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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1998
Frederick C Wilkins, Pepperell, MA (US);
Arthur F Williams, Nashua, NH (US);
Li-Shiang Liang, Harvard, MA (US);
Herbert Bendlin, Ransbach-Baumbach, DE;
Stephane Dupont, Elancourt, FR;
Achim Brust, Waldems Esch, DE;
Bikram Yonjan, Nashua, NH (US);
United States Filter Corporation, Palm Desert, CA (US);
Abstract
A filter cartridge assembly comprising: at least one filter cartridge; said filter cartridge including a housing having two ends, the housing containing a filter media; a first end cap disposed on one end of said housing, said first end cap including a fluid inlet port, a fluid outlet port, a first fluid distributor, and a vent including at least one hydrophobic membrane positioned in a channel formed in said first end cap that allows entrapped air to be removed from said cartridge; a second end cap disposed on a second end of said housing, said second end cap including a product collection plenum, and a second fluid distributor that separates said filter media from said product collection plenum; and a liquid transfer tube disposed within the housing and extending from said product collection plenum to said fluid outlet port, is disclosed.