CA1242654A - Multiple-disc filter - Google Patents
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MULTIPLE-DISC FILTER
ABSTRACT
A multiple-disc filter comprises a stack of filtering discs each formed with grooves extending only partially through the thickness of the disc and configured to define a continuous, non-apertured surface on one face and a plurality of spaced ribs projecting from the opposite faces. The ribs are connected together to define a sinuous configuration and have straight line edges. The stack further includes spacing means between the contacting faces of adjacent discs of the stack, spacing the straight line edges of the sinuous ribs of one disc from the face of the next adjacent disc in the stack, such that the contacting faces of adjacent discs define a first group of recesses between the ribs communicating with the housing inlet, a second group of recesses alternating with the first group of recesses and communicating with the housing outlet, and a plurality of filtering passageways beween the straight line edges of the ribs and the opposite face of the next adjacent disc.
ABSTRACT
A multiple-disc filter comprises a stack of filtering discs each formed with grooves extending only partially through the thickness of the disc and configured to define a continuous, non-apertured surface on one face and a plurality of spaced ribs projecting from the opposite faces. The ribs are connected together to define a sinuous configuration and have straight line edges. The stack further includes spacing means between the contacting faces of adjacent discs of the stack, spacing the straight line edges of the sinuous ribs of one disc from the face of the next adjacent disc in the stack, such that the contacting faces of adjacent discs define a first group of recesses between the ribs communicating with the housing inlet, a second group of recesses alternating with the first group of recesses and communicating with the housing outlet, and a plurality of filtering passageways beween the straight line edges of the ribs and the opposite face of the next adjacent disc.
Description
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MULTIPLE-DISC FILTER
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Multiple-disc filters are gaining increasing use in various applications, for example in water irrigation systems for removing foreign particles which may clog the water irrigation dev:ices. Such filters include a stack of filter discs formed with ribbed side faces such as to form narrow filtering channels between the discs when arranged in a stack.
Some of the dirt particles are removed and retained at the upstream face of the filter stack facing the filter inlet, the finer dirt particles entering the spaces between the discs being removed and retained in the narrow filtering channels between the discs.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a filter of this type which may be more effectively cleaned in a quick and simple manner and without disassembling it, and which has an increased dirt-removing and dirt-holding capacity, as compared to the conventional filters of this type.
According to the present invention, there is provided a multiple-disc fluid filter comprising:
a housing having an inlet and an outlet and a plurality of filtering discs included in a stack for filtering the fluid flowing between the discs from said inlet to said outlet;
each filtering disc being formed with grooves extending only partially through the thickness of the disc and configured to define a continuous, non-apertured surface on one face and a plurality of spaced ribs ea~h having a thin, substantially-linear outer surface bordered by a line edge pro;ecting at a uniform unchanging height throughout its length from the opposite face, with one end of each rib being joined by a bridge to the next adjacent rib at one side thereof, and the opposite end of each rib being 1~426S~
joined by a seaond bridge to the ne~t adjacent rib at the opposite side thereof;
said stack of discs further including spacing means between the contacting faces of adjacent discs of the stack, spacing the line edges in the outer surfaces of said ribs on one disc from the face of the next adjacent disc in the stack, such that the contacting faces of adjacent discs deEine a Eirst group of recesses between said ribs communicating with said inlet, a second group of rscesses alternatlng with said first qroup of recesses and communicating with said outlet, and a plurality of filtering passageways between the line edges of said ribs and said opposite faces of the next adjacent disc, which line edges block the solid particles in the fluid flowing through said first group of recesses and cause them to accumulate in said first group of recesses.
