FILTER AND FILTER SUPPORT APPARATUS

摘要

A filter and filter support apparatus according to the present invention comprises conduit sections having external flanges. A filter assembly is interposed between the flanges and includes a porous structural element having a resilient sealing periphery bonded to the outer periphery thereof and disposed in sealed engagement with both of the flanges. The resilient sealing periphery is provided with an inner peripheral recess disposed in co-planar relation with the upper surface of the porous structural element to define a filter membrane recess in which is retained a filter membrane or the like held into assembly by one of the flanges. The porous structural portion of the porous structural element is so related to the resilient sealing periphery that the filter support assembly is oriented in centered relationship with the internal periphery of the conduit sections.