Filter bag and method for suppressing electrostatic charges
AssigneeBeane Filter Media, Inc.
InventorThomas F. Beane
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Abstract
A fabric filter bag, a method of making such a bag, and apparatus using such bags, in which the bag is a tube of yarn knit into stitches defining a ground and stitches defining terry loop pile extending from the ground. In accordance with the present invention, such a fabric filter bag, method of making a bag, and apparatus using a bag is improved by the inclusion of a conductive strand for conducting electrostatic charges otherwise accumulating on the fabric filter bag away from the bag so as to suppress accumulation or build-up of such charges.
Claims12
In a method of making fabric filter bags which includes circularly knitting crimped, synthetic yarn having a denier in the range of from about 70 to about 300 into a tube of predetermined diameter and at least a predetermined length while forming the yarn into stitches defining a ground and stitches defining terry loop pile extending from the ground to a predetermined height, the stitches defining open areas in the range of from about 1 micron to about 100 microns, and then sewing the fabric into a bag, an improvement which facilitates safely discharging electrostatic charges otherwise accumulating on the fabric filter bags during filtration use, the improvement comprising the step of knitting with the filamentary yarn an electrically conductive strand.
In a fabric filter bag comprising a tube of circularly knitted, crimped, synthetic yarn having a denier in the range of from about 70 to about 300 and knit into stitches defining a ground and stitches defining terry loop pile extending from the ground to a predetermined height, the stitches defining open areas in the range of from about 1 micron to about 100 microns, the tube being closed at one end, an improvement which facilitates safely discharging electrostatic charges otherwise accumulating on the fabric filter bag during filtration use, the improvement comprising an electrically conductive strand knitted with the yarn for conducting electrostatic charges from the fabric filter bag.
In a bag filter apparatus having a fabric bag for filtering material from flowing fluid, housing means for enclosing and supporting said bag, and circulating means including inlet and outlet means for directing a flow of fluid through said housing means and said bag, the bag comprising a tube of circularly knitted, crimped, synthetic yarn having a denier in the range of from about 70 to about 300 and knit into stitches defining a ground and stitches defining terry loop pile extending from the ground to a predetermined height, the stitches defining open areas in the range of from about 1 micron to about 100 microns the tube being closed at one end, an improvement which facilitates safely discharging electrostatic charges otherwise accumulating on the fabric filter bag during filtration use, the improvement comprising an electrically conductive strand knitted with the yarn for conducting from the bag electrostatic charges otherwise accumulating thereon.
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