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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
Michael Kosmyna, Toledo, OH (US);
Marvin Burns, Millbury, OH (US);
Michael Kosmyna, Toledo, OH (US);
Marvin Burns, Millbury, OH (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A filter bowl and filter cover assembly is provided wherein the filter bowl is adapted to be easily mounted upon and removed from the filter cover by a plurality of bolt fasteners as a result of the bolt fasteners, connecting the filter bowl to the filter cover, being loosened to a predetermined degree and rotating the filter bowl relative to the filter housing in a clockwise direction so as to permit the head portions of the bolt fasteners to pass through key-hole shaped apertures formed within the filter cover. The filter bowl is able to likewise be easily and quickly re-installed upon the filter cover as a result of a reversal of the aforenoted removal procedures.