US4968467A
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Hot gas filter
Assignee: Industrial Filter and Pump Manufacturing Co
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Filing: 1989-07-10
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Granted: 1990-11-06
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Expires: 2009-07-10
Abstract
Abstract A ceramic filter element for filtering hot gasses is manufactured by first forming a skeletal member made up of randomly disposed ceramic fibers by pulling an aqueous solution of the fibers and a liquid binder onto a mandrel and then heat treating the member to dry the binder. The dried member is then coated with alumina gel, colloidal aluminum or colloidal silica and heat treated at a temperature within the range of 1700 degrees F. to 2300 degrees F. to dry the coating and increase the resistance of the coating to corrosion by hot gasses.
Inventors
- 👤 James F. Zievers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 06:21
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B30/00; C04B30/02; B; B01; B01D; B01D39/00; B01D39/14; B01D39/20; B01D39/2068; B01D39/2082; B01D39/2086; B01D71/00; B01D71/02; B01D2239/00; B01D2239/04; B01D2239/0471; B01D2239/0478; B01D2239/0492; B01D2239/08; B01D2239/086; B01D2239/10; B01D2239/12; B01D2239/1216; B01D2239/1225; B01D2239/1233; C04B2111/00; C04B2111/00474; C04B2111/00793; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/05
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A method of making a filter element, comprising the steps of: forming a skeletal member of refractory ceramic fibers each having a diameter between two and three microns and a length between five and ten millimeters bonded together by pulling an aqueous slurry of a ceramic binder and said fibers onto a mold, and heat treating the vacuum formed part to dry the binder, said skeletal member having a mean pore size greater then forty microns, then coating said skeletal member with a material selected from the group consisting of alumina gel, colloidal aluminum and colloidal silica to coat said fibers and to reduce the mean pore size of the member to between thirty and forty microns, and then heating said member to a temperature in the range of 1700 degrees F. to 2300 degrees F. to dry the coating and increase its resistance to corrosion by hot gasses.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
149 words
A method of making a filter element, comprising the steps of: forming a skeletal member of refractory ceramic fibers each having a diameter between two and three microns and a length between five and ten millimeters bonded together by pulling an aqueous slurry of a ceramic binder and said fibers onto a mold, and heat treating the vacuum formed part to dry the binder, said skeletal member having a mean pore size greater then forty microns, then coating said skeletal member with a material selected from the group consisting of alumina gel, colloidal aluminum and colloidal silica to coat said fibers and to reduce the mean pore size of the member to between thirty and forty microns, and then heating said member to a temperature in the range of 1700 degrees F. to 2300 degrees F. to dry the coating and increase its resistance to corrosion by hot gasses.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of heating the coated member is carried out at a temperature of about 2300 degrees F. to convert the coating to the mullite phase.
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