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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1975
Eugene E Latimer, Wilmington, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A fluid reservoir and filter combination includes a reservoir made of upper and lower sections with a filter support assembly comprising a base mounted in the lower section and a hold-down assembly mounted in the upper section. The filter assembly includes misalignment accommodating means comprising a particular configuration of the hold-down assembly including an elongated sleeve for extending into a filter element and a collar slidably mounted on the sleeve and biased toward the filter element for sealingly engaging the end of the filter element. The dimensions of the collar and sleeve element are such as to accommodate lateral misalignment of a filter element supported on the base member with respect to the hold-down assembly. Longitudinal misalignment is accommodated by means of the length of the sleeve member.