Filter elements; air cleaner; assembly; and, methods
AssigneeDonaldson Company, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Joseph Krisko, Wayne R. W. Bishop, Steven Scott Gieseke, Carolyn J. Finnerty, David W. Nelson
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Abstract
A filter element, a safety element and fluid cleaner assembly. The fluid cleaner assembly generally includes a housing having a cover and a primary fluid cleaner section. The element generally comprises z-filter media, arranged in a straight through configuration, and an axial seal gasket positioned to extend continuously around at outer perimeter of the straight through flow construction. The fluid cleaner assembly can have a precleaner positioned therein. Methods of assembly and use are provided.
Claims19
An air cleaner comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) a primary filter element operably installed within the housing;
- the primary filter element including a media construction having an inlet flow end and an outlet flow end and wherein the primary filter element is configured to provide straight through flow;
- (i) the primary filter element having a cross-sectional configuration including a pair of spaced opposite curved ends;
- (ii) the primary filter element including an axial seal member extending completely peripherally around the media construction and axially sealed to a portion of the housing, the seal member including first and second opposite sides and an outer annular surface;
- the first and second opposite sides of the seal member being compressed axially toward one another in sealing the primary filter element to the housing;
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- (iii) a frame member including a band extending completely, peripherally, around the filter media construction of the primary filter element and a projection extending radially therefrom;
- (A) said projection extending completely, peripherally, around said filter media construction;
- and,
- (B) said axial seal member being mounted on the frame member projection;
- and,
- (c) a precleaner upstream of the primary filter element;
- the precleaner including multiple centrifugal separators and an ejection tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.