Compact filter mounted in a cassette frame

Claim 1

For use in a filter housing, at least one filter cassette, a bag-type filter element supported in said cassette, said filter element comprising a plurality of filter bags forming gas passageways which, at their lower ends are closed, and at their upper ends form a common gas opening, said element having collar means extending outwardly therefrom around said upper end to comprise means for fastening the filter element in the cassette, said cassette having a rectangular frame surrounding said upper end and underlying said collar means, said frame adapted to connect said opening with the filter housing and comprising four channel elements of U-shaped cross-section facing with the groove opening outwardly, two of said channel elements at the outer edges having lips directed toward each other and forming a gap therebetween of a width smaller than the width of the groove, said collar means extending about the periphery of the opening being folded over the upper sides of the channel elements and into the grooves thereof, and the collar means of the filter element being formed with sleeves for the sides associated with the said two channel elements provided with lips, two L-shaped locking rods having two legs of a thickness less than the width of the groove, each inserted with one leg in one of said sleeves to lockingly retain said sleeve in the respective channel element provided with lips, the other locking rod leg, with the collar wrapped partially around it, being lockingly pressed into the groove of the adjacent channel element in such a manner than an efficient detachable locking of the filter element to the cassette frame is obtained, said collar means forming a seal between the upper surface of the channel element and the filter housing.