US 12,318,714 B2
Removal system including removal aid and separating element
Andreas Wildermuth, Marbach (DE); Frank Pflueger, Sachsenheim (DE); and Guenter Jokschas, Murrhardt (DE)
Assigned to MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed by MANN+HUMMEL GMBH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,159.
Application 17/517,159 is a continuation of application No. 15/635,863, filed on Jun. 28, 2017, granted, now 11,161,064.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 007 849.9 (DE), filed on Jun. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0088507 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 46/42 (2006.01); B01D 29/11 (2006.01); B01D 29/21 (2006.01); B01D 29/96 (2006.01); B65G 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 29/11 (2013.01) [B01D 29/21 (2013.01); B01D 29/96 (2013.01); B01D 46/4227 (2013.01); B65G 7/12 (2013.01); B01D 2201/0415 (2013.01); B01D 2201/24 (2013.01); B01D 2201/295 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A removal system comprising:
a separating element configured to separate contaminants contained in a fluid,
wherein the separating element comprises:
a separating medium surrounding a longitudinal axis;
an end disk fixed onto an end face of the separating medium, the end disk having a collar extending axially from the end disk and comprising at least one slot; and
a removal aid configured to engage the disk to remove the separating element from a housing, the removal aid having a center axis and comprising:
a grip section having a first radially outer end and an opposite second radially outer end, the grip section spaced axially from the end disk of the separating element with the removal aid engaging the end disk;
wherein each of the first radially outer end and the opposite second radially outer end of the grip section has at least one locking finger projecting axially from the grip section;
wherein the at least one locking finger includes at least one projection configured to engage the at least one slot of the collar of the end disk with the removal aid engaging the end disk for removing the separating element from the housing.