Filter module
OwnerJohn H. J. Lininventor
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Abstract
A filtering module includes a housing consisting of an upper housing section and a lower housing section and a connecting member for connecting the upper and lower housing sections. The upper housing section has a first water port in a first end thereof and a pair of substantially L-shaped recesses in a second end thereof. The lower housing section has a second water port in a first end thereof and a second pair of substantially L-shaped recesses in a second end thereof. The connecting member includes a filtering mesh and two pairs of L-shaped protrusions formed on an outer periphery thereof to be fittingly received in associated L-shaped recesses.
Claims2
A filtering module comprising:
- a housing having a first housing section containing a first fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet, and a first filter medium contained therebetween;
- a second housing section containing a second fluid inlet, a second fluid outlet, and a second filter medium contained therebetween;
- each said filter medium being different from each other;
- and
- connecting member means for serially and for releasably connecting said first and second housing sections at said first fluid outlet and said second fluid inlet and for causing fluid flow through said first fluid outlet to flow into said second fluid inlet;
- wherein a fluid flow path is defined from said first fluid inlet to said second fluid outlet;
- said connecting member means having a filtering mesh that extends across said fluid flow path between said first and second housing sections;
- said first and second housing sections having a plurality of L-shaped recesses and said connecting member means including correspondingly formed L-shaped protrusions on an outer periphery thereof to be fittingly received in associated said L-shaped recesses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.