Regenerative, fluid filter
Abstract
Abstract The novel filter, according to an embodiment thereof, comprises a filter matrix formed into a specific geometry and made of glass, metal, mineral and/or cellulostic fibers, fibers or fiber-agglomerates molded from thermoplastic, thermoset plastics, elastoplasts, or related synthetic polymer materials, or natural fibers, such as cotton, wool, and the like, which have been coated, impregnated, or compounded, prior to forming, with a series of substances in order that the filter may be easily cleaned and reused, as well as protected against corrosive action by the fluid media, or to render substances in the filtration fluid media, or to render substances in the filtration media chemically unreactive, or to change the chemical state or structure of matter in the fluid media. The coating compounds, filler compounds, or impregnants, depending upon which thereof are employed, change the physical properties of the filter matrix and alters impaction-retention of the filtered particles, and/or alters the electro-static attraction of the matrix for matter in the fluid media, and/or imparts corrosion protection to the filter matrix, and/or renders matter in the fluid media chemically unreactive by changing its reactivity characteristics or chemical structure upon contact with the matrix.
Inventors
- 👤 Allan H. Meny
- 👤 Dennis L. Palmer
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