摘要 |
The invention relates to a filter element (1) for a fluid filter, comprising a web of pleated filtering material that is formed into a circumferentially closed cylindrical filter body, which is coaxially supported by a perforate rigid tube (4) and the axial ends of which are sealingly inserted into corresponding annular receiving cavities provided in a rigid bottom end cap (3) at one end and in a rigid annular end cap (2) at the opposite end of the filter body. According to the invention the cylindrical filter body has its terminal edges (5) embedded in separate sealing rings (6) of a flexible type of rubber or similar elastomeric material and that said filter body is sealingly clamped with said sealing rings, and together with the said spporting tube, removably between the rigid bottom end cap and annular end cap respectively.
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