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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2000
Jeffrey S. Morgan, Oregon, WI (US);
Kent J. Kallsen, Oregon, WI (US);
Nelson Industries, Inc., Stoughton, WI (US);
Abstract
A filter ( ) is provided with a fixture ( ) having a first set of axially extending inner pillars ( ) defining a first cylinder ( ) along inner bend lines ( ) of inner pleat tips ( ) of an annular pleated filter element ( ), a second set of axially extending outer pillars ( ) defining a second cylinder ( ) extending along outer bend lines ( ) of outer pleat tips ( ) of the filter element ( ), inner and outer circumferential rings ( and ) extending around the respective first and second sets of pillars and circumferentially spacing and supporting such pillars, and a plurality of radial spokes ( ) at an axial end ( ) of the fixture ( ), each spoke extending radially between a respective inner and outer pillar and radially spacing and supporting respective inner and outer pillars in radially spaced concentric relation defining a reception annulus ( ). The filter element ( ) is axially slidable into the reception annulus ( ) of the fixture ( ) through an open axial end ( ) of the fixture ( ) and is stopped against the radial spokes ( ) closing the distally opposite axial end ( ) of the fixture ( ).