Oil strainer
OwnerTaisuke Satoinventor
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Abstract
There is provided an oil strainer in which the assembling work can be performed very easily, and more over high quality can be ensured. An oil strainer 1 includes a housing 2 formed by closing an open portion 6 of a case body 3 by a cover body 20 and a filter element 30 disposed in the housing 2. In the case body 3, there is provided a groove portion 8 including a guide portion 9 for guiding the filter element 30 to the inside of the case body 3 by inserting both side edges of the filter element 30 into the inside and a locking portion 10 for locking the filter element 30 by inserting the tip end edge in the insertion direction of the filter element 30 into the inside.
Claims9
An oil strainer comprising:
- a housing which is formed by a case body formed with an open portion and a cover body which closes the open portion of the case body, and allows oil to flow therein;
- a filter element disposed in the housing to filter oil flowing in the housing;
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- an inflow portion through which oil flows into the housing and an outflow portion through which the oil having flown in the housing flows out,
- wherein in the case body, there is provided a groove portion including a guide portion for guiding the filter element to an inside of the case body by inserting both side edges of the filter element into an inside and a locking portion for locking the filter element having been guided by the guide portion by inserting a tip end edge in an insertion direction of the filter element into the inside;
- the groove portion is formed along an inner peripheral surface of the case body from one portion of a peripheral edge portion of the open portion to the other portion thereof, and divides an interior of the case body into a dirty side on which the inflow portion is disposed and a clean side on which the outflow portion is disposed;
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- on an inner surface of the cover body, a holding portion for fixing a position of an edge portion of the filter element is formed so that both ends thereof coincide with end portions of the groove portion formed on the case body, and a peripheral edge of the filter element is locked to an inside of the housing by the groove portion and the holding portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.