Knecht Filterwerke Gmbh

Elke Bruss

Hans Gebert

Rolf Mohle

Dietmar Sonntag

Dietwart Guntert

Hubert Muller

Hans Jensen

Hubert M Uller

Rolf M Ohle

Oil filter including an integral filter support and housing drain valve

An oil filter for internal combustion engines is disclosed herein. The filter includes a housing with a bottom arranged below an open top and a screw-on cover threadedly engaged within the open top. The housing includes an inlet duct, a first oil discharge duct in the bottom of the housing, and a second oil discharge duct in the bottom of the housing and coaxially surrounding the first oil discharge duct. A support part is provided within the housing having a first end which is connected to the cover in an axially force-transmitting manner and a second free end inserted into the first oil discharge duct when the cover fully threadedly engaged to the open end of said housing to sealingly close the first discharge duct, and is withdrawn from the discharge duct when the cover is removed from the open end of the housing to enable discharging of oil from the housing via the first oil discharge duct. The support part supports a primary flow filter element in a lower portion of the housing and a secondary flow filter element in an upper portion of the housing and fluidly connects the primary flow filter to the second discharge duct and the secondary flow filter to the first discharge duct. The cover, the support part, the primary flow filter, and the secondary flow filter can be removed from the housing as a unit. The primary and secondary flow filters are separable from the support part for replacement.

Oil filter including replaceable primary and secondary flow filter

Filter for liquids, in particular internal-combustion engine lubricant

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Asperg, Germany

Elke Bruss