A polymer melt candle filter having a support which comprises a hollow cylindrical body defined by a first end, a second end, and a cylinder wall having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion includes a screw thread on its outside surface and optionally a hex fitting on its inside surface for receiving a hex wrench. The second end portion includes a plurality of holes in the cylinder wall. The area of the openings of the holes on the outside surface of the cylinder wall may be larger than the area of the openings of the corresponding holes on the inside surface of the cylinder wall. The shape of the openings of the holes on the outside surface may be non-circular. A polymer melt filter plate assembly which comprises (a) a support plate comprising a plurality of threaded holes; (b) at least one filter which is screwed into at least one of the threaded holes via the screw thread on the outside surface of the first end portion of the filter support; (c) a tie rod with (i) a first end extending through a hole in a cone insert and a cap located at the second end of the filter support, and (ii) a second end extending through a threaded hole in the support plate; and (d) a cross bar which is attached to the second end of the tie rod for holding the support plate inside a shaft of an apparatus for filtering a polymer melt.

A filtering device for filtering a fluid, in particular a liquefied plastic, includes a housing having a receptacle for receiving a screen carrier and having a fluid inlet channel and a fluid outlet channel, a screen carrier movably received along a longitudinal axis inside the receptacle and having a screen carrier inlet, a screen carrier outlet and a cavity for receiving a filter element, wherein the cavity is in fluid communication with the screen carrier inlet and the screen carrier outlet, and the screen carrier can be moved from a screen replacement position via a venting position area into a filtering position. The screen carrier has a throttle recess which is arranged adjacent to the screen carrier outlet and is in fluid communication with the cavity, and which opens a variable flow cross-section between the cavity and the fluid outlet channel.

A device may include a housing having a receptacle for receiving a screen carrier, and having a fluid inlet channel and a fluid outlet channel. In addition, the device may include a screen carrier movably received inside the receptacle and having a screen carrier inlet, a screen carrier outlet and a cavity for receiving a filter element, where the cavity is in fluid communication with the screen carrier inlet and the screen carrier outlet. The screen carrier can be moved from a screen replacement position(S) via a venting position area into a filtering position (F). Moreover, the device may include an accumulator which is fluidically connectable to the screen carrier inlet and/or to the screen carrier outlet and which is configured to store fluid that is fed via the screen carrier inlet and/or the screen carrier outlet and to control a feeding of the fluid into the accumulator.