Pressure vessel and recyclable filter cartridge
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01D-027/08
B01D-035/30
출원번호
US-0459385
(2003-06-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Reid,Roger P.
출원인 / 주소
Reid,Roger P.
대리인 / 주소
Pedersen & Co., PLLC
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초록▼
A filter assembly is described that includes a substantially recyclable filter cartridge inside a pressure vessel. The invented filter cartridge comprises substantially non-pressure bearing walls, except for a pressure-bearing neck or cap with neck that is adapted to withstand high pressures prefera
A filter assembly is described that includes a substantially recyclable filter cartridge inside a pressure vessel. The invented filter cartridge comprises substantially non-pressure bearing walls, except for a pressure-bearing neck or cap with neck that is adapted to withstand high pressures preferably in the range of at least 200 psi, and more preferably at least 475 psi from the inside. The walls of the filter cartridge that are incapable of withstanding significant internal pressure are surrounded on the outside by a pressure vessel. The invented cartridge need not seal to the pressure vessel, because the cartridge neck protrudes outside of the pressure vessel to seal directly to a filter head. The cartridge preferably includes a quick-disassembly mechanism for allowing quick and non-destructive access to the internal components and media of the cartridge.
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I claim: 1. A liquid filter assembly for connection to a filter head, the filter assembly comprising a pressure vessel and a filter cartridge removably received in the pressure vessel, the filter cartridge comprising: a generally cylindrical housing surrounding an interior volume receiving filter m
I claim: 1. A liquid filter assembly for connection to a filter head, the filter assembly comprising a pressure vessel and a filter cartridge removably received in the pressure vessel, the filter cartridge comprising: a generally cylindrical housing surrounding an interior volume receiving filter media and having a central longitudinal axis and a radial dimension transverse to the central longitudinal axis, the housing having a housing wall comprising an axial outer sidewall with an outer diameter, a generally radial outer bottom wall forming a cartridge bottom end, a generally radial outer top wall forming a cartridge top end, and the housing further having a neck upending axially from the top wall at or near said central longitudinal axis, wherein the neck has a neck outer diameter that is smaller than the outer diameter of said outer sidewall; wherein the neck comprises a neck wall with an outer surface, an inner surface, a neck lower end attached to the top wall, and a tube member generally coaxial with the neck wall and having a central axial passage, the tube member being spaced from the neck wall inner surface to create a neck annular passage between the tube member and the neck wall, wherein said central axial passage and said neck annular passage are liquid inlet and outlet passages for the filter cartridge; wherein the neck wall has a thickness adapted to withstand pressure in the neck annular passage at least 200 psi greater than pressure outside the neck wall; wherein said pressure vessel surrounds and reinforces the entire housing except for the neck, the pressure vessel having a generally radial upper wall with an aperture through which the neck protrudes and wherein said upper wall extends from near the outer sidewall of the housing across the top wall of the housing generally radially to the lower end of the neck wall to cover and reinforce the entire cartridge top end except for the neck; and wherein said pressure vessel comprises a first portion and a second portion adapted to be detached from each other so that the pressure vessel is openable for removing of said filter cartridge from the pressure vessel. 2. The liquid filter assembly of claim 1, wherein the neck outer diameter is about half the outer sidewall outer diameter. 3. The liquid filter assembly of claim 1, wherein the neck wall has a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.125 inches. 4. The liquid filter assembly of claim 3, wherein the housing wall has a thickness in the range of 0.05-0.70 inches. 5. The liquid filter assembly of claim 3, wherein the housing wall has a thickness of less than about half of the neck wall thickness. 6. The liquid filter assembly of claim 3, wherein the neck wall is polypropylene and wherein the housing wall is polypropylene and has a thickness of about half of the neck wall thickness. 