE OF SAID PAPER ELEMENT, WHEREBY SAID CARTRIDGE DEFINES A SOLVENT FLOW PATH SEQUENTIALLY THROUGH THE PERFORATIONS IN SAID OUTER SHELL AND SAID HOLLOW TUBULAR MEMBER INTO SAID SECOND COMPARTMENT.