Methods for moving a filter along a manifold assembly; filter arrangements including a filter and a manifold assembly; and filters
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01D-021/24
B01D-029/46
B01D-035/31
B01D-035/30
출원번호
US-0068851
(2013-10-31)
등록번호
US-9757670
(2017-09-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Lam, Vincent
Vanderheyden, Jacob Peter
Foohey, Mark William
출원인 / 주소
Pall Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Leydig Voit & Mayer
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초록▼
To move a filter along a manifold assembly the filter may be seated on a moveable shuttle assembly. Seating the filter on the shuttle assembly may include mating a key portion on the filter with a key portion on the shuttle assembly, each key portion corresponding to a filtration characteristic of t
To move a filter along a manifold assembly the filter may be seated on a moveable shuttle assembly. Seating the filter on the shuttle assembly may include mating a key portion on the filter with a key portion on the shuttle assembly, each key portion corresponding to a filtration characteristic of the filter. The shuttle assembly and the seated filter may then be moved between a first position, wherein the key portions of the filter and the shuttle assembly are mated to one another and first and second fittings of the filter are spaced from first and second fittings of the manifold assembly, and a second position, wherein the key portions of the filter and the shuttle assembly are mated to one another and the first and second fittings of the filter sealingly engage the first and second fittings of the manifold assembly.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for moving a filter along a manifold assembly, the filter having a permeable filter medium and having a filtration characteristic comprising permeable filter medium removal or permeable filter medium retention rating, permeable filter medium material, permeable filter medium surface area
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A method for moving a filter along a manifold assembly, the filter having a permeable filter medium and having a filtration characteristic comprising permeable filter medium removal or permeable filter medium retention rating, permeable filter medium material, permeable filter medium surface area, type of fluid to be filtered by the filter, flow rate or pressure drop associated with the filter and/or permeable filter medium wettability; first and second filter fittings, the first filter fitting comprising a filter inlet fitting and the second filter fitting comprising a filter outlet fitting; a housing defining a fluid flow path within the housing between the first and second filter fittings, the first and second filter fittings being in fluid communication with the fluid flow path, the permeable filter medium being arranged in the fluid flow path within the housing to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path, wherein the housing includes a housing body having a longitudinal axis and a flange positioned on an upper region of the housing body and extending outwardly in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the flange includes an outwardly-facing wall; and a filter key portion including first and second key elements spaced from one another on the outwardly-facing wall of the flange, the manifold assembly comprising a manifold body comprising first and second manifold fittings, a shuttle assembly moveably mounted to the manifold body, and an actuator mechanism for moving the shuttle assembly, the shuttle assembly comprising a carriage for receiving and supporting the filter, the carriage having an open end, side walls comprising shelves, and a rear wall and a carriage key portion including first and second carriage key elements spaced from one another on the rear wall; the method comprising:inserting the filter into the open end of the carriage such that the first and second filter key elements face the first and second carriage key elements and seating the filter on the shelves of the side walls of the carriage, including mating the first and second filter key elements, wherein the first and second filter key elements have a configuration that corresponds to a filtration characteristic of the filter, and to the first and second carriage key elements, respectively, wherein the first and second carriage key elements have a configuration that corresponds to the filtration characteristic of the filter and is mateable with the configuration of the first and second filter key elements, andactuating the actuator mechanism and moving the shuttle assembly and the seated filter from a first position, wherein the first and second filter key elements are mated to the first and second carriage key elements, respectively, and the first and second filter fittings are spaced from first and second manifold fittings, to a second position, wherein the first and second filter key elements are mated to the first and second carriage key elements, respectively, and the first and second filter fittings sealingly engage the first and second manifold fittings, respectively. 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising actuating the actuator mechanism and moving the shuttle assembly from the second position to the first position to disengage the first and second filter fittings from the first and second manifold fittings. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the shuttle assembly comprises a carriage assembly comprising the carriage, and moving the shuttle assembly includes moving the carriage assembly between the first and second positions in response to movement of the actuator mechanism between first and second positions. 4. The method of claim 3 wherein moving the carriage assembly between the first and second positions includes pivoting a lever between a first position and a second position, the carriage assembly moving between the first and second positions in response to movement of the lever between the first and second positions. 5. The method of claim 4 wherein pivoting the lever includes moving a crank mechanism which imparts linear, coaxial motion between the first and second filter fittings and the first and second manifold fittings. 6. