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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:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen F. Bloomer, London, CA;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 4/642 ; F02M 3/5024 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 4/642 ; F02M 3/5024 ;
Abstract
An air cleaner that locks two shells together by a cam action is disclosed having two shells with interlocking fingers staggered along at least one length of the joint between the first and second shells. A cam is inserted between the interlocking fingers and when rotated pulls the fingers apart and pulls the two shells together.