US 11,752,457 B2
Rotary vessel for a filter assembly
Anthony W. Fell, Yeovil (GB); Robin Nash, Langport (GB); Tiago Marques, Leca da Palmeira (PT); Angus Rouse, Leeds (GB); Andy Collins, Taunton (GB); Matthew Slade, Ilminster (GB); Thomas Rowlands, Rhondda Cynon Taf (GB); and Nigel Burford, Taunton (GB)
Assigned to MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed by MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/657,693.
Application 17/657,693 is a division of application No. 16/214,097, filed on Dec. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,471,800.
Claims priority of application No. 1720492 (GB), filed on Dec. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219103 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01D 35/30 (2006.01); B01D 33/11 (2006.01); F01M 11/03 (2006.01); B01D 35/157 (2006.01); F16N 39/06 (2006.01); B04B 7/08 (2006.01); B04B 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 35/30 (2013.01) [B01D 33/11 (2013.01); B01D 35/1573 (2013.01); B04B 5/005 (2013.01); B04B 7/08 (2013.01); F01M 11/03 (2013.01); F16N 39/06 (2013.01); B01D 35/005 (2013.01); B01D 2201/40 (2013.01); B01D 2313/02 (2013.01); F16N 2039/065 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotary vessel for a filter assembly, the rotary vessel configured to be rotatably mounted in a housing of the filter assembly, the rotary vessel comprising:
a vessel body having an open end;
a cover receivable on the vessel body to close the open end;
wherein the vessel body comprises
a bearing tube extending axially through an interior of the vessel body and defining a central bore configured to receive a spindle of the filter assembly such that the rotary vessel with the vessel body and the cover are rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the spindle;
wherein the cover further comprises
an aperture, wherein the spindle protrudes through the aperture when the cover is received on the vessel body;
a releasable locking device configured to be manually operable to selectively lock and unlock the cover relative to the vessel body,
wherein the releasable locking device selectively locks the cover to the bearing tube of the vessel body;
wherein the releasable locking device comprises:
at least one radially moveable projection on the cover;
wherein the at least one projection includes one or more radially moveable lugs arranged on the aperture of the cover;
at least one recess arranged on the bearing tube of the vessel body,
wherein the at least one recess is configured to receive the one or more radially moveable lugs, and
wherein the one or more radially moveable lugs, when received in the at least one recess, limit or inhibit a relative rotation of at least a part of the cover relative to the vessel body.