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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Columbus Industries, Inc., Ashville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Russell L. Baldinger, Circleville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Columbus Industries, Inc., Ashville, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 46/00 (2006.01); B01D 46/52 (2006.01); B01D 46/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 46/0005 (2013.01); B01D 46/0001 (2013.01); B01D 46/10 (2013.01); B01D 46/521 (2013.01); B01D 2275/203 (2013.01);
Abstract
A collapsible HVAC filter that includes pleated filtration media having side members mounted on opposite sides of the filtration media. The filtration media collapses to reduce filter volume. Supports maintain spacing between the side members when the filtration media is expanded. The supports may extend into openings on the upstream and downstream sides of each of the side members. The collapsed filter occupies little space relative to the expanded filter, and can be expanded to form a completed filter with little effort required by the end user.