| 摘要 |
A filter assembly includes a housing and filter elements. The housing includes internal chambers between first and second parallel outside surfaces, fluid inlet bores, and fluid outlet bores. Each internal chamber includes a filter element that partitions the internal chamber into an inlet chamber section and an outlet chamber section. The housing establishes a plurality of fluid flow channels from the inlet bores, through the inlet chamber sections, through the filter elements, through the outlet chamber sections and to the outlet bores, respectively. Each fluid channel includes a transverse fluid flow component in the inlet chamber section and the outlet chamber section. The filter assembly may be loaded into a filtering apparatus such that a plurality of separate fluid flow channels is established through the filter assembly. Fluid may be flowed through two or more of the fluid flow channels, wherein the fluid in each of the two or more fluid flow channels passes through the respective filter element and is filtered thereby. |
| 主权项 |
1. A filter assembly, comprising:
a housing comprising:
a first outside surface;a second outside surface parallel to the first outside surface and spaced therefrom along a first axis;a plurality of internal chambers between the first outside surface and the second outside surface, each internal chamber including a first inside surface lying along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, a second inside surface parallel to the first inside surface, and a filter support extending from the second inside surface along the first axis, and each internal chamber having a chamber height along the first axis and a chamber diameter along the second axis greater than the chamber height;a plurality of fluid inlet bores extending from the first outside surface to the respective first inside surfaces;a plurality of fluid outlet bores extending from the respective second inside surfaces to the second outside surface; anda lateral surface extending between the first outside surface and the second outside surface and defining a thickness of the housing, wherein the first outside surface, the second outside surface, and the lateral surface are adjoined together such that the housing has a unitary construction and the filter assembly is movable as a single unit; and a plurality of filter elements disposed in the respective internal chambers in contact with the respective filter supports, each filter element having a filter thickness along the first axis less than the chamber height, wherein: each filter element partitions the respective internal chamber into a chamber inlet section between the first inside surface and the filter element and a chamber outlet section between the filter element and second inside surface; the housing establishes a plurality of fluid flow channels from the inlet bores, through the chamber inlet sections, through the filter elements, through the chamber outlet sections and to the outlet bores, respectively; and each fluid flow channel includes a transverse fluid flow component along the second axis in the chamber inlet section and in the chamber outlet section. |
