Push filter with floating key lock
    71.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09901852B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-27

    申请号:US14800725

    申请日:2015-07-16

    Abstract: A filter assembly for fluid filtration having a push-activated lock and release mechanism. A push filter design activates a floating key lock upon insertion and extraction, where the filter key may be used simultaneously as a lock and as an identifier for particular filter attributes. The filter base may be situated inline, and in fluid communication, with influent and effluent piping, such as within a refrigerator. The filter housing assembly may be attached to, and removed from, the filter base by a push-actuated release. Upon insertion, the filter key shifts the filter lock longitudinally to receive interlocking segments. Upon extraction, the same axial push shifts the filter lock further to align the interlocking fingers within gaps that allow for easy extraction. The specific key lock design allows a user to identify and match certain filter configurations received by the mechanical support, and reject other filter configurations.

    Hollow Filter Element, Filter, and Housing Section of a Filter

    公开(公告)号:US20170361252A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-21

    申请号:US15624804

    申请日:2017-06-16

    Abstract: A hollow filter element of a fluid filter has a filter element-associated retention/carrier device of a retention/carrier system retaining the filter element in a first housing section of a filter housing during installation/removal in or from a second housing section by rotation and/or insertion movement. The filter element-associated retention/carrier device has a retention/carrier part extending radially and circumferentially and has through holes adjacent thereto extending circumferentially so as to enable a filter housing-associated retention/carrier part of the retention/carrier system to pass through axially. This retention/carrier part has a tensile face extending circumferentially and radially on a side facing away from an end face of the filter element facing the first housing section. This retention/carrier part has a rear side in circumferential direction. A space axially adjacent to the tensile face is connected on the rear side to a through hole for guiding through the filter housing-associated retention/carrier part.

    Filter assembly
    77.
    发明授权
    Filter assembly 有权
    过滤器组件

    公开(公告)号:US09504939B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-29

    申请号:US14221379

    申请日:2014-03-21

    Abstract: A filter element includes a substantially cylindrical center tube having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a central longitudinal axis. The filter element also includes filter media extending circumferentially around and longitudinally along the center tube, and a plate connected to the center tube proximate the first end. The plate includes an orifice and a cap. The orifice includes a pilot feature configured to locate the filter element at a single circumferential position relative to the longitudinal axis, the cap extending from a top surface of the plate toward the second end and having an inner wall configured to mate with a drain plug. In such embodiments, the orifice and the cap are disposed radially inward of an inner circumference of the center tube, and at least one of the orifice and the cap extends circumferentially around an additional longitudinal axis spaced radially from the central longitudinal axis of the center tube.

    Abstract translation: 过滤元件包括基本上圆柱形的中心管,其具有第一端,与第一端相对的第二端和中心纵向轴线。 过滤元件还包括围绕中心管周向和纵向延伸的过滤介质,以及靠近第一端连接到中心管的板。 板包括孔和盖。 孔口包括引导部件,其被配置为将过滤元件相对于纵向轴线定位在单个周向位置,帽从板的顶表面朝向第二端延伸并且具有被配置为与排水塞匹配的内壁。 在这种实施例中,孔口和盖子设置在中心管的内圆周的径向内侧,并且孔口和盖子中的至少一个围绕围绕中心管的中心纵向轴线径向间隔开的附加纵向轴线周向延伸 。

    TOP LOAD LIQUID FILTER ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM, AND METHODS
    78.
    发明申请
    TOP LOAD LIQUID FILTER ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM, AND METHODS 有权
    顶部负载液体过滤器组件,系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160271533A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-22

    申请号:US14661921

    申请日:2015-03-18

    Abstract: A top load liquid filter assembly includes a filter lockout mechanism to ensure that the filter base and cover are not connectable unless there is a proper filter cartridge installed therein. The filter system can also include an automatic drain mechanism and a cartridge retention mechanism. One example embodiment further includes an air bleed vent. A filter cartridge usable in the topload liquid filter assembly includes first and second protrusions and cover-gripper members. Methods of use, installing, servicing, and retaining can be practiced.

