METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING COMPONENTS OF A FILTRATION SYSTEM

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a tool and methods of using the tool to physically manipulate one or more filtration components, such as filter packs including stacked filtration discs. The tool may include two arms pivotally coupled to another, and may also have respective gripping portions configured to grasp an appropriate region of a filtration component. The arms may be movable toward and away from one another between grasping and non-grasping positions. When in the grasping position, the gripping portions may engage with a complementary coupling member of the filtration component(s). To separate one filtration component from another, the tool may be manipulated so as to decouple and lift the filtration component from a substrate.

主权项

1. A method of manipulating components of a filtration system, comprising:
moving two adjacent arms of a tool away from one another to a non-grasping position, each of the arms having a respective gripping portion located along the arm; positioning the gripping portions of each of the arms of the tool into alignment about a coupling member of at least one filtration component; moving the two adjacent arms of the tool toward one another to a grasping position such that the respective gripping portions of each of the arms engages with the coupling member of the at least one filtration component; and lifting the tool and the at least one filtration component, via the two adjacent arms engaged with the coupling member, from a substrate.