Oil filtration vessel
AssigneeFiltertech Inc.
InventorJoseph El-Hindi
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Abstract
A filter system having individual compartments, a removable filter rack in each compartment, and an array of filter elements positioned in candle housing that are moveable into and out of the filter racks. Each compartment has an independent set of dirty oil inlets, clean oil outlets, overflow outlets, and air purge inlets, and is fluidly separated from adjacent compartments by the interior walls of the frame. Each rack may be disengaged from the various pipes and removed from the frame without disengaging the racks in adjoining compartments. As a result, the filter elements may be serviced without having to take the entire system off-line.
Claims11
A vessel for filtering oil, comprising:
- a frame defining at least one compartment having a female connector fixedly mounted inside the compartment;
- at least two brackets mounted inside the compartment;
- an inlet pipe for injecting dirty oil into said compartment;
- a tubular rack having a plurality of cam followers for sliding engaging said brackets and a male connector for selectively engaging said female connector, such that said male connector engages said female connector when said rack is positioned within said compartment and said male connector disengages from said female connector as said rack is withdrawn from said compartment;
- at least one candle housing including a plurality of filter elements removeably positioned in said rack and in fluid communication with said rack;
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- an outlet pipe interconnected to said female connector for removing clean oil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.