Filtration system

摘要

The present invention presents a filtration system with an integrated manifold valve. The filtration system employs only one pivotal component—the pivoting of the manifold. The manifold valve includes a dual aperture design for a two-fold alignment scheme with the ingress and egress lines of the fluid source. The invention is free of multi-component rotary valve with internal, rotatable parts, or an activation component, such as a handle, for initiating the rotary valve, allowing the user to rotate the rotational components thereof. The reduction in moveable components in this design reduces the likelihood of failure and increases the reliability of the filtration system.

主权项

1. A filtration system having filtrate and bypass modes comprising:
a filter cartridge assembly including: a filter media; a sump; a filter cap; a fastener; and an ingress port and an egress port extending from said filter cap and in fluid communication with said filter media; a mounting bracket having left and right sides with respective left and right fluid ports, said fluid ports in fluid communication with a manifold and with external fluid lines, said mounting bracket supporting said filter cartridge assembly and said manifold, said mounting bracket having a back surface with tabbed segments; said manifold in fluid communication with said filter cartridge assembly and said mounting bracket fluid ports such that said manifold includes at least first and second apertures on a left side, and corresponding at least first and second apertures on a right side, said manifold left and right side first apertures in fluid communication with said filter cartridge assembly ingress and egress ports, respectively, and with said mounting bracket fluid ports when said filtration system is in said filtrate mode whereby fluid flow traverses through said filter cartridge assembly, and said manifold left and right second apertures are in fluid communication with said mounting bracket fluid ports when said filtration system is in said bypass mode whereby fluid flow bypasses said filter cartridge assembly.