Filter Element, in particular for Gas Filtration

Abstract

A filter element has, on a filter element housing, a first and a second filter medium body, which are arranged at an angle to each other.

Claims

1. A filter element for gas filtration comprising: a first filter medium body; and a second filter medium body, the first filter medium body and the second filter medium body both arranged on a common filter element housing that delimit a common clean chamber from which the filtered fluid is to be conducted via at least one outflow opening; wherein the outflow sides and/or the inflow sides of the first and second filter medium bodies are disposed at a non-zero angle to one another; wherein center planes passing through the first and/or second filter medium body, which are perpendicular to the outflow sides and/or the inflow sides, are arranged at a non-zero angle to one another.

2. The filter element according to claim 1, wherein the center planes form an angle less than 180 degrees and greater than of 90 degrees.

3. The filter element according to claim 1, wherein the filter element has a center plane axis passing through the filter element hosing and extending parallel to a longitudinal extension direction of the first and/second filter medium body; the outflow side and/or the inflow side of the first and/or second filter medium body is/are arranged at a non-zero relative to the center plane sectional axis of the filter element.

4. The filter element according to claim 3, wherein the angle to the center plane sectional axis of the filter element is greater than 0 degrees and a maximum of 60 degrees.

5. The filter element according to claim 1, wherein at least one filter medium bodies is embodied in a rectangular block shape.

6. The filter element according to claim 3, wherein the outflow opening is concentric is an outflow opening axis; the outflow opening axis is arranged at least approximately coaxial with or parallel offset to the center plane sectional axis of the filter element.

7. The filter element according to claim 6, wherein the axis of the outflow opening is arranged at least approximately perpendicular to the center plane sectional axis of the filter element.

8. The filter element according to claim 1, wherein the filter element housing is embodied curved and/or bent in a region of the clean chamber.

9. The filter element according to claim 1, wherein the common filter element housing has two receiving pockets formed onto the filter element housing and each receiving pockets is open to an outside environment outside of the filter element housing; wherein the first filter medium body and the second filter medium body are each received into a respective one of the receiving pockets.

10. The filter element according to claim 9, wherein a circumferential sealing edge against which the filter medium body is positioned is formed into each receiving pocket.

11. The filter element according to claim 1, wherein the filter medium bodies are embodied as pleated filters; wherein at least one pleat pocket of the first filter medium body has an orientation that is different from at least one pleat pocket of the second filter medium body.

12. The filter element according to claim 1, wherein the filter medium bodies are embodied different in size and/or have different geometries.

13. The filter element according to claim 1, wherein the filter element housing is a one-piece unitary plastic injection molded part.

14. A filter device comprising: a filter element according to claim 1; a filter housing configured to receive the filter element.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Additional advantages and useful embodiments may be found in the other claims, the description of the figures, and the drawings.

[0027] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a filter element comprising a filter housing that has a support body for receiving two rectangular block-shaped, diametrically opposite filter medium bodies, each of which may be inserted in a receiving pocket on the filter housing, the receiving pockets and the filter medium bodies being oriented at an angle to one another and to the longitudinal axis of the filter element;

[0028] FIG. 2 depicts the assembled filter element according to FIG. 1;

[0029] FIG. 3 depicts a section through the filter element according to FIGS. 1 and 2;

[0030] FIG. 4 depicts a variant of the filter element in which an outflow opening of a clean chamber is arranged in the filter element housing perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the filter element;

[0031] FIG. 5 is a section through the filter element according to FIG. 4;

[0032] FIG. 6 depicts another variant of the filter element that, as in FIG. 4, has an outflow opening arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the filter element, the outflow opening being arranged on the convexly curved side of the filter element housing;

[0033] FIG. 7 is a section through the filter element according to FIG. 6;

[0034] FIG. 8 depicts another variant of the filter element, in which the inflow and outflow sides of a filter medium body form an angle with the longitudinal axis of the filter element;

[0035] FIG. 9 is a perspective elevation of a filter element having two filter medium bodies embodied as pleated filters;

[0036] FIG. 10 is a top view of the filter element according to FIG. 9.

[0037] In the drawings, like components are assigned like reference signs.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] A first exemplary embodiment having a filter element 1 for a filter device for gas filtration is depicted in FIGS. 1 through 3. The filter element 1 forms a cohesive structural unit and comprises a first filter medium body 2 and a second filter medium body 3 on a filter element housing 17 that has a clean chamber 4 for the fluid filtered in the filter medium bodies 2, 3. The filter medium bodies 2, 3 are inserted in receiving pockets 18, 19 that are disposed at diametrically opposing sides of the filter element housing 17 and are embodied open to the outside. The interior contours of the receiving pockets 18, 19 are adapted to the exterior contours of the filter medium bodies 2, 3 to be received and have a circumferential wall 21 or 22 that is provided with a reduced height in the region of its longitudinal sides so that the fluid to be filtered can also flow in part through the circumferential sides of the received filter medium bodies 2, 3.

