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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Applicant:
Hirokazu Kuwabara, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirokazu Kuwabara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Entegris, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B01D 35/28 (2006.01); B67D 7/76 (2010.01); B01D 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A filter apparatus capable of releasing air from a filter body, comprising a filter body held by a holder. The filter body includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The filter body is disposed in the holder so as to rotate around an axis of rotation that passes through the fluid inlet. The holder includes a front panel. The front panel comprises engaging portions, for temporarily engaging the fluid outlet at either an air releasing position or at a filtering position, and a fixing means for fixing the filter body at each position. The filter apparatus further includes means for rotating the filter body.