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting the filter from among a plurality of filters having filter key elements with configurations that correspond to a plurality of filtration characteristics of the filters, wherein the filtration characteristics and the corresponding configurations differ from filter to filter and not all of the configurations of the filter key elements are mateable with the configuration of the carriage key elements. 7. A filter arrangement comprising: a filter having first and second filter fittings, the first filter fitting comprising a filter inlet fitting and the second filter fitting comprising a filter outlet fitting; a permeable filter medium, the filter having a filtration characteristic comprising permeable filter medium removal or permeable filter medium retention rating, permeable filter medium material, permeable filter medium surface area, type of fluid to be filtered by the filter, flow rate or pressure drop associated with the filter and/or permeable filter medium wettability, wherein the filter includes a housing and the permeable filter medium, the housing defining a fluid flow path within the housing between the first and second filter fittings, the first and second filter fittings being in fluid communication with the fluid flow path, and the permeable filter medium being arranged in the fluid flow path within the housing to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path, wherein the housing includes a housing body having a longitudinal axis and a flange positioned on an upper region of the housing body and extending outwardly in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the flange has an outwardly-facing wall;a manifold assembly having a manifold body comprising first and second manifold fittings, a shuttle assembly movably mounted to the manifold body, and an actuator mechanism for moving the shuttle assembly, the shuttle assembly comprising a carriage for receiving and supporting the filter, the carriage having an open end, side walls comprising shelves, and a rear wall, anda keying mechanism including a filter key portion including first and second filter key elements spaced from one another on the outwardly-facing wall of the flange, and a carriage key portion including first and second carriage key elements spaced from one another on the rear wall of the carriage, wherein the first and second filter key elements have a configuration that corresponds to the filtration characteristic of the filter and the first and second carriage key elements have a configuration that corresponds to the filtration characteristic of the filter and is mateable with the configuration of the first and second filter key elements, the shuttle assembly being arranged to receive the filter such that the first and second filter key elements face the first and second carriage key elements and being moveable between a first position, wherein the first and second filter key elements are mated to the first and second carriage key elements, respectively, and the first and second filter fittings are spaced from the first and second manifold fittings, and a second position, wherein the first and second filter key elements are mated to the first and second carriage key elements, respectively, and the first and second filter fittings sealingly engage the first and second manifold fittings, respectively. 8. The filter arrangement of claim 7 wherein the shuttle assembly includes a carriage assembly comprising the carriage and the actuator mechanism, and wherein the carriage assembly moves between the first and second positions in response to movement of the actuator mechanism between first and second positions. 9. The filter arrangement of claim 8 wherein the actuator mechanism includes a pivotable lever and a crank mechanism coupled to the lever and the carriage assembly. 10. The filter arrangement of claim 7 where one of the filter key elements and the carriage key elements comprise a protrusion and the other comprises a recess which matingly receives the protrusion. 11. The filter arrangement of claim 7 wherein the carriage includes a tray having a front end having the open end and a back end, the carriage key portion being located at the back end of the tray and the filter being moveable along the tray from a first position, wherein the filter is received at the front end of the tray, to a second position, wherein the filter is seated on the tray with the first and second filter key elements mated to the first and second carriage key elements at the back end of the tray. 12. The filter arrangement of claim 11 wherein the tray is removably mounted to the carriage. 13. A filter assemblage including the filter arrangement of claim 7, wherein the carriage comprises a first carriage, and the filter comprises a first filter having first and second filter key elements, the filter assemblage further comprising a second filter having first and second filter key elements, wherein the second filter includes first and second filter fittings, the second filter first fitting comprising a second filter inlet fitting and the second filter second fitting comprising a second filter outlet fitting, a second housing defining a fluid flow path within the second housing between the first and second filter fittings, the second filter inlet fitting and the second filter outlet fitting being in fluid communication with the fluid flow path, a permeable filter medium arranged in the fluid flow path to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path, and a filtration characteristic which is different from the filtration characteristic of the first filter, wherein the second housing includes a second housing body having a longitudinal axis and a second filter flange positioned on an upper region of the second housing body and extending outwardly in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the flange includes an outwardly-facing wall, the first and second filter key elements of the second filter being located on the outwardly-facing wall of the second filter flange and wherein the first and second key elements of the second filter key have a configuration that corresponds to the filtration characteristic of second filter, is different from the configuration of the first and second filter key elements of the first filter, and is not mateable with the configuration of first and second carriage key elements of the first carriage. 