[0039] Disposed in the receiving pockets 18, 19 is a circumferential contact region 20 that is embodied, for instance, as an inwardly projecting circumferential projection and against which the inserted filter medium bodies 2, 3 are positioned. A sealing mass that forms a sealing edge for sealing and gluing the inserted filter medium bodies 2, 3 may be applied to the contact area.

[0040] Added to the filter element housing 17 that forms a support body for receiving and retaining the filter medium bodies 2, 3 is an outflow opening 8 to which a short outflow tube 9 is attached that is embodied integrally with the filter element housing 17. The axes of outflow opening 8 and outflow tube 9 are coaxial with the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element housing 17. The inflow or unfiltered side and the outflow or filtered side of the two rectangular block-shaped filter medium bodies 2, 3 that are immediately adjacent to the clean chamber 4 are disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element 1.

[0041] In FIG. 3, center planes 25, 26 through the filter medium bodies 2, 3 are shown that are perpendicular to the inflow and outflow sides of the filter medium bodies 2, 3. The center plane sectional axis coincides with the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element, which longitudinal axis runs parallel to the outflow side of at least one filter medium body. The center planes 25, 26 form an angle with one another that in the exemplary embodiment is approximately 30°. On the outside, the filter element housing 17 has a convex curved bend and is provided on the inside with an angle that equals the angle between the center planes 25 and 26. The outflow opening 8 and the outflow tube 9 are disposed on the side or end part of the filter element housing 17 between the two filter medium bodies 2, 3.

[0042] FIGS. 4 and 5 depict another exemplary embodiment in which, similar to the first exemplary embodiment, the center planes of the two diametrically opposing filter medium bodies 2, 3 intersect in the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element 1 and form an angle. In contrast to the first exemplary embodiment, however, the outflow opening 8 and the attached outflow tube are disposed on a wall section of the filter element housing 17 that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element 1; the axis of outflow opening 8 and outflow tube 9 runs perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element.

[0043] The filter element housing 17 is embodied curved or bent, the outflow opening and the outflow tube 9 being disposed on the concavely curved inner side of the filter element housing 17.

[0044] FIGS. 6 and 7 depict another exemplary embodiment of a filter element 1 in which, just as in the example according to FIGS. 4 and 5, the outflow opening and the outflow tube 9 are arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element 1. In contrast to the previous exemplary embodiment, however, outflow opening 8 and outflow tube 9 are arranged on the convexly curved outer side of the filter element housing 17 in the area between the filter medium bodies 2 and 3.

[0045] FIG. 8 depicts another exemplary embodiment of a filter element 1 in which the two filter medium bodies 2 and 3 that delimit the clean chamber 4 disposed therebetween are each embodied in a rectangular block shape, only the first filter medium body 2 running parallel to the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element 1, however, while the second filter medium body 3 is at an angle to the longitudinal axis 10. The two filter medium bodies 2 and 3 are preferably constructed identically and have the same dimensions. Due to the oblique positioning of the second filter medium body 3 relative to the longitudinal axis 10, the result is a clean chamber 4 having a basic trapezoidal section that is enclosed by bottom 5, top 6, and sides 7 of the filter element housing. The center planes of the filter medium bodies 2 and 3 are disposed coplanar with one another, the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element 1 is disposed in the center planes.

[0046] FIGS. 9 and 10 depict another exemplary embodiment having a filter element 1, both filter medium bodies 2 and 3 of which are embodied as pleated filters. The pleats extend between the exteriorly disposed inflow or unfiltered side of the filter medium bodies and the interiorly disposed outflow or clean sides 2a and 3a delimiting the clean chamber 4. The filter medium bodies 2 and 3 are each embodied in a rectangular block shape and may have the same dimensions.

[0047] The filter medium bodies 2 and 3 differ from one another with respect to their angular orientation relative to the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element 1. The first filter medium body 2 is oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis 10 so that its outflow side 2a also runs parallel to the longitudinal axis 10. The outflow side 3a of the second filter medium body 3, on the other hand, with the longitudinal axis 10 forms an angle that in the exemplary embodiment is in a range greater than 5° and less than 10°. Due to the rectangular block-shaped embodiment of the filter medium body 3, the outer or inflow side, which runs parallel to the outflow side 3a, also forms an angle with the longitudinal axis 10. In contrast, in the first filter medium body 2, due to the parallel orientation, the inflow side is also parallel to the longitudinal axis 10. As in the prior exemplary embodiment, the center planes of the filter medium bodies 2 and 3 are coplanar with one another, the longitudinal axis 10 of the filter element 1 being disposed in the center planes.

[0048] The pleat backs 30 of the filter medium bodies 2, 3 embodied as pleated filters are shown in some of the figures.