초록 ▼

Air enters the contamination control breather through openings in the top cap of the breather. Air then passes through air channels in the top cap. Dust particles are filtered by a filter assembly near the top of the breather, which also diffuses the air. The diffused air then passes through materia

Air enters the contamination control breather through openings in the top cap of the breather. Air then passes through air channels in the top cap. Dust particles are filtered by a filter assembly near the top of the breather, which also diffuses the air. The diffused air then passes through material which removes moisture, other gases, and liquids from the air. The air is then passed through another filtration layer to remove the desiccant particles from the air. The clean and dry air ultimately passes to a container or machinery, that uses filtered air, through an aperture in the bottom cap of the breather. The bottom cap can be permanently attached to the container so that only the elongated body and the filter assemblies need to be replaced when the desiccant reaches its maximum adsorption capacity.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A contamination control breather that processes unfiltered air into filtered air, the breather comprising:an air impervious elongated body open at a first distal end of the body and a second distal end of the body;a first cap attached to said first end for allowing the

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A contamination control breather that processes unfiltered air into filtered air, the breather comprising:an air impervious elongated body open at a first distal end of the body and a second distal end of the body;a first cap attached to said first end for allowing the filtered air to exit the elongated body through an aperture in said first cap;a second cap attached to said second end for allowing the unfiltered air to enter said elongated body to pass through said elongated body to said first cap;wherein said aperture in said first cap connects to a neck, said neck being air impermeably attached to a container that uses filtered air; andwherein said first cap further comprises a metal plate with an aperture therethrough, for reinforcing said first cap, wherein said aperture of said metal plate is collocated with said aperture of said first cap.