14. The filter assemblage of claim 13 wherein the manifold assembly comprises a first manifold assembly and the shuttle assembly comprises a first shuttle assembly, the filter assemblage further comprising a second manifold assembly comprising a second manifold body having first and second manifold fittings, and a second shuttle assembly moveably mounted to the second manifold body, the second shuttle assembly comprising a second carriage for receiving and supporting the second filter, the second carriage having an open end, side walls comprising shelves, and a rear wall, and first and second carriage key elements of the second carriage on the rear wall, wherein the first and second carriage key elements of the second carriage have a configuration that corresponds to the filtration characteristic of the second filter, is mateable with the configuration of the first and second key elements of the second filter, respectively, and is not mateable with the configuration of the first and second filter key elements of the first filter, the second shuttle assembly being arranged to receive the second filter such that the first and second filter key elements of the second filter face the first and second carriage key elements of the second carriage and being moveable between a first position, wherein the first and second filter key elements of the second filter are mated to the first and second carriage key elements of the second carriage, respectively, and the first and second fittings of the second filter are spaced from the first and second fittings of the second manifold assembly, and a second position, wherein the first and second filter key elements of the second filter are mated to the first and second carriage key elements of the second carriage, respectively, and the first and second fittings of the second filter sealingly engage the first and second fittings of the second manifold assembly, respectively. 15. A filter which is mountable to a manifold assembly wherein the manifold assembly comprises a manifold body comprising first and second manifold fittings, a shuttle assembly movably mounted to the manifold body, and an actuator mechanism for moving the shuttle assembly, the shuttle assembly comprising a carriage for receiving and supporting the filter, the carriage having an open end, side walls comprising shelves, and a rear wall, and first and second carriage key elements spaced from one another on the rear wall, the filter comprising: a permeable filter medium, the filter having a filtration characteristic comprising permeable filter medium removal or permeable filter medium retention rating, permeable filter medium material, permeable filter medium surface area, type of fluid to be filtered by the filter, flow rate or pressure drop associated with the filter, and/or permeable filter medium wettability;first and second fittings, the first fitting comprising a filter inlet fitting and the second fitting comprising a filter outlet fitting; a permeable filter medium;a housing defining a fluid flow path within the housing between the first and second fittings, the first and second fittings being in fluid communication with the fluid flow path,the permeable filter medium being arranged in the fluid flow path within the housing to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path, wherein the housing includes a housing body having a longitudinal axis and a flange positioned on an upper region of the housing body and extending outwardly in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the flange includes an outwardly-facing wall; andfirst and second filter key elements located on the outwardly-facing wall of the flange, such that as the filter is mounted to the manifold assembly, the first and second filter key elements face the first and second carriage key elements, respectively, wherein the first and second filter key elements comprise a configuration comprising a protrusion or recess, that corresponds to the filtration characteristic of the filter and is mateable with the first and second carriage key elements, respectively. 16. The filter of claim 15 wherein the first and second filter key elements are positioned on the flange on opposite sides of the outwardly-facing wall of the flange. 17. The filter of claim 15 wherein the outwardly-facing wall of the flange includes an inset and a filter key element is positioned in the inset. 18. A filter assemblage including the filter of claim 16 wherein the filter comprises a first filter and the filter assemblage further comprises a second filter having a filtration characteristic different from the filtration characteristic of the first filter, wherein the second filter comprises first and second fittings, the second filter first fitting comprising a second filter inlet fitting and the second filter second fitting comprising a second filter outlet fitting, a permeable filter medium, a second housing defining a fluid flow path within the housing between the first and second fittings, the second filter inlet fitting and the second filter outlet fitting being in fluid communication with the fluid flow path, the permeable filter medium being arranged in the fluid flow path within the second housing to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path, wherein the second housing includes a second housing body having a longitudinal axis and a second flange positioned at the top of the second body and extending outwardly in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the second flange includes an outwardly-facing wall; and a second filter key portion located on the outwardly-facing wall of the second flange such that as the second filter is mounted to the manifold assembly, the first and second filter key elements of the second filter face the first and second carriage key elements, wherein the first and second filter key elements of the second filter have a configuration that corresponds to the filtration characteristic of the second filter and is different from the configuration of the first and second filter key elements of the first filter.
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