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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1982
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1981
Steven M Alseth, Bloomington, MN (US);
Bruce M Sullivan, Burnsville, MN (US);
Donaldson Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An air cleaner and an intake tube having an air permeable portion at one end thereof forms an inner support for the air cleaner, but which is detachable therefrom. In one embodiment, the air cleaner is a single integral unit which is disposed of after use. The unit includes a tubular filter element having an opening sized to receive the intake tube, a shell surrounding the filter element, one end cap sealing and forming a junction between the filter element, shell and intake tube at one end, another end cap sealing and forming a junction between the filter element and shell at the other end and having an aperture through which the intake tube is inserted and at least one air intake aperture in one of the caps. In another embodiment, a centrifugal separator and a dust collector cap which may be emptied from time to time to extend the life of the air cleaner is incorporated therein. The intake tube may also have a right angle bend for side mounted filters.