Filter for a pipe
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsMark Christopher SMILES, James Patrick SANDIFORD
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Abstract
The invention provides a filter for a pipe, the filter comprising an attachment portion for attaching to the pipe, and a filter surface for presentation to and filtering of an oncoming flow of the pipe, wherein the filter surface has at least one pointed apex for protruding into the oncoming flow. The invention also provides a pipe for transporting an oncoming flow, wherein the pipe is provided with a filter surface across the cross-sectional area of the pipe and wherein the filter surface has at least one pointed apex protruding along the longitudinal axis of the pipe. The invention also provides an aircraft with such a filter or pipe and a method of filtering an oncoming flow of a pipe.
Claims20
A filter for a pipe, the filter comprising;
- an attachment portion for attaching to the pipe, and
- a filter surface for presentation to and filtering of an oncoming flow of the pipe, wherein the filter surface has at least one pointed apex for protruding into the oncoming flow.
A pipe for transporting an oncoming flow, wherein the pipe is provided with a filter surface across the cross-sectional area of the pipe and wherein the filter surface has at least one pointed apex protruding along the longitudinal axis of the pipe.
A method of filtering an oncoming flow of a pipe, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a pipe,
- providing the pipe with a filter surface across the cross-sectional area of the pipe, wherein the filter surface has at least one pointed apex,
- providing the oncoming flow to the pipe, wherein the pointed apex protrudes into the oncoming flow and acts to break up debris in the flow and/or deflect the debris away from the filter surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.