The present invention provides a liquid eliminating cartridge that is formed by snapping two mating pieces together. The pieces may include a body portion and a top portion and may together clamp an oleophobic/hydrophobic membrane there between.

An interconnection scheme between a filter cartridge and its corresponding manifold whereby a magnetic shear force is introduced to remove a blocking mechanism that would otherwise prohibit attachment. The magnetic shear force may also be employed to activate or deactivate a switch or valve, or engage or disengage an engagement mechanism relative to other components upon interconnection. The magnetic shear force is generated by complementary correlated magnet structures moved into close proximity to one another. The interconnection scheme may be a linear or rotational attachment of the filter cartridge with respect to the manifold. A valve assembly utilizing magnetic shear force may be employed to activate a bypass action between a manifold ingress port and egress port, thereby allowing water to flow when a filter cartridge is removed from the manifold and directing water to the filter cartridge when the valve assembly is activated.

A composite filter cartridge, comprising a filter cartridge body provided with two filter devices. Each filter device is respectively provided with a support component which fixes the filter device, and the filter devices are arranged in a linear manner and fixed with respect to one another. Each filter device is respectively provided with an independent housing, a filter module and a filter water channel, the filter module and the filter water channel being arranged within the housing, the filter water channel sequentially comprising a water inlet cavity and a water outlet cavity, the water inlet cavity and the water outlet cavity being connected via the corresponding filter module.

An oil separator is provided and includes an exterior shell defining a first interior and first and second openings fluidly communicative with the first interior, a distributor and first and second filter media cartridges. The distributor is integrated within the exterior shell to define a second interior within the first interior, has a length, which is slightly less than that of the exterior shell, being disposed to define opposite spaces between opposites ends thereof and opposite ends of the exterior shell and is sealed to the exterior shell along the length to form first and second passageways from the first opening to the opposite spaces. The first and second filter media cartridges are disposed within the first interior between the opposite spaces and the second opening.

In one example, a core cover includes an inner wall that defines a fluid passageway configured to communicate with an interior of a filter core when the core cover is engaged with the filter core. As well, the core cover includes an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall, and a complementary structure located on the outer wall and configured to engage a corresponding complementary structure of a filter core. Finally, the core cover includes one or more indicia that indicate a flow rate, or range of flow rates, associated with the core cover.

An isolation chip for separating and isolating target particles from a bioliquid sample includes a reagent reservoir, a first filtration membrane, a second filtration membrane, a first chamber, and a second chamber. The reagent reservoir includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. The first filtration membrane is disposed at an upper portion of the first sidewall. The reagent reservoir defines a first window at a lower portion of the first sidewall. The second filtration membrane is disposed at the second sidewall. The first chamber is connected to the reagent reservoir through the first filtration membrane. The second chamber is connected to the reagent reservoir through the second filtration membrane. A device and a method for detecting the target particles are further provided.

A variable pore size filter media including an upper plate, a retainer, and a support profile disposed between the upper plate and the retainer. The variable pore size filter media also includes a plurality of wire rings disposed on the support profile and longitudinally distributed within a region between the upper plate and the retainer, the plurality of wire rings being distributed in a non-contiguous manner to form a plurality of spaces therebetween. The variable pore size filter media further includes a plurality of pores defined by the plurality of spaces between the plurality of wire rings and a pore size adjustment mechanism configured to vary a respective distance between each of the plurality of wire rings to increase or decrease a respective size of each of the plurality of pores by increasing or decreasing a size of each of the plurality of spaces.

An air cleaner assembly is disclosed. In one aspect, the air cleaner assembly includes a housing defining an inlet and an outlet, and including an access opening between the inlet and outlet. The air cleaner also includes a filter cartridge received within the housing and covering the access opening. The air cleaner also includes a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is movable between an unlocked position in which the filter cartridge can be installed and removed from the housing and a locked position in which the filter cartridge is secured within the housing. The filter cartridge and lock mechanism include interacting features allowing the lock mechanism to be moved from the unlocked position to the locked position only when the filter cartridge is installed within the housing.

There is a need to reduce the amount of overlapping parts of a nonwoven fabric of a filter component to thereby lengthen the life of the filter component. This need is met by the filter component formed of a cylindrical nonwoven fabric having a center axis, and having a plurality of polygon-shaped cross-sections which are a same shape that are formed side-by-side at predetermined intervals along the center axis. Each side of each of the polygons is formed by a mountain fold part on a plane perpendicular to the center axis, and each vertex of one polygon is connected by a mountain fold part to each vertex of another polygon, respectively.

A filter cartridge having a double water-stop function, that comprises: a filter cartridge main body, a rotation body, and a water channel main body. The filter cartridge main body includes: an outer shell body, a filter cartridge, a filter cartridge cover, a first water outlet, a second water outlet, a first compression spring, a second compression spring, a first tight seal ring, a second tight seal ring, a first water input port, a second water input port, a first water outlet channel, and a second water outlet channel. The rotation body includes: a first water channel, a second water channel, a third water channel. The water channel main body includes: a first water input hole, a first water output hole, and a second water output hole.