Method for filtering contaminants from a mixture
OwnerHerman E. Brinkleyinventor
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Abstract
A method for filtering contaminants from a mixture containing an oil-based fluid and a non-oil based fluid is provided. The method includes the steps of providing an oil-based fluid absorbent cloth of man-made fibers, the absorbent cloth having at least a portion thereof that is napped so as to define voids therein; forcing the mixture to flow through the absorbent cloth; trapping, in the absorbent cloth, contaminants from the mixture as the mixture is forced through the absorbent cloth; and absorbing, with the absorbent cloth, the oil-based fluid from the mixture while allowing the non-oil based fluid to flow through the absorbent cloth.
Claims6
A method for filtering contaminants from a mixture containing an oil-based fluid and a non-oil-based fluid, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an oil-based fluid absorbent article including an oil-based fluid absorbent cloth of man-made fibers and an oil-based fluid absorbent filler of man-made material, the absorbent cloth having at least a portion thereof that is napped so as to define voids therein;
- forcing the mixture to flow through the absorbent cloth and the absorbent filler;
- trapping, in the absorbent cloth and absorbent filler, contaminants from the mixture as the mixture is forced through the absorbent cloth and the absorbent filler;
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- absorbing, with the absorbent cloth and the absorbent filler, the oil-based fluid from the mixture while allowing the non-oil-based fluid to flow through the absorbent cloth and the absorbent filler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.