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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
David John Parkinson, North Somerset, GB;
David John Parkinson, North Somerset, GB;
KCC Group Limited, , GB;
Abstract
A radial or crossflow media filter comprising a housing such as a vessel or tank (), the housing containing filter media (), a contaminated flow inlet () and a discharge outlet (), the inlet comprising a manifold () situated within the housing, the manifold () having flow outlets () which are directed laterally, away from the discharge outlet (). The flow inlet may comprise a substantially vertically aligned elongate tubular manifold () with a plurality of flow distribution holes or slots disposed along its length. Furthermore, the discharge outlet () may be accessed through a chamber within the housing which contains a second filter media () which is of larger average particle size than the first filter media ().