A liquid filter having a housing with a removable cover and an exchangeable cylindrical insert enclosed by two end disks. The filter has a bypass valve and the upper end disk has a central valve seat interacting with a valve body. The housing has a central discharge duct, with a closure pin fixed in the duct which is axially adjustable between closed and open positions. The filter has a valve body carrier connected, with limited axial displaceability, to the pin. The carrier, on its free end, has the bypass valve body, and onto which the insert end disk is mountable. The carrier is preloaded with a force, acting in the closing direction of the valve via a housing spring. During mounting of the insert onto the carrier, a force acting in the closing direction of the closure pin can be exerted directly on the pin by the insert.

A grate cover in combination with a swimming pool being installed in a recess in the top of a sump. The grate is formed of an upper and a lower section. The upper section exhibits four squares or four triangles therein, The upper section has a dome-shaped configuration and has four square or triangular shapes therein, depending on the geometric division therein, each shape has openings therein. The lower section has four trapezoid shapes therein. Each of the shapes of the upper section, whether square or triangular, has a concave surface curvature therein at a transition between the upper and the lower section. Each of the trapezoids of the lower section has two concave surfaces- curvatures therein. One curvature extends in a first direction from the upper section toward an outside edge of grate cover. The other second concave curvature extends in a direction which is normal to the first direction. This way, the forceful suction within the sump cannot obtain enough force to suction the skin of a human onto the grate cover to cause any injuries. The curvatures in the top of the grate cover will always induce a lateral flow under a human body no matter how much of the grate is covered by the body.

A coupling filter for a fluid system comprising a molded hollow tubular body having a wall defining a flow passage, a porous filter element of generally parabolic cross-sectional shape with a base portion extending across the entire flow passage and a pair of wing portions extending longitudinally of the flow passage and converging toward the base portion. In one form the base portion is cylindrical and in another form it is W shaped with a series of flat mesh panels presented to the flow path.

The invention relates to an apparatus for separating blood, more particularly an apparatus (1) for absorbing blood (19) and separating blood components, e.g. blood plasma, as a sample liquid (2). Said apparatus (1) comprises a feeding device (13) for absorbing the blood (2), a device (15) for separating blood components as a sample liquid (2), a duct which preferably absorbs the sample liquid (2) exclusively by means of capillary forces, and a device for filling the duct (3) with sample liquid (2) in an inlet or feeding zone (18) of the duct (3). The separating device (15), in particular a membrane, is curved, especially convexly shaped, and the apex of said curved, especially convex shape projects into the filling device.

A water pump and a filter assembly for the water pump. The water pump includes a water tank, a pump body with a water inlet located at the bottom of the water tank, and a filter assembly having a connecting opening, surrounding and connected to the water inlet of the pump body through the connecting opening, so that the water in the tank enters the pump body after being filtered by the filter assembly. The filter assembly is arranged in the water tank, and even if the filter assembly is clogged due to long-term use and ineffective cleaning, the water will not overflow from the water tank, thereby avoiding economic losses or safety hazards caused by water overflow. Further, the water pump and the filter assembly for the water pump have the advantages of simple structure, easy production and manufacturing, and economic benefits.

A filtration filter that includes a filter section having a plurality of through-holes passing through a first main surface and constructed such that objects to be filtered contained in a liquid are captured and a second main surface opposite the first main surface; and a frame section surrounding an outer periphery of the filter section, wherein a first film thickness at a center of the filter section is larger than a second film thickness of the filter section at a position closer to the frame section than the center of the filter section.

A liquid accumulator and a heat exchange system having the liquid accumulator are provided. The liquid accumulator includes a barrel body and a one-way valve, and the one-way valve is disposed in the barrel body. The one-way valve includes a valve seat and a valve plate, the valve seat is provided with a valve port, a side of the valve seat towards the outlet end is provided with the valve plate, the valve port is covered by the valve plate. And a protrusion is located surrounding the valve port and the valve plate is capable of moving towards or away from the valve port, so as to open or close the one-way valve.

A filter that includes: a filter base portion having a first main surface and a second main surface, the filter base portion defining a plurality of through-holes connecting the first main surface and the second main surface via an inner wall extending from the second main surface toward the first main surface; and a support portion that has a plurality of protruding portions located in respective through-holes of the plurality of through-holes and disposed on the second main surface of the filter base portion, the plurality of protruding portions having an outer wall in contact with the inner wall of the filter base portion, wherein a first opening on the first main surface side of the filter base portion is larger than a second opening on the second main surface side of the filter base portion, and there is a clearance between the filter base portion and the support portion.

Provided is a washing device that washes a filter of an extraction device with a fluid, the extraction device including an extraction tank for storing an extraction material, a lid body supported openably and closably at a lower portion of the extraction tank, and the filter which is provided on the lid body, and on which the extraction material is placed, the washing device including, a tube body which is disposed at a fixed position with respect to the extraction tank, and through which the fluid passes, and an ejection port provided on the tube body and injecting the fluid toward the filter when the lid body is in an open state.