Manifold bracket assembly for a modular encapsulated water treatment system
AssigneeMaxtec Plastics, Inc.
InventorShih-Ping Lee
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Abstract
A manifold bracket assembly has a bracket body and multiple filter heads. The filter heads are mounted on the bracket body, and each filter head has an outer casing, a filter connector, two keyed tabs and two tab fasteners. The filter connector and the keyed tabs are securely mounted in the outer casing by the tab fasteners. The filter connector has multiple hose connectors. The keyed tabs are mounted respectively in two tab holes in the filter connector, and each keyed tab has a key block formed on the inner surface of the keyed tab. Accordingly, the filter heads can be easily and conveniently connected with each other by hoses connected to the hose connectors.
Claims12
A manifold bracket assembly for a modular encapsulated water treatment system comprising:
- a bracket body;
- and
- multiple filter heads mounted on the bracket body, with each filter head comprising:
- an outer casing mounted on the bracket body and having
- an inner surface;
- and
- two securing recesses defined in the inner surface of the outer casing;
- a tubular filter connector mounted in the outer casing and having
- an outer surface;
- two tab holes defined through the outer surface of the tubular filter connector and aligning respectively with the two securing recesses in the outer casing;
- and
- multiple hose connectors mounted on the tubular filter connector;
- two keyed tabs mounted respectively in the two tab holes in the tubular filter connector, with each keyed tab having an inner surface and a key block formed on the inner surface of the keyed tab;
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- two tab fasteners mounted respectively in and protruding partially out of the two tab holes and extending respectively into the two securing recesses to securely hold the tubular filter connector in the outer casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.