Filter Apparatus
AssigneeHydac Process Technology GmbH
InventorsThomas Schneider, Ralf Wnuk
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Abstract
The invention relates to a filter apparatus for depositing impurities from a fluid stream by means of use of a filter element (10) which is accommodated in a filter casing (12). By virtue of the filter casing (12), according to the characterizing part of claim 1, having a swirl space (14) such that the fluid stream to be filtered is conducted at least partly in a swirling flow around the filter element (10), the properties of a cyclone are utilized for the actual filtration operation to the extent that the swirl space of the filter casing brings about multiple deflection of the direction of motion of the fluid to be filtered.
Claims8
A filter apparatus for separating impurities from a fluid stream by using a filter element (10) which is accommodated in a filter housing (12), characterized in that the filter housing (12) has a swirl space (14) such that the fluid stream to be filtered is routed at least partially around the filter element (10) in a swirling flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.