The invention is herein described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating another form of filter constructed in accordance with the present invention;
Figs. 2a and 2b are top and bottom plan view, respectively, illustrating the opposite faces of the filter discs in the filter of Fig. l;
Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating the assembly of two adjacent discs in the filter of Fig. 1;
Figs. 4a and ~b are side elevational, and top plan views, respectively, illustrating the end disc at one end of the stack in the filter of Fig. 1;
Figs. 5a and 5b are side elevational, and top plan views, respectively, illustrating the end disc at the opposite end of the stack in the filter of Fig. 1;
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Fig. 6 is a sectional view illustrating another filter in accordance with the present invention including a plurality of filter discs alternating with a plurality of spacer discs;
Fig. 7 is a top plan view illustrating the construction of the filter discs~in the filter of Fig.
6, Fig. 7a being a section along lines a--a thereof;
Fig. 8 is a plan view illustrating the construction of the spacer discs in the filter of Fig.
6, Fig. 8a being a sectional view along lines a--a of Eig. 8;
Fig. 9 diagrammatically illustrates the filtering passageways formed by the contacting faces of the discs in the filter construction of Fig. 11;
and Fig. 10 illustrates a further variation in the construction of a multiple-disc filter in accordance with the present invention.
The filter illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises a housing, generally designated 102, having an inlet 104 connectable to the upstream water supply pipe, and an outlet 106 connectable to -the downstream water supply pipe. Housing 102 further includes an intermediate cylindrical section 108 in which is disposed a filter body, generally designated 110, which removes the solid particles in the irrigating water so that the water flowing via the outlet 106 to the irrigating devices connected to the downstream wa-ter supply line will be substantially free of such particles.
Cylindrical housing section 108 is integrally formed at its upper end with the housing inlet 104 and housing outlet 106, and is closed at its bottom by a threaded cap 112.
Eilter body 110 is constituted of a stack of filter discs 114 secured between a pair of end discs 116 and 118. End disc 116, more particularly ~2~26~L
illustrated in Figs~ 4a and 4b, is integrally formed with a central tubular section 116a tapered at its outer tip 116b to facilitate its reception within a sleeve 120 integrally formed in an apertured wall 121 in housing 102. End disc 118, more particularly illustrated in Figs. 5a and 5b, is also integrally formed with a central tubular section 118a tapered at i-ts outer tip 118b to facilitate its reception within a cylindrical sleeve 122 integrally formed in end cap 112.
Each of the end discs 116, 118, further includes a tubular sleeve 116c, 118c, supported centrally of the respective disc by four radial arms 16d, 18d. ~ reinforcement rod 124 (e.g. of metal) extends axially through central sleeves 116c, 118c, and the filter discs 114, and firmly secures the discs in a stack as shown in Fig. 6. Rod 124 may be fixed to the end discs 116, 118, in any suitable manner, for example by being threaded at one end into end disc 118, and receiving at its opposite end a threaded nut 126.
The spaces 116e between the radial ribs 116d in end disc 116 serve as inlet openings for the water. The water is introduced via inlet 104, passes through openings 116e into the inner passageway 128 in filter body 110, radially outwardly through the filter body into the annular passageway 130 between the filter body and the inner face of housing section 108, and out through the outlet 106.
The construction of the filter discs 114 constituting the filter body 110 is more particularly illustrated in Fig. 2a, 2b and 3. In this embodiment, the spacing means between the contacting faces of adjacent discc~, which determines the fineness of the filtering passageways, is defined by a plurality of further ribs formed on the faces of- the discs opposite ~2~L~65~
to that oE the sinuous ribs and extending substantially perpendicularly to them.
More particularly, each filter disc 114 is of annular conEiguration, being formed with a large central opening 130 defining an outer circular edge 132 and an inner circular edge 134. Each disc further includes a plurality of tabs 136, 138 projecting from its outer edge. Some tabs 136 are formed with plugs, and other tabs 138 are formed with complementary sockets. In the construction illustrated in Figs. 2a and 2b, each filter disc 114 includes three tabs 136 formed with plugs 136'projecting from one face of the disc, and three tabs 138 formed with sockets 138'projectiny from the opposite face oE the dlsc and spaced between the plug tabs 136, such that a plurality of the discs may be assembled together into the Eorm oE a stack by merely inserting the plugs of one disc into the sockets of the next adjacent one as shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 2a illustrates one face of each filter disc 114, and Fig. 2b illustrates the opposite face.
