Caterpillar Inc.

Daniel S Nordyke

Richard A Crandell

Dong Fei

Cheryl Lynn Sellers

Ronald Graham Silver

William H Lane

Paul Park

Craig F Habeger

Christie Susan Ragle

Jeremy Trethewey

Mark Alan Gasper

Gregory Wayne Tomlins

Julie Marie Faas

Orlando Sellers, Ii

Alexander G Panov

Bappaditya Banerjee

Jill R Akers

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for removing matter from a filtering device includes a gas pressurization assembly. An element of the assembly is removably attachable to a first orifice of the filtering device. The system also includes a vacuum source fluidly connected to a second orifice of the filtering device.

Filter service system

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of detecting matter within a filtering device includes measuring a metric indicative of a first quantity of matter within the filtering device and removing a portion of the matter from the filtering device. The method also includes measuring a metric indicative of a second quantity of matter remaining within the filtering device.

Filter service system and method

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Arlington Heights, IL, United States of America

Daniel S Nordyke