7. The liquid filter assembly of claim 1, wherein the housing wall has a thickness adapted to withstand a pressure inside the housing wall of no more than 10 psi greater than outside the housing wall. 8. The liquid filter assembly of claim 1, wherein said filter housing wall is plastic and comprises a latch that is unlatchable so that the filter housing wall is openable for emptying of media out from the filter cartridge and recycling of the plastic of the housing wall. 9. The liquid filter assembly of claim 8, wherein said housing wall comprises a body portion and a cap portion and said latch comprises a tab on said body portion extending into said cap portion, and wherein the latch is unlatchable by cutting the tab off of the body. 10. The liquid filter assembly of claim 1, wherein said neck wall comprises a sealing member for sealing to a fluid passage of a filter head, and said tube member comprises a sealing member for sealing to a fluid passage of the filter head, and wherein the filter cartridge comprises no means for liquid-sealing the filter cartridge to a filter head other than said sealing member of the neck wall and said sealing member of the tube member. 11. The liquid filter assembly of claim 1, wherein said pressure vessel does not fluid-seal to the filter cartridge. 12. A filter system comprising a liquid filter assembly and a filter head with inlet and outlet fluid passage, the filter assembly comprising a pressure vessel and a filter cartridge removably received in the pressure vessel, the filter cartridge comprising: a generally cylindrical housing surrounding an interior volume receiving filter media and having a central longitudinal axis and a radial dimension transverse to the central longitudinal axis, the housing having a housing wall comprising an axial outer sidewall with an outer diameter, a generally radial outer bottom wall forming a cartridge bottom end, a generally radial outer top wall forming a cartridge top end, and the housing further having a neck upending axially from the top wall at or near said central longitudinal axis, wherein the neck has a neck outer diameter that is smaller than the outer diameter of said outer sidewall; wherein the neck comprises a neck wall with an outer surface, an inner surface, a neck lower end attached to the top wall, a liquid seal member on the neck wall, and a tube member generally coaxial with the neck wall and having an central axial passage, the tube member being spaced from the neck wall inner surface to create a neck annular passage between the tube member and the neck wall and the tube member having a liquid seal member, wherein the central axial passage and the neck annular passage are liquid inlet passage and liquid outlet passages for the filter cartridge; wherein the neck wall has a thickness adapted to withstand pressure in the neck annular passage at least 200 psi greater than pressure outside the neck wall; wherein the pressure vessel surrounds and reinforces the entire housing except for the neck, wherein the pressure vessel has a generally radial upper wall with an aperture through which the neck protrudes and wherein said upper wall extends from near the outer sidewall of the housing generally radially across the top wall of the housing to the lower end of the neck wall to cover and reinforce the entire cartridge top end except for the neck; and wherein the pressure vessel is mechanically connected to the filter head and wherein the tube member liquid seal member and the neck wall liquid seal member seal to said inlet and outlet filter head passages so that liquid flows from the filter head in and out of the filter cartridge via the central axial passage and the neck annular passage and does not contact any surfaces of the filter head except said inlet and outlet filter head passages, does not contact the pressure vessel, and does not contact the neck wall outer surface below said liquid seal member of the neck wall, for minimizing surface area of filter head and external surface area of the filter cartridge exposed to the liquid during use. 13. The liquid filter assembly of claim 12, wherein the neck outer diameter is about half the outer sidewall outer diameter. 14. The filter system of claim 12, wherein the neck wall has a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.125 inches. 15. The filter system of claim 14, wherein the housing wall has a thickness in the range of 0.05-0.70 inches. 16. The filter system of claim 14, wherein the housing wall has a thickness of less than about half of the neck wall thickness. 17. The filter system of claim 14, wherein the neck wall is polypropylene and wherein the housing wall is polypropylene and has a thickness of about half of the neck wall thickness. 