The face of disc 114 illustrated in Fig. 2a includes a plurality of spaced ribs 140 extending in the radial direction from the outer edge 132 to the inner edge 134 so as to be substantially parallel to each other. The outer end of each rib is joined by a bridge 142 to the next adjacent rib at one side thereof, and the inner end of each rib is joined by a second bridge 144 to the next adjacent rib at the opposite side thereof. Ribs 140 and bridges 142, 144 thus define a continuous sinuously-extending rib constituted mostly of sec-tions extending in the radial direction Iribs 140), but having short circumferen-tially-extending junctures (bridges 142) at the outer and inner edges of the filter disc.
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The opposite face of each filter disc 114, as illustrated in Fig. 2b, is formed with three annular ribs 151, 152, 153 coaxially disposed with respect to each other, such that the inner rib 151 is adjacent to the inner edge 134 of -the disc, the outer rib 153 is adjacent to the outer edge 132 of the disc, and the intermediate rib 152 is substantially mid-way between ribs 151 and 153.
The discs 114 are assembled together in a stack to form the cylindrical filter body 110 illustrated in Fig. 6 by placing one face (Fig. 2a) of each disc in contact with the opposite face (Fig. 2b) of the next adjacent disc, with the plugs 136' in tabs 136 of one disc 114a (Fig. 3) received within the lS sockets 138' of the next adjacent disc 114b. It will be seen that when the discs are so assembled, annular ribs 151, 152, 153 extend substantially perpendicularly to the radial ribs 140 oE the next adjacent disc.
This arrangement thereby defines the following: a first group of recesses 161 (Fig. 2a) between ribs 140 open at the inner edges 134 of the discs and thereby communicating with the filter inlet via central passageway 128; and a second group of 25 recesses 162, alternating with recesses 161, and open at the outer edges 132 of the discs, and thereby communicating with the filter outlet 106 via the outer annular passageway 130. Communication is established between the two groups oE recesses by a plurality of filtering passageways 163 (Fig 3) between -the outer faces of the radial ribs 140 of one disc (114a, Fig.
3) and the annular ribs 151~ 152, 153 of the next adjacent disc (114b, Fig. 3).
As seen particularly in Fig. 3, annular ribs 35 151, 152 and 153 formed on one face of each disc 114 are of smaller height than the radial ribs 140 formed ~;~A26S~
on the opposite face of the disc; thus, the filtering passageways 163 defined by these contacting ribs are of smaller height than recesses 161 and 162 between the radial ribs 140. In addition the thickness of the 5 annular ribs 151, 152 and 153 is very small and their spacing is substantially larger than the spacing between the radial ribs 140; thus, the fi]tering passageways 163 are substantially longer than their widths and extend for substantially the complete lO lengths of the radial ribs 140.
The filter illustrated in Figs. 1-5b may be used in the following manner:
The filter body 110 is conveniently assembled outside of housing section 108 by merely 15 inserting the plugs 136' of one disc 114 into the sockets 138' of the next adjacent disc until a stack of the desired number of discs is produced. The end discs 116 and 118 are applied to the opposite ends of the stack, and all the discs are firmly secured 20 together by passing reinforcement rod 124 through central tubes 116c, 118c of the end discs and fixing the opposite ends of the rod thereto. The so assembled stack of filter discs is inserted into cylindrical section 108 of the housing, and end cap 25 112 of the housing is applied to close the lower end of the housing section .
As a pressurized fluid, e.g. irrigation water, is introduced via the housing inlet 104, the water passes through openings 116e in end disc 116 30 into the inner passageway 128 of the filter body 110.
