US4725323A
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Filter element
Assignee: 3M Purification Inc
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Filing: 1987-04-14
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Granted: 1988-02-16
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Expires: 2007-04-14
Abstract
Abstract A filter element adapted to be sealingly clamped in a filter housing. The element comprises a porous hollow cylindrical integral self-supporting bonded fibrous structure. The structure has thermally melt bonded to at least one end thereof, a thermoplastic polymer closed cell foam sealing gasket. The gasket is adapted to provide a sealing surface between the end of the cartridge and the sealing edge of the filter housing. In a preferred embodiment, the sealing edges of the filter housing used in conjunction with the aforedescribed filter element comprises at least two circular sealing edges concentric to the axis of the cylindrical filter element. Such a combination provides a means for determining whether there is leakage past the sealing edges by the discoloration of the sealing gasket area between the concentric sealing edges by the liquid being filtered.
Inventors
- 👤 Eugene A. Ostreicher
- 👤 Joseph R. Infantino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 02:45
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D29/00; B01D29/11; B01D29/111; B01D29/31; B01D29/33; B01D29/50; B01D29/52; B01D2101/00; B01D2101/005; B01D2201/00; B01D2201/04; B01D2201/043; B01D2201/0453; B01D2201/18; B01D2201/182; B01D2201/188; B01D2201/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A method of manufacturing filter elements comprising: forming a porous thick-walled cylindrical integral self-supporting fibrous filtering structure having at least one end adapted to coact with a filter housing; forming a gasket from a resilient thermoplastic polymer closed cell foam; heating the end of the filtering structure sufficiently high to melt bond the gasket to the end when the gasket is contacted to the heated end of the filtering structure; contacting the filtering structure surface to the gasket to melt bond the gasket to the end of the filter structure; and engaging the end of the filter structure with a filter housing having a sealing edge to sealingly clamp the filter structure in the housing along the sealing edge, wherein the gasket provides a sealing surface between the end of the filter structure and the sealing edge of the filter housing.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
141 words
A method of manufacturing filter elements comprising: forming a porous thick-walled cylindrical integral self-supporting fibrous filtering structure having at least one end adapted to coact with a filter housing; forming a gasket from a resilient thermoplastic polymer closed cell foam; heating the end of the filtering structure sufficiently high to melt bond the gasket to the end when the gasket is contacted to the heated end of the filtering structure; contacting the filtering structure surface to the gasket to melt bond the gasket to the end of the filter structure; and engaging the end of the filter structure with a filter housing having a sealing edge to sealingly clamp the filter structure in the housing along the sealing edge, wherein the gasket provides a sealing surface between the end of the filter structure and the sealing edge of the filter housing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the step of forming a gasket from a resilient thermoplastic polymer closed cell foam comprises the step of cutting the gasket from a sheet of resilient thermoplastic polymer closed cell foam.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of manufacture of claim 2, where in the step of heating the end of the filtering structure, the end is heated below the temperature at which the filtering structure starts to deteriorate, melt and/or fuse.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of manufacture of claim 3, where in the step of heating the end of the filtering structure, the end is heated to a temperature below the temperature that completely melts the gasket.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of manufacture of claim 2, where in the step of heating the end of the filtering structure, the end is heated to a temperature below the temperature that completely melts the gasket.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of manufacture of claim 1, where in the step of heating the end of the filtering structure; the end is heated below the temperature at which the filtering structure starts to deteriorate, melt and/or fuse.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of manufacture of claim 1, where in the step of heating the end of the filtering structure, the end is heated to a temperature below the temperature that completely melts the gasket.
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