摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filter element using a filter medium fine in texture for a filter body, and capable of preventing the filter body from clogging and being obstructed even if filtering a fluid that contains a great amount of particles with a small particle size, and a filter apparatus provided with the same.SOLUTION: A filter body 22 where a fuel passes in the thickness direction of a filter medium is composed of a first filter medium 221 provided for a part of a fuel passing area in an extension direction of the filter medium, and a second filter medium 222 provided for the remainder of the fuel passing area. The second filter medium 222 is formed to be finer in texture and have higher filtration performance than the first filter medium 221. |