As described earlier, in the assembled condition of the filter discs 114, annular ribs 151, 152 153 on one face of each disc firmly contact the radial ribs 140 on the col1fronting face of the next adjacent disc, to 35 define the plurality of recesses 161 communicating with the inner passageway 128 and thereby with the 265~
filter inlet 104, the plurality of recesses 162 communicating with the outer annular passageway 130 and thereby with the outlet 106, and the filtering passageways 163 between the annular ribs 151, 152, 153 5 and the radial ribs 140.
It will thus be seen that the illustrated filter provides two degrees of filtration, namely coarse filtration defined by the spacing between the radial ribs 140 which block out coarse particles, and lO fine filtration defined by the height of the annular ribs 151, 152, 153 which block out fine particles. The height of annular ribs, 151, 152, 153 can be varied according to the fine filtration desired. As one example, these ribs may have a height of 0.15 mm which 15 produces approximately a 100-mesh filtration.
It will be particularly noted that the fine particles are removed in the passageways 163 between annular ribs 151, 152, 153, which passageways extend for substantially the complete length oE the radial 20 ribs 140. Thus, the illustrated filter has a very high capacity Eor removing and retaining large quantities of solid particles before cleaning is required. Cleaning may be done by reverse flushing, or by removing end cap 112 and the stack of filter 25 discs 114, and then rinsing the discs~
passageways between the adjacent discs.
In the embodiment of Figs. 6-g, instead of providing the stack with discs of all the same construction, the stack is provided with two types of 30 discs, one type being filter discs formed with the sinuous ribs, and the other type being spacer discs formed with the spacer ribs and alternating wi-th the first type of discs. Such an arrangement provides a number of important advantages. Thus, the filter discs 35 formed with the sinuous ribs on both faces may be of standardized construction and dimensions for all ~L2~2~
g filter-mesh sizes, the filter-mesh size being determined by the dimensions of the ribs in the spacer discs; that is, the spacer discs would have ribs of larger height to define larger filtering passageways for coarse-mesh filters, and ribs of shorter height to define smaller passageways of fine-mesh filters. This enables considerable savings to be made not only in inventory costs, but also in development, tooling and manufacturing costs. Another advantage in this construction is that the assembling of the filter is much simpler and less prone to mistakes since the disc can be introduced with either face facing outwardly, it only being necessary to alternate the two -types of discs when assembling the filter stack. ~ still furthar advantage is that the spacer discs may be made of, or may include, special chemical materials, for example carbon to absorb odors and the like.
The filter stack illustrated in Fig. 6 comprises a plurality of filter discs 214 shown in Figs. 7 and 7a, alternating with a plurality of spacer discs 215 shown in Figs. 8 and 8a. Both types of discs are of annular configuration, each being formed with a large central opening 230, 231, defining an outer circular edge 232, 233, and an inner circular edge 234, 235.
Disc 214 is formed on both its faces with a sinuous projection or rib 240 progressing completely around the circumference of the disc. Fig. 7 illustrates sinuous rib 240 as occupying only one-fourth of the disc, but it will be appreciated that it is shown thus Eor simplification purposes and that the sinuous rib actually extends completely around the circumference on both of its faces.
Sinuous rib 240 formed on both faces of disc 214 is constituted mostly of straight sections extending radially of the disc. These straight - 10 - ~ 242~5~
sections are joined by short junctures or bridge sections 242 adjacent to the outer edge of the disc, and by further junctures or bridges 243 adjacent to the inner edge of the disc, to produce the sinuous 5 configuration.
Each of the spacer discs 215, as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 8a, is formed with a pair of annular ribs 251, 252, on both of its faces. Thus, annular rib 251 is adjacent to the outer edge 233 of the disc, and 10 annular rib 252 is adjacent to its inner edge 235.
Although Fig. 8 illustrates ribs 250 extending only for one-fourth the circumference of disc 215, it will be appreciated tha-t these ribs extend for the complete circumference of the disc on both of its opposite 15 faces.
