Filter housing with interchangeable filter mounting plate
OwnerEric H. Simonsoninventor
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Abstract
A fluid treatment housing system for fluid filter elements including a first housing member, a second housing member and an interchangeable mounting plate on which one or more filter elements are mounted. The mounting plate may be a substantially flat plate or a basket type structure to accommodate various inside-out and outside-in filter elements. Additionally, more than one mounting plate may be used in a single system so that the system can include both pre and post fluid treatment.
Claims20
A fluid treatment element housing system comprising a first housing member having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a second housing member and a plurality of reversably interchangeable mounting plates, wherein the interchangeable mounting plates comprise at least a first mounting plate comprising one or more apertures each having a mount for releasably mounting a first type fluid treatment element thereon and a second mounting plate comprising one or more apertures each having a mount for releasably mounting a second type fluid treatment element thereon, and further wherein the fluid inlet and fluid outlet remain unchanged regardless of the mounting plate used.
A fluid treatment element housing system comprising a first housing member having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and at least one of a plurality of reversably interchangeable second housing members and a plurality of reversably interchangeable mounting plates, wherein the reversably interchangeable second housing members, when used, comprise a at least a substantially flat second housing member which cannot house fluid treatment elements and a substantially domed second housing member which can house fluid treatment elements and wherein the reversably interchangeable mounting plates, when used, comprise at least a first mounting plate comprising one or more apertures each having a mount for releasably mounting a first type fluid treatment element thereon and a second mounting plate comprising one or more apertures each having a further where mount for releasably mounting a second type fluid treatment element thereon, and the fluid inlet and fluid outlet remain unchanged regardless of the second housing member and mounting plate used.
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