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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1994
Charles Hawkins, Green Cove Springs, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A filter locking/support system for releasably urging and maintaining a plurality of separate depending filter elements in a dust collector into and in sealing engagement with the partition between the 'dirty' and 'clean' sections of said dust collector, said system being preferably made up of: a plurality of parallel pairs of elongated linear filter trays adapted to support cylindrical filters by the mounting plate thereof; which trays are slidably mounted upon a plurality of sloping brackets (or ramps) attached below the partition between the 'clean' and 'dirty' section of the dust collector such that movement of said trays in a first direction slides said trays up said ramps so as to bring the filter mounting plates resting thereon into sealing engagement with the partition and movement in the opposite direction slides said trays down said ramps so that the filters depending therefrom are no longer in sealing engagement with said partition; an automatic biasing means being provided to urge said trays in the first direction; and an operator engageable release being provided to counteract/disengage automatic biasing when desired.