Filter element with valve device

A filter element for filtering a fluid, the filter element comprising:

• a central tube with a longitudinal axis;
• at least one hollow-cylindrical filter bellows arranged at the central tube and configured to be flowed through radially by the fluid from a radially outwardly positioned raw fluid side to a radially inwardly positioned clean fluid side;
• a first end disk closing off the at least one hollow-cylindrical filter bellows at a first end face thereof;
• a second end disk closing off the at least one hollow-cylindrical filter bellows at a second end face thereof;
• a support body connected to the central tube;
• wherein the first end disk comprises an opening with a valve device arranged inside the central tube;
• wherein the valve device is configured to be opened from the raw fluid side by a hydraulic pressure of the fluid;
• wherein the valve device comprises a valve body, a valve cage, and a screen;
• wherein the valve body is movable in the valve cage along the longitudinal axis;
• wherein the valve body, in a pressureless state, is forced by a spring against a valve seat arranged in the valve cage;
• wherein the screen is arranged at the valve cage and the screen separates an interior of the valve device from the radially inwardly positioned clean fluid side;
• wherein the valve cage is arranged at the support body.