CPC B01D 29/21 (2013.01) [B01D 35/153 (2013.01); B01D 35/30 (2013.01); B01D 2201/0415 (2013.01); B01D 2201/295 (2013.01); B01D 2201/305 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A filter assembly comprising:
a housing comprising a vessel and a cover coupled together, the housing defining an unfiltered cavity, a filtered cavity, an inlet, and an outlet;
a stop valve comprising a stop valve body configured to move between a stop valve closed position and a stop valve open position, the stop valve body biased toward the stop valve closed position by a stop valve biasing member, the inlet in fluid communication with the unfiltered cavity when the stop valve body is in the stop valve open position;
an anti-drain valve comprising an anti-drain valve body configured to move between an anti-drain valve closed position and an anti-drain valve open position, the anti-drain valve body biased toward the anti-drain valve closed position by an anti-drain valve biasing member, the outlet in fluid communication with the filtered cavity when the anti-drain valve body is in the anti-drain valve open position; and
a filter cartridge positionable within the housing, the filter cartridge comprising:
a filter media configured to filter a fluid;
a top endplate; and
a bottom endplate comprising a rib having a rib end face engaging with the stop valve to move the stop valve body from the stop valve closed position to the stop valve open position when the filter cartridge is positioned within the housing, the rib defining a hard stop for the stop valve body in the stop valve open position, the stop valve body being configured and arranged such that a portion of the stop valve body extends into the inlet if the filter cartridge over-engages the stop valve body and moves the stop valve body to the stop valve closed position when the stop valve body moves beyond the hard stop.
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