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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Mary Anne Alvin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Gerald J. Bruck, Murrysville, PA (US);
Eugene E. Smeltzer, Export, PA (US);
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A filter assembly ( ) for holding a filter element ( ) within a hot gas cleanup system pressure vessel is provided, containing: a filter housing ( ), said filter housing inner walls defining a joint ( ), said walls defining an interior volume ( ); a one piece, fail-safe/regenerator device ( ) within the interior chamber ( ) of the filter housing ( ) having outer walls defining a joint ( ′) which mates with the filter assembly joint ( ), containing outward-extending radial flanges ( and ′) with mating holes ( and ′) through both the housing ( ) and fail-safe/regenerator device ( ) for seating an essential sealing means ( ) between the joints ( and ′).