Fig. 6 illustrates the filter stack as including a plurality of the filter discs 214 alternating with a plurality of the spacer discs 215, such that the sinuous rib 240 on each of the two faces 20 of disc 214 always contacts the two annular ribs 251, 252 on the confronting face of the spacer discs 215.
The plurality of discs are retained in a stack by an end disc 216 at one end of the stack, the opposite end including a similar end disc.
Fig. 9 diagrammatically illustrates the filter passageways formed by the contacting faces of discs 214 and 215 in the stack illustrated in Fig. 6.
Assuming the outer face of the stack constitutes the upstream surface, i.e. facing the filter inlet, it 30 will seen that the flow of the water (or other fluid) through the stack will be as shown by the arrows 260 in Fig. 9. Thus, the contacting faces of the sinuous ribs 240 on discs 214, and the annular ribs 251, 252 on discs 215, will produce a first group oE recesses 35 261 open at the outer edges of the discs and thereby communicating with the filter inlet, and a second ~2426~
group o-f recesses 262, al-ternating with recesses 261, and open at the inner edges oE the discs and thereby communicating with the filter outlet via the central passageway defined by disc openings 230, 231.
Communication is established between these two groups of recesses by the plurality of filtering passageways between the radial sections of the sinuous ribs 240 of the filter discs 214, and the annular ribs 251, 252 of the spacer discs 215.
The filter illustrated in Fig. 10 may be basically of the same overall construction as that in any of the above-described embodiments, except that instead of using discs of planar configuration, the illustrated filter uses discs of tapered configuration, particularly of frusto-conical configuration, which are nestably received within each other.
Thus, the illustrated filter comprises a housing 302 having an inlet 304, an outlet 306, and an intermediate cylindrical section 308 in which is disposed a filter body 310, the bottom of housing section being 308 being closed by a threaded cap 312;
Filter body 310 is constituted of a stack of filter discs 314 secured between a pair of end discs 316, 318. End disc 316 is integrally formed with a central tubular section 316a tapered at its outer tip -to facilitate its reception within a sleeve 320 integrally formed in an apertured wall 321 in housing 302. End disc 318 is also integrally formed with a central tubular section 318a tapered at its outer top to facilitate its reception within a cylindrical-sleeve 322 integrally formed in end cap 312. Each of the end discs 316, 318 further includes a tubular sleeve 316c, 318c, supported centrally of the respective disc by four radial arms defining passageways, e.g. 316c. A reinforcement rod extends ~2~ 65~
axially through sleeves 316c, 31~c and the filter discs 314, and firmly secures the discs in a stack.
Rod 324 is fixed to end disc 318 and receives a threaded nut 326 at its opposite end for fixing same to disc 316.
In the filter illustrated in Fig. 10, the discs are of tapered configuration from their outer edges to their inner edges and are nestably received within each other. They therefore support each other within the s-tack. In addition, this configuration of the discs increases the area of the contacting faces between the discs, thereby increasing the filtering capacity Eor a given size unit.
Further, by disposing the stack of discs in a vertical position as illustrated in Fig. 10, with the inlet edges of the contacting surfaces of the discs below i:heir outlet edges, the coarse dirt particles in the fluid separated at the inlet edges of the discs tend to fall to the bottom of the housing.
In the illustrated arrangement, the outer edges of the discs 314 are at the inlet side of the stack 310 and are therefore lower than the inner edges of the discs, constituting the outlet side of the stack.
Accordingly, the coarse dirt particles will tend to fall by gravity on top of threaded cap, and therefore may be conveniently removed by merely removing the cap, or by providing a dirt purging outlet through the cap.
Preferably, the filter discs 314 are of frusto-conical configuration forming an angle of 30-60 with respect to the longitudinal axis of the stack 310. A preferred angle is 45. The two end discs 316 and 318 are preferably also of the same frusto-conical configuration.
The contacting faces of the discs are formed with ribs and recesses of any desired configuration, 12~L~65a~
such as in the above-described embodiments, in order to provide the proper filtering passageways for the fluid flowing from the housing inlet 304 to the housing outlet 306. Preferably, the discs are constructed of flexible material -to enable them to flex and close any gaps between their contacting faces when tightened by nut 326, in order to preclude channeling of the fluid because of dimensional imprecisions.
