CPC E02D 29/149 (2013.01) [B01D 29/232 (2013.01); B01D 29/52 (2013.01); B01D 35/147 (2013.01); B01D 2201/0446 (2013.01); B01D 2201/295 (2013.01); B01D 2201/342 (2013.01); B01D 2201/4015 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
1. A filter assembly for use with a filter housing; the filter assembly including:
(a) a pleated media pack forming an interior;
(b) a first end cap secured to a first end of the pleated media pack;
(c) a filter cap secured to an opposite second end of the pleated media pack; wherein the first end cap includes:
(i) an external sidewall and a center opening in communication with the interior of the pleated media pack;
(ii) an outwardly directed gasket around and against the external sidewall; and
(iii) a plurality of radially spaced locking grooves in the sidewall and axially between the gasket and the filter cap; each of the locking grooves positioned about the sidewall and structured to receive a pin from the filter housing having a plurality of pins; each of the locking grooves having an inlet for one of the pins extending through a lower wall of the sidewall, the lower wall being at an end of the sidewall adjacent the pleated media pack and axially between the gasket and the filter cap.
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