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Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007

Filed:

May. 12, 2004
Applicants:

Jinsong Gao, San Diego, CA (US);

M. Derek Patton, San Diego, CA (US);

Blair A. Butler, San Diego, CA (US);

Jorge Angel Borquez, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jinsong Gao, San Diego, CA (US);

M. Derek Patton, San Diego, CA (US);

Blair A. Butler, San Diego, CA (US);

Jorge Angel Borquez, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B01D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one embodiment, a filter element carrier comprises a first wedge shaped cavity, a second wedge shaped cavity isolated from and overlapping the first cavity, an outlet from a deep part of the first cavity, and an inlet to a deep part of the second cavity. In one embodiment, a filter element carrier comprises a body defining a cavity, the body having a first surface configured to support a first filter element covering one side of the cavity and a second surface configured to support a second filter element covering a second side of the cavity opposite the first side, and a barrier to fluid flow interposed between a first part of the cavity adjacent to the first surface and a second part of the cavity adjacent to the second surface.


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