Cartridges for vertically oriented dust collectors
AssigneeImperial Systems, Inc.
InventorJeremiah Wann
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Abstract
A vertically oriented dust collector configured to filter dry particulate matter from an air stream comprises a housing containing at least one cartridge. Each cartridge comprises a filter pan having an opening with a filter incorporated into the opening. The filter pan has at least one alignment opening. The housing further comprises at least one pair of rails oriented parallel to each other within the housing onto which each cartridge is mounted and at least one alignment block sized and shaped to correspond to the alignment opening of the filter pan. The alignment block is positioned such that when the cartridge is installed in the housing, the alignment opening of the filter pan aligns with the alignment block.
Claims10
A vertically oriented dust collector configured to filter dry particulate matter from an air stream comprising:
- a housing containing at least one cartridge;
- each said cartridge comprising:
- a filter pan having an opening;
- a filter incorporated into said opening;
- and
- said filter pan having at least one alignment opening;
- said housing further comprising:
- at least one pair of rails oriented parallel to each other within said housing onto which each said cartridge is mounted;
- said rails displaceable between a lower position for inserting and removing cartridges and an upper position for securing cartridges within the dust collector;
- at least one alignment block sized and shaped to correspond to said alignment opening of said filter pan;
- and
- said cartridge inserted onto said rails such that said alignment opening engages with said alignment block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.