Filter-purifier cartridge having manually separable elements

Claim 1

A filter-purifier cartridge for liquids having manually separable elements adapted to be inserted in a filter apparatus, comprising: a pervious tubular filter element adapted for radial flow therethrough, a manually separable hollow cylindrical purifier element having inlet and outlet means for flow of fluid therethrough, and containing a purifying medium confined between two foraminous members within the hollow core of said purifier element; said purifier element having a top wall, a concentric discharge passage through said top wall, said passage communicating with the fluid stream within said purifier element; a stepped flange located at the upper end section of the purifier element, said purifier element inserted into the hollow core of said tubular filter element, one end of said tubular filter being sealed and radially spaced from the main body of said purifier element by means of said stepped flange at the upper end section of said purifier element, thereby forming an intermediate annular channel; the remaining exposed end of said filter element being sealed and maintained in spaced relationship with said purifier element by means of a manually separable cartridge end closure which is aligned and joined to the lower end section of said purifier element, said end closure having a hollow core and a series of radial passages communicating with said hollow core; the annular channel communicating with the fluid stream within said purifier element by means of said radial passages and the hollow core within said end closure.