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US 9,283,509 B2Granted
Filter element
AssigneeRoki Co., Ltd.
InventorsYosuke Hio, Taisuke Sato
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Abstract
A filter element includes a filter member provided with a plurality of pleat portions and a frame body holding an outer peripheral portion of the filter member. The frame body is provided with a comb-shaped portion having a comb-tooth portion which is inserted into adjacent pleat portions and contacts to a surface of the filter member, and the comb-shaped member is formed by an insert-molding process.
Claims4
A filter element comprising:
- a filter member provided with a plurality of pleat portions;
- and
- a frame body holding an outer peripheral portion of the filter member,
- wherein the frame body is provided with a comb-shaped member having a comb-tooth portion which is inserted into adjacent pleat portions and contacts to a surface of the filter member, and the comb-shaped member is formed by an insert-molding process,
- wherein a projection is formed to at least one end of the comb-shaped member so as to extend in a longitudinal direction thereof, and
- wherein the projection is firmly embedded into the frame body, and
- wherein holding portions are formed to both the ends of the comb-shaped member at which the holding portions continuously contact so as to surround the outer peripheral edges of the ends of the comb-shaped member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.