Float bag hold down for a filter

Claim 1

A filter for liquids comprising a housing including side and bottom walls with a top opening, said housing side wall carrying an annulus projecting into the interior of said housing, said annulus spaced from said housing top opening, a removable cap spanning said housing top opening, a bag-shaped removable reticulated filter element carried within said housing and having a circumferential outward flange supported upon said annulus, a liquid inlet in flow communication with the interior of said filter element and a liquid outlet in flow communication with the exterior of the filter element, a removable closed float means for decreasing the volumetric interior size of said housing, said float means having top and bottom end walls and side walls, said float means side walls having spaced arm parts extending radially therefrom, said float means inserted into said housing with said bottom end wall thereof extending into said filter element interior and arm parts overlying said filter element flange, a spring compressed between said cap and said float means top end wall urging said filter element flange by said float means arm parts against said housing side wall annulus, at least a portion of said float means side wall being spaced from said filter element whereby liquid entering said inlet flows about said float means and between said arm parts thereof into the interior of the filter element and through the filter element and out said outlet.