Housing assembly with bagging ring
AssigneeCamfil Farr, Inc.
InventorsLee Pendleton Morgan, Gene E. Pierce, Michael C. Walters
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention generally include a filter housing having a bagging ring coated to enhance a bag-to-bagging ring seal. In one embodiment, the housing assembly includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet and an access port. A bagging ring is disposed around the access port and includes a material having a property that enhances the bag-to-bagging ring seal. Examples of materials that have a property that enhance the bag-to-bagging ring seal include materials that are attracted to a plastic bag, materials that are tacky, materials that have a static attraction to a plastic bag.
Claims20
A housing assembly including a filter housing having an inlet, outlet, a filter access port and a bag-in/bag-out bagging ring, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a material coating the bagging ring having a physical property that enhances sealing of a polymer bag to the bagging ring, the material forming a unitary structure with the filter housing.
A housing assembly, including a filter housing having an inlet, an outlet, a filter access port, and a bagging ring coupled to the filter housing and circumscribing the filter access port, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a material disposed on the bagging ring that will suspend a polymer bag strip when pressed thereto, the material forming a unitary structure with the filter housing.
A housing assembly comprising:
- a filter housing having an inlet, outlet, and access port;
- a bagging ring coupled to the filter housing and circumscribing the access port;
- a flange disposed in the filter housing;
- a linkage mechanism adapted to selectively engage a filter disposed in the filter housing with the flange;
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- a material disposed on the bagging ring having a physical property that enhances adhesion of a polymer bag to the bagging ring, the material, bagging ring and filter housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.