Filtering device
OwnerGhassan W. Zebianinventor
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Abstract
A housing including an inlet conduit and an outlet, carrying a reservoir for collecting filtered liquid. The reservoir is secured within the housing by a lid. A separator assembly is carried by the reservoir and includes a strainer assembly for removing materials from a liquid inflowing from the inlet conduit, an inner container and an outer container. The outer container is covered by a lid having an opening for sealably receiving the inlet conduit. The inner and outer container cooperate to hinder the flow of liquid, giving materials more dense than the fluid time to settle, and materials less dense than the liquid time to rise to and be contained by the lid.
Claims19
A filter apparatus for removing material from a liquid, said apparatus comprising:
- a reservoir for collecting filtered liquid;
- a housing having a body configured to receive said reservoir, an inlet conduit extending into said body, an outlet and retaining means for securing said reservoir within said body;
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- a separator assembly for separating said materials from said liquid, nested within said reservoir, said separator assembly including,
- an outer container having a bottom, upright sidewalls, and an open top closed by a lid having an opening for sealably receiving said inlet conduit, said outer container receivable within said reservoir such that said upright sidewalls are spaced apart from said reservoir,
- an inner container having a bottom and upright sidewalls, receivable within said outer container such that said upright sidewalls of said inner container are spaced apart from said outer container, and
- a strainer assembly receivable within said inner container, said inlet conduit receivable therein.
A filter apparatus for removing material from a liquid flowing therethrough, said apparatus comprising:
- a reservoir having a bottom and upright sidewalls extending from said bottom, terminating in a rim;
- a housing having a body configured to receive said reservoir, an inlet conduit extending into said body, an outlet conduit, and retaining means for retaining said reservoir within said body;
- and
- a separator assembly carried within said reservoir, said separator assembly including,
- strainer means for straining said material out of said liquid and having a plurality of nested strainers, capped and secured by a lid, said lid having an opening for sealably receiving said inlet conduit,
- detention means for detaining said flow liquid, and
- a separation chamber wherein material more dense than said liquid settles from said detained liquid, and material less dense than said liquid rises to the top of the chamber and having an outer container having a bottom, upright sidewalls, and an open top closed by a lid having an opening for sealably receiving said inlet conduit, said outer container receivable within said reservoir such that said upright sidewalls are spaced apart from said reservoir, and
- an inner container having a bottom and upright sidewalls, receivable within said outer container such that said upright sidewalls of said inner container are spaced apart from said outer container, said inner container configured to receive said nested strainers.
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