METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEHYDRATING A VEHICLE LAMP HOUSING
    3.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEHYDRATING A VEHICLE LAMP HOUSING 审中-公开
    方法和设备进行干燥车辆的灯壳

    公开(公告)号:EP1250553A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-10-23

    申请号:EP01946925.3

    申请日:2001-01-25

    IPC分类号: F21V31/00

    CPC分类号: F21S45/33 F21S41/43

    摘要: A regenerable desiccant filter assembly, for use in a vehicle lamp housing, includes a hollow body defining a chamber therein, the hollow body having an inlet and an outlet formed therein to allow air to flow from an area outside said hollow body into and through the hollow body. A substrate, which is a nonwoven fiber mat, is housed within the hollow body; and a regenerable liquid desiccant composition is distributed on the substrate. Preferably, the fibers making up the substrate have hollow internal cavities formed therein, and extended openings formed in the sides thereof in communication with the internal cavities. Preferably, the desiccant composition is an alkali halide or an alkaline earth halide. Most preferably the desiccant composition is selected from the group consisting of lithium chloride, calcium chloride and magnesium chloride. In specific embodiments, the desiccant filter may be combined with a bulb shield or with a bulb socket member. A method of dehydrating air flowing into a ventilation opening in a vehicle lamp housing, using the inventive apparatus, is also disclosed.

    MULTI-STAGED FLUID FILTER, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
    7.
    发明公开
    MULTI-STAGED FLUID FILTER, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME 审中-公开
    多级流体过滤及其制备方法及应用

    公开(公告)号:EP1285052A2

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-26

    申请号:EP01937241.6

    申请日:2001-05-08

    IPC分类号: C10M175/00 B01D27/00

    摘要: A fluid filter increases the useful life of the filtered fluid by removing contaminants therefrom, and may optionally provide for in-line delivery of additives to the filtered fluid. The filter may be an oil filter, a fuel filter, or other fluid filter. The fluid filter includes a casing which defines a hollow space therein, a mechanically active filter element within that space, and a chemically active filter element also retained within the hollow space proximate the mechanically active filter element. The chemically active filter element includes a nonwoven web made up of a plurality of fibers. Each fiber has a longitudinally extending internal cavity formed therein, and a corresponding longitudinally extending slot opening from that internal cavity to the outer surface of the fiber. Preferably each fiber has multiple lobes extending radially outwardly from a central stem, and each lobe cooperates with an adjacent lobe to define a longitudinally extending internal cavity and a corresponding slot therebetween. In order to remove contaminants or to supply additives to lubricating oil, the internal cavities, of each of the chemically active filter fibers, are supplied with a chemical reagent therein.