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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Applicants:
George Chase, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Shagufta Patel, Akron, OH (US);
Inventors:
George Chase, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Shagufta Patel, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
The University of Akron, Akron, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 46/00 (2006.01); B01D 46/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 46/0031 (2013.01); B01D 46/24 (2013.01); B01D 2275/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coalescing filter includes a coalescing filter medium having an entrance face and an exit face and a surface energy, the coalescing filter also having a drainage channel in the coalescing filter medium, the drainage channel being a woven or non-woven fiber construct having a pore size greater than the pore size of said coalescing filter medium and having a surface energy that is lower than the surface energy of the coalescing filter medium, the drainage channel extending at a downward angle relative to the direction from the entrance face to the exit face.