MULTIPLE-DISC FILTER
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Multiple-disc filters are gaining increasing use in various applications, for example in water irrigation systems for removing foreign particles which may clog the water irrigation dev:ices. Such filters include a stack of filter discs formed with ribbed side faces such as to form narrow filtering channels between the discs when arranged in a stack.
Some of the dirt particles are removed and retained at the upstream face of the filter stack facing the filter inlet, the finer dirt particles entering the spaces between the discs being removed and retained in the narrow filtering channels between the discs.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a filter of this type which may be more effectively cleaned in a quick and simple manner and without disassembling it, and which has an increased dirt-removing and dirt-holding capacity, as compared to the conventional filters of this type.
According to the present invention, there is provided a multiple-disc fluid filter comprising:
a housing having an inlet and an outlet and a plurality of filtering discs included in a stack for filtering the fluid flowing between the discs from said inlet to said outlet;
each filtering disc being formed with grooves extending only partially through the thickness of the disc and configured to define a continuous, non-apertured surface on one face and a plurality of spaced ribs ea~h having a thin, substantially-linear outer surface bordered by a line edge pro;ecting at a uniform unchanging height throughout its length from the opposite face, with one end of each rib being joined by a bridge to the next adjacent rib at one side thereof, and the opposite end of each rib being 1~426S~
joined by a seaond bridge to the ne~t adjacent rib at the opposite side thereof;
said stack of discs further including spacing means between the contacting faces of adjacent discs of the stack, spacing the line edges in the outer surfaces of said ribs on one disc from the face of the next adjacent disc in the stack, such that the contacting faces of adjacent discs deEine a Eirst group of recesses between said ribs communicating with said inlet, a second group of rscesses alternatlng with said first qroup of recesses and communicating with said outlet, and a plurality of filtering passageways between the line edges of said ribs and said opposite faces of the next adjacent disc, which line edges block the solid particles in the fluid flowing through said first group of recesses and cause them to accumulate in said first group of recesses.
The invention is herein described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating another form of filter constructed in accordance with the present invention;
Figs. 2a and 2b are top and bottom plan view, respectively, illustrating the opposite faces of the filter discs in the filter of Fig. l;
Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating the assembly of two adjacent discs in the filter of Fig. 1;
Figs. 4a and ~b are side elevational, and top plan views, respectively, illustrating the end disc at one end of the stack in the filter of Fig. 1;
Figs. 5a and 5b are side elevational, and top plan views, respectively, illustrating the end disc at the opposite end of the stack in the filter of Fig. 1;
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Fig. 6 is a sectional view illustrating another filter in accordance with the present invention including a plurality of filter discs alternating with a plurality of spacer discs;
Fig. 7 is a top plan view illustrating the construction of the filter discs~in the filter of Fig.
6, Fig. 7a being a section along lines a--a thereof;
Fig. 8 is a plan view illustrating the construction of the spacer discs in the filter of Fig.
6, Fig. 8a being a sectional view along lines a--a of Eig. 8;
Fig. 9 diagrammatically illustrates the filtering passageways formed by the contacting faces of the discs in the filter construction of Fig. 11;
and Fig. 10 illustrates a further variation in the construction of a multiple-disc filter in accordance with the present invention.
The filter illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises a housing, generally designated 102, having an inlet 104 connectable to the upstream water supply pipe, and an outlet 106 connectable to -the downstream water supply pipe. Housing 102 further includes an intermediate cylindrical section 108 in which is disposed a filter body, generally designated 110, which removes the solid particles in the irrigating water so that the water flowing via the outlet 106 to the irrigating devices connected to the downstream wa-ter supply line will be substantially free of such particles.
