US 2024/0375027 A1 · TILTABLE FILTER CANISTER

Abstract

A tiltable filter canister including a housing and a lid adjacent to each other. The lid encloses the housing to form an interior of the tiltable filter canister. A seal may be disposed between the housing and the lid for forming a vacuum tight seal. A handle is connected to the lid, the handle having a first position and a second position. When the handle is in the first position, the seal may form the vacuum tight seal. A pin connects the handle to the lid and allows the handle to rotate between the first position and the second position. An arcuate surface may be present on the handle with a first protrusion for receiving a stop and a second protrusion. A first canister position of the tiltable filter canister is configured for performing a filtering operation and a second canister position of the tiltable filter canister is configured for performing a maintenance operation. A filtration media may be disposed within the interior of the tiltable filter canister for filtering a fluid during the filtering operation.

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Dependent claims

A filter canister comprising:

a tiltable housing;
a lid disposed adjacent to the tiltable housing and enclosing an interior of the filter canister;
a seal disposed between the tiltable housing and the lid;
a handle connected to the lid, the handle being moveable between a first position and a second position, when the handle is in the first position the seal forms a vacuum tight seal of the filter canister;
a connection point connecting the handle to the lid, the connection point allowing the handle to rotate between the first position and the second position;
an arcuate surface on the handle with a first recess for receiving a stop when the handle is in the first position, and the arcuate surface having an abutment surface against which the stop abuts when the handle is in the second position;
a first canister position of the tiltable housing wherein the handle is in the first position and a filtering operation is performed;
a second canister position of the tiltable housing wherein the handle is in the second position and a maintenance operation is performed;
and
a filtration media disposed within the interior of the tiltable housing to filter a fluid during the filtering operation.

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A filter canister comprising:

a tiltable housing;
a lid disposed adjacent to the tiltable housing, the lid covering a hollow space within the tiltable filter canister;
a handle connected to the lid, the handle rotatable between a first position and a second position;
wherein the handle forms a vacuum seal between the tiltable housing and the lid when in the first position and the handle positions the lid in a maintenance position when in the second position;
the handle connected to the lid by a first connection point and a second connection point, the first connection point and the second connection point disposed on opposite sides of the lid;
a first cam surface and a second cam surface located on the handle on opposite sides of the handle, the first cam surface and the second cam surface comprising a first recess and a second recess respectively;
wherein the first cam surface travels along the first connection point and the second cam surface travels along the second connection point when the handle is rotated between the first position and the second position;
a first stop and a second stop located on opposite sides of the tiltable housing, the first stop positioned to be received by the first recess of the first cam surface and the second stop positioned to be received by the second recess of the second cam surface when the handle is in the first position;
wherein the first cam surface engages a top portion of the first stop and the second cam surface engages a top portion of the second stop while the handle is rotated between the first position and the second position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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