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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Uwe Bairischer, Londonderry, NH (US);
Assignee:
Brita Wasser-Filter-Systeme GmbH, Taunusstein, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210266 ; 210282 ; 210291 ;
Abstract
A filter means for liquids with a filter cup (2) filled with filter material (1), the base (3) of which has at least one sieve-like outlet aperture (4) for the liquid, and with a lid (7) which is provided with at least one sieve-like inlet aperture (13) for the liquid, and is joined in a liquid-tight manner to the filter cup (2). In a preferred embodiment a fabric insert (9) is provided between the filter cup (2) and the lid (7). The fabric insert (9) is provided with at least one fabric piece (19) projecting into the filter cup (2) which fabric insert has a pore spacing sufficiently small to prevent passage of particles larger than 200 .mu.m.