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US 7,531,018 · App. 11/783,592 · Granted May 12, 2009

Multi-stage apparatus for separating liquid droplets from gases

Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,531,018
App. No.
11/783,592
Granted
May 12, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air deoiling element with a drainage line for discharging the separated liquids, in which the drainage line is integrally mounted to a support member.

Claims (7)

1. An air deoiling device, comprising a coalescer support member, an oil coalescing structure attached to and surrounding the coalescer support member, and a drainage line for discharging separated liquids from the device, wherein the drainage line is integrally mounted to the coalescer support member.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support member is a support tube and the drainage line is welded, clipped, bonded or injection molded onto the support tube, integrally manufactured with the support tube or inserted into a seat of the support tube.

3. A device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the drainage line is inserted into an opening of the support tube.

4. A device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the opening is a tubular opening.

5. A device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the integrally mounted drainage line is connected to an end closure element when a winding is glued to the support member.

6. A device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a one-piece drainage line is mounted to a support member assembled from a plurality of components.

7. A device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the device is inserted into a pressure vessel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2007
From: BECKER, STEFAN; SCHIPPERS, CARSTEN; HEIKAMP, WOLFGANG; NEUMANN, TOBIAS; STEPHAN, ANDREAS
To: MANN & HUMMEL GMBH
Reel/Frame 019415/0686 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2006 006 084 · Apr 12, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070240390A1 · Oct 18, 2007