US 12,128,338 B2
Rotary vessel with a releasable locking device 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 Aug. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/364,885.
Application 17/657,693 is a division of application No. 16/214,097, filed on Dec. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,471,800, issued on Oct. 18, 2022.
Application 18/364,885 is a continuation of application No. 17/657,693, filed on Apr. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,752,457.
Claims priority of application No. 1720492 (GB), filed on Dec. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0381694 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01D 35/30 (2006.01); B01D 33/11 (2006.01); B01D 35/157 (2006.01); B04B 5/00 (2006.01); B04B 7/08 (2006.01); F01M 11/03 (2006.01); F16N 39/06 (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)] 8 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; and
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;
at least one recess arranged on the bearing tube;
wherein the cover further comprises:
an aperture, wherein the spindle protrudes through the aperture of the cover when the cover is received on the vessel body;
a releasable locking device selectively locking and unlocking the cover to the bearing tube, comprising:
at least one radially moveable projection on the cover including one or more radially moveable lugs arranged in the aperture of the cover;
wherein the at least one recess is configured to receive the one or more radially moveable lugs;
wherein the one or more radially moveable lugs, when received in the at least one recess, limits or inhibits a relative rotation of at least a part of the cover relative to the vessel body.