IP Library Granted Patent US 9,216,373
Granted Patent B2
US 9,216,373 · App. 14/357,282 · Granted Dec 22, 2015

Filtering unit

Inventor: Giorgio Girondi (Mantova, IT)
Assignee: UFI INNOVATION CENTER S.R.L.
B01D50/002B01D45/16B01D46/0045B01D46/2407B01D46/2411B01D53/22B01D63/14B01D65/08B01D2313/04B01D2313/08B01D2315/08B01D2319/04B01D2321/2016
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Patent No.
US 9,216,373
App. No.
14/357,282
Granted
Dec 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filtering cartridge ( 2 ), intended to be contained within an outer casing (TO) provided with an inlet ( 11 ) and an outlet ( 12 ) so as to filter the fluid which flows from the inlet ( 11 ) towards the outlet ( 12 ), the filtering cartridge ( 2 ) comprising at least one filtering membrane ( 40 ), characterized in that it comprises at least one tubular body ( 30 ) into which said filtering membrane ( 40 ) is fitted so as to be at least partly wound, the tubular body ( 30 ) comprising at least one fin ( 32 ) having helical development deriving from the internal wall of the tubular body ( 30 ).

Claims (10)

1. Filtering unit ( 1 ), comprising an outer casing ( 10 ) provided with at least one inlet ( 11 ) and an outlet ( 12 ) and a filtering cartridge ( 2 ) contained within the outer casing ( 10 ) so as to filter a fluid which flows from the at least one inlet ( 11 ) towards the outlet ( 12 ), the filtering cartridge ( 2 ) comprising at least one tubular-shaped filtering membrane ( 40 ), having a closed end ( 41 ) and an open opposite end ( 42 ) and at least one tubular body ( 30 ) into which said at least one filtering membrane ( 40 ) is fitted so as to be at least partly wound, the at least one tubular body ( 30 ) comprising:

at least one fin ( 32 ) having helical development deriving from an internal wall of the at least one tubular body ( 30 ); and

at least one discharge gap ( 34 ) on the lateral wall thereof.

2. The filtering unit ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fin ( 32 ) has a height substantially equivalent to a difference between an inner diameter of the at least one tubular body ( 30 ) and an outer diameter of the at least one filtering membrane ( 40 ).

3. The filtering unit ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fin ( 32 ) has a variable pitch along a longitudinal axis of the at least one tubular body ( 30 ).

4. The filtering unit ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one tubular body ( 30 ) comprises at least one annular abutment ( 310 ) adapted to be fixed to the open end ( 42 ) of the at least one filtering membrane ( 40 ) so as to divide the environment within the at least one filtering membrane ( 40 ) from an external environment thereby.

5. The filtering unit ( 1 ) according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one annular abutment ( 310 ) is provided at an end ( 31 ) of the at least one tubular body ( 30 ).

6. The filtering unit ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising a support element ( 20 ) provided with at least one through opening ( 21 ) to which the at least one tubular body ( 30 ) is coaxially associated.

7. The filtering unit ( 1 ) according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one tubular body ( 30 ) is integrally fixed to the support element ( 20 ).

8. The filtering unit ( 1 ) according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one tubular body ( 30 ) is removably associated to the support element ( 20 ) through a coupling member.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2023
From: UFI CELL S.R.L.
To: UFI INNOVATION CENTER S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 065854/0631 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 11, 2023
From: UFI INNOVATION CENTER S.R.L.
To: UFI CELL S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 066044/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2014
From: GIRONDI, GIORGIO
To: UFI INNOVATION CENTER S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032863/0400 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT RE2011A0084 · Oct 17, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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