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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:
Dec. 21, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Riazuddin S Rahimi, Homer, NY (US);
Mark W Johnson, Taylor, NY (US);
Assignee:
Pall Corporation, Glen Cove, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210346 ; 210486 ; 210487 ; 210488 ; 210498 ; 55484 ;
Abstract
A filter assembly includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, at least two filter elements stacked inside the housing, and a spacer positioned between the filter elements. The spacer includes a body having an opening which is larger than the inner diameter of at least one of the filter elements and is no smaller than about one-third of the outer diameter of a filter element. The spacer is free of any structure which extends into the opening.