US 8,002,973 B2Granted

Lubricant purification system

AssigneePuradyn Filter Technologies, Inc.

InventorsWilliam A Jacobs, Brian A Jacobs, Frank W Lotz

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Abstract

A lubricant reclamation system having a reclamation device (100) is sectioned into three processing sections: a centralized core section (150), a peripheral filtering section (170), and a base filtering section (190). A series of peripheral conduits (172, 182) are disposed within the peripheral filtering section (170) having an entrance port (174) in communication with an inlet manifold (105) and discharging via an exit port (176) in communication with the base filter (190), a peripheral filtering material (178), or the core filtering section (150). The peripheral conduits (172, 182) can be linear, multi-directional, tapering, and spiraling. The filter is in fluid communication with a series of stacked reclamation members (130, 140). The stacked reclamation members (130, 140) provide processing and/or monitoring of the lubricant via electrical or pneumatic interface.

Claims24

Dependent claims

An oil reclamation system, the system comprising:

a filter housing providing an exterior shell and an interfacing surface, said interfacing surface comprising a series of lubricant inlet ports, at least one lubricant discharge port, and a mounting feature for providing said housing in fluid communication with a lubricant source;
an inlet manifold in fluid communication with said series of lubricant inlet ports;
a centralized filtration system disposed about a longitudinal axis, proximate a center of said filter housing, said centralized filtration system comprising a filtration configuration providing filtration and a core conduit, wherein said core conduit is in fluid communication with said at least one lubricant discharge port;
and
a peripheral filtration system disposed about an internal periphery of said filter housing, said peripheral filtration system comprising a filtering material and a plurality of peripheral conduits disposed within said filtering material, wherein said plurality of peripheral conduits are in fluid communication with said inlet manifold;
wherein said peripheral filtration system is in at least one of directly and indirectly in fluid communication with said centralized filtration system
at least one stacking array member, said at least one array member disposed between said filter housing mounting feature and said lubricant source, said stacking array member comprising:
an array body;
a lubricant outlet conduit passing through said array body;
a series of array inlet processing lubricant conduits passing through said array body and located about said outlet conduit;
and
each at least one said stacking array member further comprising at least one of:
a) an electrical receptacle in electrical communication with at least one of an electrically driven processing device and an electrically operated monitoring device, and
b) a pneumatic receptacle in pneumatic communication with at least one of a pneumatically driven processing device and a pneumatically operated monitoring device.

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An oil reclamation system, said system comprising:

a filter housing providing an exterior shell and an interfacing surface, said interfacing surface comprising a series of lubricant inlet ports, at least one lubricant discharge port, and a mounting feature for providing said housing in fluid communication with a lubricant source;
an inlet manifold in fluid communication with said series of lubricant inlet ports;
at least one filtration system enclosed within said filter housing and located in flow relation between said series of lubricant inlet ports and said at least one lubricant discharge port;
and
a stacking array member, said array member disposed between said filter housing mounting feature and said lubricant source, said stacking array member comprising:
an array body;
a lubricant outlet conduit passing through said array body and in fluid communication with said at least one lubricant discharge port;
a series of array inlet processing lubricant conduits passing through said array body and located about said outlet conduit and in fluid communication with said series of lubricant inlet ports;
and
said stacking array member further comprising at least one of:
a) an electrical receptacle in electrical communication with at least one of an electrically driven processing device and an electrically operated monitoring device, and
b) a pneumatic receptacle in pneumatic communication with at least one of a pneumatically driven processing device and a pneumatically operated monitoring device.

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An oil reclamation system, the system comprising:

a filter housing providing an exterior shell and an interfacing surface, said interfacing surface comprising a series of lubricant inlet ports, at least one lubricant discharge port, and a mounting feature for providing said housing in fluid communication with a lubricant source;
an inlet manifold in fluid communication with said series of lubricant inlet ports;
a centralized filtration system disposed about a longitudinal center of said filter housing, said centralized filtration system comprising a filtration configuration and a core conduit, wherein said core conduit is in fluid communication with said at least one lubricant discharge port;
and
a peripheral filtration system disposed about an internal periphery of said filter housing, said peripheral filtration system comprising a filtering material and a plurality of peripheral conduits disposed within said filtering material, wherein said plurality of peripheral conduits are in fluid communication with said inlet manifold;
and
a stacking array member, said array member disposed between said filter housing mounting feature and said lubricant source, said stacking array member comprising:
an array body;
a lubricant outlet conduit passing through said array body and in fluid communication with said at least one lubricant discharge port;
a series of array inlet processing lubricant conduits passing through said array body and located about said outlet conduit and in fluid communication with said series of lubricant inlet ports;
and
said stacking array member further comprising at least one of:
a) an electrical receptacle in electrical communication with at least one of an electrically driven processing device and an electrically operated monitoring device, and
b) a pneumatic receptacle in pneumatic communication with at least one of a pneumatically driven processing device and a pneumatically operated monitoring device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.