Filter element and dirt suction device with filter receptacle for such a filter element
AssigneeNilfisk A/S
InventorAnders FOENSS
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Abstract
A filter element for a dirt suction device is provided, with a filter frame, on which a filter medium is attached, wherein on the filter frame, a continuous seal is arranged, the inner circumferential surface of which is arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the filter frame and has a section that radially protrudes over the filter frame, wherein a groove is arranged on a front side of the protruding section of the seal, and that a sealing surface is arranged on the opposite front side of the protruding section of the seal.
Claims15
A filter element (1) for a dirt suction device comprising:
- a filter frame (2),
- a filter medium (3) attached to the filter frame (2),
- a continuous seal (4) arranged on the filter frame (2), the continuous seal (4) having an inner circumferential surface arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the filter frame (2) and a protruding section (4a) that radially protrudes over the filter frame (2),
- a groove (8) arranged on a front side of the protruding section (4a) of the seal (4), and
- a sealing surface (6) arranged on an opposite front side of the protruding section (4a) of the seal (4).
A dirt suction device comprising:
- a filter receptacle (10, 20),
- wherein the filter receptacle comprises
- a lower part (10) having a lower sealing surface (12), and
- an upper part (20) having a upper sealing surface (23), and
- a replaceable filter element (1),
- wherein the replaceable filter element (1) comprises
- a filter frame (2),
- a filter medium (3) attached to the filter frame (2),
- a continuous seal (4) arranged on the filter frame (2), the continuous seal (4) having an inner circumferential surface arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the filter frame (2) and a protruding section (4a) that radially protrudes over the filter frame (2), a groove (8) arranged on a front side of the protruding section (4a) of the seal (4) of the filter element (1), wherein the lower sealing surface (12) of the lower part (10) of the filter receptacle engages in the groove (8) of the filter element (1), and
- a sealing surface (6), bearing against the upper sealing surface (23) of the upper part, arranged on an opposite front side of the protruding section (4a) of the seal (4),
- wherein the filter element (1) is retained between the sealing surfaces (12, 23) of the lower part (10) and the upper part (20).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.