Filter housing

Claim 2

A side access filter housing having a dirty gas inlet and a clean gas outlet; a border frame secured about the interior periphery of the housing; a removable filter unit releasably disposed in the housing between the dirty gas inlet and the clean gas outlet, said unit including an apertured filter supporting member of a generally plate-like rectilinear configuration covering the marginal edge of the inlet side of the frame to divide the housing into a dirty gas chamber and a clean gas chamber, and a plurality of tubular filter bags depending from the supporting member into the dirty gas chamber; clamping means releasably securing said filter supporting member to the frame within the housing; said clamping means including a plurality of levers pivotally connected with said frame; each lever having an end portion engageable with said supporting member to urge said member into sealing engagement with said frame upon rotation of the lever; and guide means for the filter unit including a pair of opposing trackways extending across the housing proximate the frame, said trackways being sized to receive the opposing marginal edges of the supporting member in sliding supportive relation during installation and removal of the filter unit through the side of the housing.

Claim 3

The invention according to claim 1, and baffle means mounted between the dirty gas inlet and the filter tubes adapted to effect a substantially uniform flow of dirty gases throughout the dirty gas chamber.

Claim 4

The invention according to claim 1, and said frame being sized relative to the breadth of said supporting member to interchangeably receive a plurality of said members in adjacent side-by-side relation.

Claim 5

The invention according to claim 1, and said frame including a plurality of generally channel-shaped members extending across the housing and spaced one from the other to provide a series of said opposing pairs of trackways.

Claim 6

The invention according to claim 1, and said end portions being cooperative with said supporting member to releasably retain the levers in over-center locked positions.

Claim 7

A side access filter housing having a dirty gas inlet and a clean gas outlet; a border frame secured about the interior periphery of the housing; a removable filter unit releasably disposed in the housing between the dirty gas inlet and the clean gas outlet, said unit including an apertured filter supporting member of a generally plate-like rectilinear configuration covering the marginal edge of the inlet side of the frame to divide the housing into a dirty gas chamber and a clean gas chamber, and a plurality of tubular filter bags depending from the supporting member into the dirty gas chamber; clamping means releasably securing said filter supporting member to the frame within the housing; said clamping means including a pair of linkages disposed on opposing sides of the supporting member; said linkages each including a plurality of levers pivotally connected with said frame means and an operating bar pivotally interconnecting the levers for rotation of the levers in concert; each of said levers having an end portion engageable with said supporting member upon rotation of the levers to urge said members into sealing engagement with said frame; and guide means for the filter unit including a pair of opposing trackways extending across the housing proximate the frame, said trackways being sized to receive the opposing marginal edges of the supporting member in sliding supportive relation during installation and removal of the filter unit through the side of the housing.

Claim 8

A side access filter housing having a dirty gas inlet and a clean gas outlet; a border frame secured about the interior periphery of the housing; a removable filter unit releasably disposed in the housing between the dirty gas inlet and the clean gas outlet, said unit including an apertured filter supporting member of a generally plate-like rectilinear configuration covering the marginal edge of the inlet side of the frame to divide the housing into a dirty gas chamber and a clean gas chamber, and a plurality of tubular filter bags depending from the supporting member into the dirty gas chamber; clamping means releasably securing said filter supporting member to the frame within the housing; said clamping means including a pair of linkages disposed on opposing sides of the supporting member; said linkages each including a plurality of levers pivotally connected with said frame means and an operating bar pivotally interconnecting the levers for rotation of the levers in concert; each of said levers having an end portion engageable with said supporting member upon rotation of the levers to urge said members into sealing engagement with said frame; and guide means for the filter unit including a pair of opposing trackways extending across the housing proximate the frame, said trackways being sized to receive the opposing marginal edges of the supporting member in sliding supportive relation during installation and removal of the filter unit through the side of the housing.