| CPC B01D 35/303 (2013.01) [B01D 29/111 (2013.01); B01D 29/13 (2013.01); B01D 35/306 (2013.01); B01D 2201/0423 (2013.01); B01D 2201/0446 (2013.01); B01D 2201/302 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
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1. A fluid filtering assembly comprising:
a support housing defined by an upward directed surface, a downward directed surface, and a through-bore that extends along an axis through the support housing between the upward directed surface and the downward directed surface;
at least one fluid inlet boss and at least one fluid outlet boss that are each formed in a radially outward directed surface of the support housing between the upward directed surface and the downward directed surface defined by the support housing;
a filter sleeve that removeably cooperates with and extends in a cantilevered manner away from the downward directed surface of the support housing and has an elongate shape constructed to accommodate a filter media being disposed therein;
a top cap that threadably cooperates with the upward directed surface of the support housing so that the top cap is located opposite the filter sleeve and each of the top cap and the filter sleeve are oriented along the axis defined by the through-bore of the support housing when secured to the support housing and the top cap engages the filter sleeve such that the filter media is removeable from the filter sleeve via either of passage of the filter media through the through-bore defined by the support housing when the top cap is removed therefrom and removal of the filter sleeve from the support housing; and
an inlet fluid flow passage and an outlet fluid flow passage defined by the top cap that are each physically aligned with the at least one fluid inlet boss and the at least one fluid outlet boss, respectively, when the top cap is engaged with the support housing and the filter media is disposed in the filter sleeve such the filter media is disposed in the fluid path between the at least one fluid inlet boss of the support housing and the inlet fluid flow passage defined by the top cap and the outlet fluid flow passage of the top cap and the at least one fluid outlet boss of the support housing a seat formed in a closed end of the filter sleeve and constructed to cooperate with an end of a filter the filter media disposed in the filter sleeve and prevent fluid flow in a radial direction around the end of the filter media, wherein the top cap further comprises a first channel formed in a portion of an outward radially directed surface and that is in fluid communication with a portion of a volume defined by the filter sleeve that is radially outward of the filter media and a second channel that is fluidly isolated from the first channel and in fluid communication with a radially oriented core of the filter media.
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