Cylindrical housing section 108 is integrally formed at its upper end with the housing inlet 104 and housing outlet 106, and is closed at its bottom by a threaded cap 112.
Eilter body 110 is constituted of a stack of filter discs 114 secured between a pair of end discs 116 and 118. End disc 116, more particularly ~2~26~L
illustrated in Figs~ 4a and 4b, is integrally formed with a central tubular section 116a tapered at its outer tip 116b to facilitate its reception within a sleeve 120 integrally formed in an apertured wall 121 in housing 102. End disc 118, more particularly illustrated in Figs. 5a and 5b, is also integrally formed with a central tubular section 118a tapered at i-ts outer tip 118b to facilitate its reception within a cylindrical sleeve 122 integrally formed in end cap 112.
Each of the end discs 116, 118, further includes a tubular sleeve 116c, 118c, supported centrally of the respective disc by four radial arms 16d, 18d. ~ reinforcement rod 124 (e.g. of metal) extends axially through central sleeves 116c, 118c, and the filter discs 114, and firmly secures the discs in a stack as shown in Fig. 6. Rod 124 may be fixed to the end discs 116, 118, in any suitable manner, for example by being threaded at one end into end disc 118, and receiving at its opposite end a threaded nut 126.
The spaces 116e between the radial ribs 116d in end disc 116 serve as inlet openings for the water. The water is introduced via inlet 104, passes through openings 116e into the inner passageway 128 in filter body 110, radially outwardly through the filter body into the annular passageway 130 between the filter body and the inner face of housing section 108, and out through the outlet 106.
The construction of the filter discs 114 constituting the filter body 110 is more particularly illustrated in Fig. 2a, 2b and 3. In this embodiment, the spacing means between the contacting faces of adjacent discc~, which determines the fineness of the filtering passageways, is defined by a plurality of further ribs formed on the faces of- the discs opposite ~2~L~65~
to that oE the sinuous ribs and extending substantially perpendicularly to them.
More particularly, each filter disc 114 is of annular conEiguration, being formed with a large central opening 130 defining an outer circular edge 132 and an inner circular edge 134. Each disc further includes a plurality of tabs 136, 138 projecting from its outer edge. Some tabs 136 are formed with plugs, and other tabs 138 are formed with complementary sockets. In the construction illustrated in Figs. 2a and 2b, each filter disc 114 includes three tabs 136 formed with plugs 136'projecting from one face of the disc, and three tabs 138 formed with sockets 138'projectiny from the opposite face oE the dlsc and spaced between the plug tabs 136, such that a plurality of the discs may be assembled together into the Eorm oE a stack by merely inserting the plugs of one disc into the sockets of the next adjacent one as shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 2a illustrates one face of each filter disc 114, and Fig. 2b illustrates the opposite face.
The face of disc 114 illustrated in Fig. 2a includes a plurality of spaced ribs 140 extending in the radial direction from the outer edge 132 to the inner edge 134 so as to be substantially parallel to each other. The outer end of each rib is joined by a bridge 142 to the next adjacent rib at one side thereof, and the inner end of each rib is joined by a second bridge 144 to the next adjacent rib at the opposite side thereof. Ribs 140 and bridges 142, 144 thus define a continuous sinuously-extending rib constituted mostly of sec-tions extending in the radial direction Iribs 140), but having short circumferen-tially-extending junctures (bridges 142) at the outer and inner edges of the filter disc.
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The opposite face of each filter disc 114, as illustrated in Fig. 2b, is formed with three annular ribs 151, 152, 153 coaxially disposed with respect to each other, such that the inner rib 151 is adjacent to the inner edge 134 of -the disc, the outer rib 153 is adjacent to the outer edge 132 of the disc, and the intermediate rib 152 is substantially mid-way between ribs 151 and 153.
