Filter cartridge with mounting apparatus and method of filter replacement for a cyclonic separation system

A cyclonic separation system, filter cartridge mounting apparatus comprising:

• a top mounting flange;
• a retainer plate, removably connectable to said top mounting flange;
• a bottom plate;
• and
• tie bracing connected to said mounting flange and said bottom plate, wherein said mounting apparatus is configured to be mounted, via said top mounting flange, within a cyclonic separation chamber, wherein said tie bracing is configured to extend along an internal wall of said separation chamber.

A cyclonic separation system, filter apparatus comprising:

• a filter cartridge comprising:
• a cylindrical filter body formed from a filter material into at least thirty pleats having a solid bottom surface and an open top surface, wherein outwardly extending edges of said plurality of pleats form an approximate outer diameter of said cylindrical filter body;
• a rigid inner cylindrical core disposed longitudinally within the center of said cylindrical filter body, said rigid inner cylindrical core forming an inner wall and an inner diameter of the cylindrical filter body;
• a top cap member substantially covering said open top surface except for a central circular opening having a diameter equal to said inner diameter;
• and
• a handle attached to either said rigid inner cylindrical core or to said top cap member, extending across said inner diameter;
• and
• a filter cartridge mounting apparatus comprising:
• a top mounting flange;
• a retainer plate, removably connectable to said top mounting flange;
• a bottom plate;
• tie bracing connected to said mounting flange and said bottom plate, wherein said mounting apparatus is configured to be mounted, via said top mounting flange, within a cyclonic separation chamber, wherein said tie bracing is configured to extend along an internal wall of said separation chamber;
• and
• a ring, wherein a bottom surface of said ring is connected to a top surface of said bottom plate and wherein an outer wall of said ring is connected to an internal surface of said tie bracing, said ring configured to surround an outer diameter of said cylindrical filter cartridge to restrict movement of said filter cartridge.

A method of replacing a filter cartridge of a cyclonic separation system, the method comprising:

• removing a top retainer plate from a cyclonic separation system, filter cartridge mounting apparatus;
• removing a single pleated cylindrical filter cartridge from said filter cartridge mounting apparatus;
• replacing the single pleated cylindrical filter cartridge with a different single cylindrical filter cartridge within said filter cartridge mounting apparatus;
• replacing said top retainer plate.