Filter and method of operating
OwnerKristen Eifes, Daniel Eifesinventors
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Abstract
A filter, a method of operating and a method of making is provided. The filter includes multiple filter layers in plurality with the structural integrity of the filter as a whole. The layers are perforated to allow any type of filtering such as but not limited to osmosis filtering, reverse osmosis filtering, static filtering, and sifting or sieve-like filtering effect as the media being filtered passes through the layers as the outermost layer collects most debris. The layers further have an adhesive relationship with each other layer and an optional base layer, so that each layer may be individually removed and the one beneath is exposed as a cleaner filter surface.
Claims18
A filter comprising:
- multiple filter layers in plurality with the structural integrity of the filter as a whole, each of the layers having a plurality of pores;
- wherein the layers are perforated to allow any type of filtering as the media being filtered passes through the layers as the outermost layer collects most debris;
- and
- wherein the layers have an adhesive relationship with each other layer and an optional base layer, so that each layer may be individually removed and the one beneath is exposed as a cleaner filter surface,
- wherein the pores of the layer beneath have a pore size that are larger than the pores of a previously removed layer, and the pore size of the pores of a last layer among the multiple filter layers is largest among all the layers.
A filter comprising:
- a base layer;
- and
- a plurality of layers including a top layer and an opposing bottom layer, each of the plurality of layers removably coupled to each other, one of the plurality of layers being coupled to the base layer, each of the plurality of layers having filter media that allows a fluid to flow therethrough, and wherein each of the plurality of layers includes a tab extending therefrom,
- wherein each of the plurality of layers has a plurality of pores, and
- wherein a pore size of the pores in a given layer increases as the layers extend from the top layer to the bottom layer.
A method for operating a filter comprising:
- placing a filter within a device, the filter having a plurality of layers that include a top layer and an opposing bottom layer, and that are removably coupled to each other, each of the layers having a tab thereon wherein each of the plurality of layers has a plurality of pores, and wherein a pore size of the pores in a given layer increases as the layers extend from the top layer to the bottom layer;
- operating the filter in the device;
- and
- on a periodic or aperiodic basis, removing a layer from an inlet side of the filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.