    Abstract translation: 顶部负载液体过滤器组件包括过滤器锁定机构,以确保过滤器基座和盖子不可连接,除非安装有适当的过滤器滤芯。 过滤系统还可以包括自动排水机构和料盒保持机构。 一个示例实施例还包括排气口。 可用于顶部载荷液体过滤器组件中的过滤器滤芯包括第一和第二突起和盖 - 夹持构件。 可以实施使用,安装,维修和保留的方法。

    FILTER HAVING A FILTER BYPASS VALVE, AND FILTER INSERT THEREFOR
    79.
    发明申请
    FILTER HAVING A FILTER BYPASS VALVE, AND FILTER INSERT THEREFOR 审中-公开
    带过滤器旁路阀的过滤器及其过滤器

    公开(公告)号:US20160220931A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-04

    申请号:US14917902

    申请日:2014-09-06

    Inventor: Wilhelm Ardes

    Abstract: A filter having a filter housing, an inlet for liquid to be filtered and an outlet for filtered liquid. An exchangeable filter insert separates an unfiltered side and a filtered side of the filter. A filter bypass valve has a valve seat and a valve body guided so as to be movable relative to the valve seat and preloaded in the closing direction. The valve seat is fixed to the filter. The valve body is guided in the filter so as to be fixed to the filter. A spring that preloads the valve body in the closing direction is guided in the filter so as to be fixed to the filter. The filter insert has a spring support that, in the state in which the insert is placed into the filter housing, supports and pre-stresses the spring at its end facing away from the valve body.

    Abstract translation: 具有过滤器壳体,待过滤液体的入口和用于过滤液体的出口的过滤器。 可交换的过滤器插入件分离过滤器的未过滤侧和过滤侧。 过滤器旁通阀具有阀座和阀体,其被引导为能够相对于阀座移动并且在关闭方向上预加载。 阀座固定在过滤器上。 阀体在过滤器中被引导以固定到过滤器。 在关闭方向上预加载阀体的弹簧在过滤器中被引导以固定到过滤器。 过滤器插入件具有弹簧支撑件,其在插入件被放置到过滤器壳体中的状态下支撑并且在其远离阀体的端部预应力弹簧。

    Keyed system for connection of filter cartridge to filter holder
    80.
    发明授权
    Keyed system for connection of filter cartridge to filter holder 有权
    滤芯连接滤芯的键控系统

    公开(公告)号:US09314722B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-19

    申请号:US14099312

    申请日:2013-12-06

    Applicant: Roger P. Reid

    Inventor: Roger P. Reid

    Abstract: A filter and its holder each have a keyed surface, one being a protruding “key” and one being a recessed “lock,” wherein cooperation of these keyed surfaces is required in order for the filter to be installed in the holder. Modification/adaptation of the keyed surfaces, by changing the location, number and length of the key protrusions and cooperating recesses during manufacture, allows various sets of mating filters and holders to be produced so that only mating/matching filters and holders may be connected together. The keyed protrusions are preferably located on an upper shoulder or on protruding flange(s) of the upper end of the filter. The cooperating recess structure inside the filter holder comprises axial recesses that allow axial insertion of the key protrusions, and hence the filter, into the holder and also a circumferential recesses portion that receives multiple key protrusions to retain the filter in the holder. This way, multiple key protrusions slide into and are retained in a single circumferential recess/slot, rather than each key protrusion being received in its own separate circumferential recess/slot.

    Abstract translation: 过滤器及其保持器各自具有带键表面,一个是突出的“键”,一个是凹入的“锁定”,其中需要这些键合表面的协作以使过滤器安装在保持器中。 通过在制造过程中改变键突起和配合凹槽的位置,数量和长度来改变键盘表面的修改/改编,允许制造各种配套的过滤器和保持器,使得仅配合/匹配过滤器和保持器可以连接在一起 。 键合的突起优选地位于过滤器的上端的上肩部或突出的凸缘上。 过滤器保持器内部的配合凹槽结构包括轴向凹槽,其允许将键突起部以及因此的过滤器轴向插入到保持器中,并且还包括容纳多个键突起以将过滤器保持在保持器中的周向凹部。 这样,多个键突起滑入并保持在单个周向凹槽/槽中,而不是每个键突起被容纳在其自己的独立的周向凹槽/槽中。

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