Pipeline filter
AssigneeAquastar Pool Products, Inc.
InventorOlaf Mjelde
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Abstract
A pipeline filter assembly comprising a base assembly, an outer wall, and a lid assembly. The base plate has a pocket to hold a tool for opening and closing a drain plug. The outer wall has a lower end portion and an upper end portion, wherein the upper end portion comprises a lower collar, and the lower collar comprises threading around an exterior surface thereof. The lid assembly is configured to couple to the lower collar of the outer wall. The lid assembly has an upper collar configured to mate with the lower collar. The upper collar has at least one housing that is coupled to the upper collar, and at least one biasing clip pivotally mounted within the housing for releasable engagement with the lower collar.
Claims22
A pipeline filter assembly for pools and spas, comprising:
- a) a base assembly comprising:
- i) a filter base including a removable drain plug;
- ii) a tool configured to engage the drain plug for removal thereof;
- iii) a base plate configured to receive the filter base;
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- vi) a pocket integrally formed with an exterior wall of the base plate and including a catch configured to removably hold the tool within the pocket;
- b) an outer wall having a lower end portion and an upper end portion, wherein the lower end portion is seated within the base assembly and the upper end portion comprises a lower collar seated thereon, the lower collar comprising at least one lock notch spaced around an exterior surface thereof, and
- c) a lid assembly configured to couple to the lower collar of the outer wall, the lid assembly having:
- i) an upper collar configured to mate with the lower collar, the upper collar having:
- 1) at least one housing that projects from the upper collar;
- 2) at least one biasing clip pivotally mounted within the housing for releasable engagement with the lock notch;
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- 3) at least one biasing spring biasing its corresponding biasing clip to a locked position around a corresponding lock notch.
A pipeline filter assembly comprising:
- a) a lid assembly;
- b) a base assembly comprising
- i) a filter base including a removable drain plug,
- ii) a tool configured to engage the drain plug for removal thereof,
- iii) a base plate configured to receive the filter base, and
- vi) a pocket integrally formed with an exterior wall of the base plate and including a catch configured to removably hold the tool within the pocket;
- c) an outer wall in between the lid assembly and the base assembly;
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- d) a filter housed inside the outer wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.