A cylindrical filter element having a central longitudinal axis and filter media including a plurality of radially extending pleats arranged in a pattern that repeats around the central longitudinal axis. Each of the pleats comprises an inner pleat tip, wherein the inner pleat tips of each pattern define an open area that extends along a height of the filter element, and wherein each pattern of pleats comprises a first series of intermediate pleats that descends in length from a major pleat to a minor pleat and a second series of intermediate pleats that ascends in length from the minor pleat to a major pleat of an adjacent pattern of pleats.

An air purifier has an air filter including: a filter member including a plurality of filtration regions each having a plurality of vertical pleats extending in an up-down direction and side surfaces connected to be rotatable with respect to each other; and a frame having a plurality of supports for supporting the plurality of filtration regions. Each of the plurality of supports includes a groove having a shape corresponding to any one of an upper edge and a lower edge of each of the filtration regions. Each of the filtration regions is supported by the supports by at least a part of the upper edge or the lower edge being inserted into the groove.

A filter element includes a construction of pleated filter media defining an interior volume. First and second opposite end caps are secured to opposite ends of the filter media. A support structure supports the filter media and is operably oriented in the interior volume. The support structure extends from the first opposing interior face to the second opposing interior face. The support structure is provided to extend less than a full extension between the first end cap and second end cap.

A rigid, channel-framed, pleated air filter, with a plurality of linear bridging filaments on at least an upstream face of the pleated air filter media of the filter.

A filter system has a filter housing with a fluid inlet for inflow of a fluid into the filter housing. A filter element is removably received in the filter housing. The filter element has a folded filter medium and a stabilization ring attached to the filter medium and stabilizing the filter medium. The stabilization ring is arranged on the filter medium such that the stabilization ring, at least in sections, is arranged within an inflow cross section of the fluid inlet. The fluid directly flows against the filter medium in operation of the filter system.

Filter media includes a filtration substrate having a first side and a second side, and constructed for filtering a fluid by flow of the fluid therethrough. The filtration substrate has a machine direction extending from a first end to a second end, and a cross direction extending from a first edge to a second edge. The filtration substrate includes a plurality of corrugations extending in the machine direction. The plurality of corrugations include a plurality of first crests formed along the first side and a plurality of second crests formed along the second side. The filtration substrate includes a plurality of bosses along the plurality of first crests or along the plurality of second crests and extending in a direction away from the other of the plurality of first crests or the plurality of second crests. Media packs, filter elements, and methods of making are provided.

An air filter includes: a pleated filter material folded into a zig-zag form at folding lines along a first direction to have peak parts and valley parts arising alternately in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, trapping fine particles in a gaseous matter flowing in a gas flow direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction; a filter frame being a rectangular filter frame including one pair of first frame materials facing each other in the second direction having end parts in the first direction, and one pair of second frame materials facing each other in the first direction having end parts in the second direction, opening in the gas flow direction and housing the pleated filter material, each of the first frame materials and each of the second frame materials being combined to provide an overlap part.

The invention comprises a vacuum cleaner filter bag (1), comprising a bag wall (2) and a retaining plate (3), wherein the retaining plate (3) is connected to an at least partially cylindrical connection piece (4) which extends in a direction perpendicular to a passage opening (5) formed in the retaining plate (3), wherein the bag wall (2) is connected with the lateral surface of the connection piece (4) along the circumference thereof.

A method for manufacturing a filter (1) for gas masks includes providing a flat paper and folding the paper into a pleated preform. The filter element (2) is separated from the pleated preform (6) and is inserted into a housing (3). The inserted filter element (2) is connected to the housing (3) at least at some points. This filter elements (2) may have a polygonal outer contour, upon separating the element from the pleated filter preform (6). A foam and/or an adhesive is applied to an outer edge of the filter element (2), arranged on the circumference of the filter element, for an at least partial sealing of an edge (5). This establishes a connection to the housing (3) in at least some sections.

A filtering device, including: a filter layer, where the filter layer is enclosed into a cylindrical structure; a support frame includes at least one support ring arranged at the end of the cylindrical structure, the support ring is provided with a plurality of elastic connection portions and a plurality of support ring segments, and two adjacent support ring segments are connected by using one elastic connection portion; the elastic connection portion is capable of being elastically deformed when subjected to an external force and capable of restoring by using its own elastic force; when the elastic connection portion is elastically deformed, an angle at which the end portions of the two adjacent support ring segments are connected changes, which drives a shape of the filter layer to change synchronously; when the elastic connection portion restores, the angle changes, which drives the filter layer to restore to an original shape.