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Color coded disposable filter holder
Assignee: General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH
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Filing: 1989-11-30
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Granted: 1991-01-22
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Expires: 2009-11-30
Abstract
Abstract A disposable-filter holder comprises a shallow, box-shaped plastic housing of two pieces with intake and discharge stubs, a membrane-type filter being sandwiched between the two housing pieces which are joined together in a gas-tight and pressure-resistant manner. To reliably code the disposable-filter holder according to the filter characteristics, the disposable-filter holder comprises a colored coding plastic enveloping it in the outer radial zone. This color coding extends in at least one clearance in the first and/or in the second housing piece in geometrically locking manner and thereby does not project beyond the outer housing contour. The color coding only characterizes the disposable-filter holder and does not serve any sealing or locking function.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Bugar
- 👤 Asok Chakraborty
- 👤 Herbert Urlaub
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-29 21:04
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C66/00; B29C66/50; B29C66/51; B29C66/54; B29C66/541; B29C66/5412; B01; B01D; B01D29/00; B01D29/01; B01D29/012; B01D35/00; B01D35/14; B01D35/143; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/13; B29C66/131; B29C66/1312; G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; B01D2201/00; B01D2201/52; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/08; B29C66/32; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A plastic, color-coded disposable-filter holder, comprising a first disk-like housing piece with an intake stub and a second disk-like housing piece with a discharge stub, a disk-shaped filter sandwiched between the two housing pieces which are joined together at their radially outer rim zones by their mutually facing axial surfaces in rigid, leak-proof and pressure-resistant manner, further comprising a plastic color coding means enveloping the disposable filter holder at a periphery of the disk-like housing pieces for identifying a structural characteristic of the filter, wherein the color coding means (19;24,25) extends throughout at least one clearance (18;20,21) in at least one of the first housing piece (1;1') and the second housing piece (3;3') without projecting beyond the outer contour of the housing pieces (1,3;1',3').
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A plastic, color-coded disposable-filter holder, comprising a first disk-like housing piece with an intake stub and a second disk-like housing piece with a discharge stub, a disk-shaped filter sandwiched between the two housing pieces which are joined together at their radially outer rim zones by their mutually facing axial surfaces in rigid, leak-proof and pressure-resistant manner, further comprising a plastic color coding means enveloping the disposable filter holder at a periphery of the disk-like housing pieces for identifying a structural characteristic of the filter, wherein the color coding means (19;24,25) extends throughout at least one clearance (18;20,21) in at least one of the first housing piece (1;1') and the second housing piece (3;3') without projecting beyond the outer contour of the housing pieces (1,3;1',3').
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
Color-coded disposable-filter holder defined in claim 1, wherein said at least one clearance (18) is essentially a circular groove in the outer geometric envelope of the disposable-filter holder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
Color-coded disposable-filter holder defined in claim 1, wherein an axially outward pointing end face is formed in said radially outer rim zone of at least one of the two housing pieces (1',3').
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
Color-coded disposable-filter holder defined in claim 1, wherein the housing pieces (1,3;1',3') are essentially transparent plastic and the color coding means is a dyed-in, opaque plastic.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
Color-coded disposable-filter holder defined in claim 1, wherein the color coding means (19;24,25) is an injection molded plastic in the clearance (18) or clearances (20,21).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The filter holder of claim 1, wherein the structural characteristics of the filter identified by the plastic color coding means is indicative of at least one of filter material, pore size, and sterility.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The filter of claim 1, wherein said plastic color coding means is utilized solely for characterization of a structural characteristic of the filter without providing any seal between the first and second housing pieces.
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