18. The filter system of claim 12, wherein the housing wall has a thickness adapted to withstand a pressure inside the housing wall of no more than 10 psi greater than outside the housing wall. 19. The filter system of claim 12, wherein said neck wall comprises a sealing member for sealing to a fluid passage of a filter head, and said tube member comprises a sealing member for sealing to a fluid passage of the filter head, and wherein the filter cartridge comprises no means for liquid-sealing the filter cartridge to a filter head other than said sealing member of the neck wall and said sealing member of the tube member. 20. The filter system of claim 12, wherein said pressure vessel does not fluid-seal to the filter cartridge and does not fluid-seal to the filter head. 21. A liquid filter assembly for connection to a filter head, the assembly comprising a pressure vessel adapted to mechanically connect to the filter head, and a filter cartridge removably received in the pressure vessel, the filter cartridge comprising a cartridge housing having a bottom wall and an axial sidewall covered by the pressure vessel, and a top end having a radial wall and a neck having a lower end located generally centrally on the radial wall, wherein the neck upends axially from the radial wall and has both liquid inlet and outlet passages adapted to seal to the filter head for liquid communication with the filter head; and wherein the pressure vessel has a radial portion extending radially across said radial wall of the filter cartridge to said lower end of the neck, so that said pressure vessel reinforces the entirety of the cartridge housing except the neck. 22. A filter assembly as in claim 21, wherein said pressure vessel radial portion comprises no liquid-seal to the filter head and no liquid-seal to the filter cartridge. 23. A filter assembly as in claim 21, wherein said radial portion of the pressure vessel has a circular top aperture through which the neck upends for connection to the filter head. 24. A filter assembly as in claim 21, wherein said pressure vessel comprises a pressure body that extends across said bottom wall and up along said axial sidewall, and a removable pressure cap that connects to the pressure body and comprises said radial portion that extends across and covers the entirety of said radial wall of the top end of the cartridge housing. 25. A filter assembly as in claim 24, wherein the pressure cap is the portion of the pressure vessel adapted for mechanical connection to the filter head. 26. A filter assembly as in claim 24, wherein the pressure cap connects to the pressure body by a threaded connection. 27. A filter assembly as in claim 24, wherein said filter cartridge comprises a cartridge body and a cartridge cap detachably connected to each other by a latch mechanism, wherein said cartridge body comprises said bottom wall and said axial sidewall, and wherein said cartridge cap comprises said radial wall and said neck. 28. A filter assembly as in claim 12, wherein said pressure cap is removable from the pressure body to allow removal of the filter cartridge from the pressure vessel, and the cartridge cap is removable from the cartridge body by said latch mechanism to allow access to filter media contained within the cartridge housing. 29. A filter assembly as in claim 28, wherein said latch mechanism comprises a plurality of tabs on said cartridge cap and corresponding slots in said cartridge body that receive said tabs. 30. A filter assembly as in claim 28, wherein said latch mechanism comprises tabs on an outer wall of the cartridge cap extending into slots in the cartridge body, and the cartridge housing is openable by the tabs being cut off of the cartridge cap outer wall. 31. A filter assembly as in claim 21, wherein the cartridge housing is plastic and has a wall thickness in a range of 0.05-0.07 inches, and wherein the neck has an outer wall that is plastic and has a neck wall thickness greater or equal to 0.125 inches, so that the only pressure-bearing portion of the cartridge housing is the neck and the total amount of plastic in the cartridge housing is minimized for improved recycling. 32. A filter assembly as in claim 21, wherein the entire cartridge housing, except for said neck, has a wall thickness that can withstand without rupturing an internal pressure of no greater than 10 psi higher than atmospheric pressure, so that the only pressure-bearing portion of the cartridge housing is the neck and the total amount of plastic in the cartridge housing is minimized for improved recycling. 33. A filter assembly as in claim 21, wherein the neck has an outer wall with a thickness, and said bottom wall, axial sidewall, and said top end radial wall have wall thicknesses less than half the neck outer wall thickness, so that the only pressure-bearing portion of the cartridge housing is the neck and the total amount of plastic in the cartridge housing is minimized for improved recycling. 34. A filter assembly as in claim 21, wherein the entire cartridge housing, except for said neck, has a wall thickness that is adapted to be non-pressure bearing.
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