Filter media retaining assembly for an air filter
AssigneeResearch Products Corporation
InventorsRoger M. Pasch, Charles W. Hill, James R. Enright, Karen Zimmerman, Dale M. Evans
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Abstract
A filter media retaining assembly for use in an air filter includes a filter media engaging flange disposed on the side wall of the filter framework which holds a pleat of the filter media adjacent the side wall and a hinged keeper disposed along the edge of the side wall and movable between a closed position in which a portion of the keeper engages the filter media and the flange so as to retain the filter media in position along the flange and an open position in which the filter media may be lifted and removed from the flange.
Claims14
In an air cleaner of the type in which a pleated filter media is removably disposed in and spans an opening defined by a rigid framework having a pair of opposing side walls and a pair of opposing end walls, an improved filter media retaining assembly comprising:
- filter media engaging means disposed on the side wall for holding a pleat of the filter media in draped relationship substantially adjacent the side wall,
- a hinged keeper disposed along an edge of the side wall and movable between a closed position in which a portion of said keeper engages the filter media and retains the filter media in position substantially around said filter media engaging means and an open position in which the filter media may be removed from said filter media engaging means.
In an air cleaner of the type in which a pleated filter media is removably disposed in and spans an opening defined by a rigid framework having a pair of opposing side walls and a pair of opposing end walls, an improved filter media retaining assembly comprising:
- a flange on said side wall extending into the opening and substantially around which a portion of the filter media is enveloped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.