Filter element arrangement within a filter system
AssigneeJohn Crane UK Limited
InventorsMarco Vent, Gizem Beki Tarzan
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Abstract
A filter system includes a housing and a plurality of filter elements disposed in the housing. The plurality of filter elements includes one or more filter elements of a first filter element type and including one or more filter elements of a second filter element type. The system also includes a receptacle plate in the housing, the receptacle plate has at least two different mating elements for attaching filter elements thereto. The receptacle plate includes one or more first mating elements configured to mate with filter elements of the first type and one or more second mating elements configured to mate with filter elements of the second type.
Claims19
A filter system comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of filter elements disposed in the housing, the plurality of filter elements including one or more filter elements of a first filter element type and including one or more filter elements of a second filter element type;
- and
- a receptacle plate in the housing, the receptacle plate has at least two different mating elements for attaching filter elements thereto;
- wherein the receptacle plate includes one or more first mating elements configured to mate with filter elements of the first type and one or more second mating elements configured to mate with filter elements of the second type;
- wherein filter elements of the first type cannot mate with the second mating elements.
A filter system comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of filter elements disposed in the housing, the plurality of filter elements including one or more filter elements of a first filter element type and including one or more filter elements of a second filter element type;
- and
- a receptacle plate in the housing, the receptacle plate has at least two different mating elements for attaching filter elements thereto;
- wherein the receptacle plate includes one or more first mating elements configured to mate with filter elements of the first type and one or more second mating elements configured to mate with filter elements of the second type;
- wherein the first and second types of filter elements have different outer diameters.
A method of filtering a liquid, the method comprising:
- assembling a filter system, wherein assembling includes:
- disposing a plurality of filter elements in a housing, the plurality of filter elements including one or more filter elements of a first filter element type and including one or more filter elements of a second filter element type;
- and
- attaching the plurality of filter elements to a receptacle plate in the housing, the receptacle plate having at least two different mating elements for attaching filter elements thereto, wherein filter elements of the first element type are connected to first mating elements in the filter plate configured to mate with filter elements of the first type and filter elements of the second type are connected to second mating elements configured to mate with filter elements of the second type;
- providing a liquid at an inlet to the housing;
- passing the liquid through the plurality of filter elements;
- and
- passing cleaned liquid out of an outlet of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.