Air cleaner element having incorporated sorption element
AssigneeAir-Maze Corporation
InventorsStaffan B. Linnersten, Patrick J. Fleming
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Abstract
A gaseous cleaner element comprising a housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet with a gas stream formed therebetween. An immobilized mass of sorption material formed in a desired shape is mounted in the housing, the gas stream passing therethrough. A particulate filter layer is mounted in the housing adjacent to the mass, the gas stream passing therethrough. The particulate filter layer is mounted upstream of the sorption material mass. The air cleaner element can be used as a replacement to existing filter elements to provide sorption and particulate filtering to air circulation systems such as cabin air filter systems.
Claims15
A gaseous cleaner comprising:
- a housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet with a gas stream formed therebetween;
- an immobilized mass of sorption material formed in a desired shape and mounted in the housing, the mass of sorption material being self-supporting, the gas stream passing through the sorption material mass;
- sealing means on opposite ends of the sorption material mass for sealing the mass to a portion of the housing, the sorption material mass being capable of supporting the sealing means and holding the sealing means in sealing engagement with the housing portion;
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- a particulate filter layer mounted in the housing adjacent to the sorption material mass, the gas stream passing therethrough, the particulate filter layer being mounted upstream of the sorption material mass.
An air cleaner element for use in a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, the element comprising:
- an immobilized self-supporting solid, permeable mass of sorption material formed in a desired shape for mounting in the housing between the air inlet and the air outlet;
- a pleated layer of a particulate filter material mounted in the housing between the air inlet and the air outlet, the pleated layer mounted adjacent to the sorption material mass and supported thereby;
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- sealing means on opposite ends of the sorption material mass for sealing the mass and the pleated layer to a portion of the housing, the sorption material mass being capable of supporting the sealing means and holding the sealing means in a sealing engagement with the housing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.