Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Denso Corporation

Takeharu Maekawa

Toshihiro Takahara

Jouji Yamaguchi

Yoshihisa Sanami

Sojiro Tsuchiya

Satoshi Inukai

Atushi Kosaka

Keizou Funae

Toshihiko Murase

Ichihiro Kato

Masahito Sugiura

In a filter manufacturing method, during a time period from the start of the suction of the slurry to a point in time when fibers in the slurry accumulate on the outer peripheral surface of the protector to a prescribed thickness, the protector and its leg portions are held spaced away from each other. The leg portions are moved toward the protector so that the leg portions are disposed at a position spaced by a uniform distance from the outer peripheral surface of the protector and the suction operation is continued. Thus, the slurry containing the fibers therein can be easily caused to flow deeply into recess portions of a fin-like portion with no fiber being caught between the protector and the leg portions, thus reducing non-walled portions.

Method for manufacturing filter element

A slurry of suspended formation fiber and binder fiber is brought to pass through a suction unit to form a molded member. Longitudinally extending channel portions are formed on both inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the molded member, and a wall portion is formed to close one end of the channel portions of the inner peripheral surface. Further, opposite surfaces of the channel portion at the other end of the molded member are closed by pressing from outside and bonded by binder resin which is impregnated into the molded member.

Method of manufacturing a filter having longitudinal channels by molding

A filter element for use in an oil filter is composed of main fibers of at least 5 .mu.m diameter and micro fibers of less than 5 .mu.m diameter. The micro fibers are filled in a density of 0.005 to 0.02 g/cm.sup.3. A slurry including the fibers is drawn into a suction unit through suction openings to form a molded body. The filter element is given a density gradient such that the micro fibers are denser in the inner periphery than in the outer periphery. Following the drawing step, the molded body together with the inner mold is removed for subsequent dehydration and heating. During those processes the inner mold is kept located within the molded body.

Filter element and fabrication method for the same

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Takeharu Maekawa