The discs 114 are assembled together in a stack to form the cylindrical filter body 110 illustrated in Fig. 6 by placing one face (Fig. 2a) of each disc in contact with the opposite face (Fig. 2b) of the next adjacent disc, with the plugs 136' in tabs 136 of one disc 114a (Fig. 3) received within the lS sockets 138' of the next adjacent disc 114b. It will be seen that when the discs are so assembled, annular ribs 151, 152, 153 extend substantially perpendicularly to the radial ribs 140 oE the next adjacent disc.
This arrangement thereby defines the following: a first group of recesses 161 (Fig. 2a) between ribs 140 open at the inner edges 134 of the discs and thereby communicating with the filter inlet via central passageway 128; and a second group of 25 recesses 162, alternating with recesses 161, and open at the outer edges 132 of the discs, and thereby communicating with the filter outlet 106 via the outer annular passageway 130. Communication is established between the two groups oE recesses by a plurality of filtering passageways 163 (Fig 3) between -the outer faces of the radial ribs 140 of one disc (114a, Fig.
3) and the annular ribs 151~ 152, 153 of the next adjacent disc (114b, Fig. 3).
As seen particularly in Fig. 3, annular ribs 35 151, 152 and 153 formed on one face of each disc 114 are of smaller height than the radial ribs 140 formed ~;~A26S~
on the opposite face of the disc; thus, the filtering passageways 163 defined by these contacting ribs are of smaller height than recesses 161 and 162 between the radial ribs 140. In addition the thickness of the 5 annular ribs 151, 152 and 153 is very small and their spacing is substantially larger than the spacing between the radial ribs 140; thus, the fi]tering passageways 163 are substantially longer than their widths and extend for substantially the complete lO lengths of the radial ribs 140.
The filter illustrated in Figs. 1-5b may be used in the following manner:
The filter body 110 is conveniently assembled outside of housing section 108 by merely 15 inserting the plugs 136' of one disc 114 into the sockets 138' of the next adjacent disc until a stack of the desired number of discs is produced. The end discs 116 and 118 are applied to the opposite ends of the stack, and all the discs are firmly secured 20 together by passing reinforcement rod 124 through central tubes 116c, 118c of the end discs and fixing the opposite ends of the rod thereto. The so assembled stack of filter discs is inserted into cylindrical section 108 of the housing, and end cap 25 112 of the housing is applied to close the lower end of the housing section .
As a pressurized fluid, e.g. irrigation water, is introduced via the housing inlet 104, the water passes through openings 116e in end disc 116 30 into the inner passageway 128 of the filter body 110.
As described earlier, in the assembled condition of the filter discs 114, annular ribs 151, 152 153 on one face of each disc firmly contact the radial ribs 140 on the col1fronting face of the next adjacent disc, to 35 define the plurality of recesses 161 communicating with the inner passageway 128 and thereby with the 265~
filter inlet 104, the plurality of recesses 162 communicating with the outer annular passageway 130 and thereby with the outlet 106, and the filtering passageways 163 between the annular ribs 151, 152, 153 5 and the radial ribs 140.
It will thus be seen that the illustrated filter provides two degrees of filtration, namely coarse filtration defined by the spacing between the radial ribs 140 which block out coarse particles, and lO fine filtration defined by the height of the annular ribs 151, 152, 153 which block out fine particles. The height of annular ribs, 151, 152, 153 can be varied according to the fine filtration desired. As one example, these ribs may have a height of 0.15 mm which 15 produces approximately a 100-mesh filtration.
It will be particularly noted that the fine particles are removed in the passageways 163 between annular ribs 151, 152, 153, which passageways extend for substantially the complete length oE the radial 20 ribs 140. Thus, the illustrated filter has a very high capacity Eor removing and retaining large quantities of solid particles before cleaning is required. Cleaning may be done by reverse flushing, or by removing end cap 112 and the stack of filter 25 discs 114, and then rinsing the discs~
passageways between the adjacent discs.
In the embodiment of Figs. 6-g, instead of providing the stack with discs of all the same construction, the stack is provided with two types of 30 discs, one type being filter discs formed with the sinuous ribs, and the other type being spacer discs formed with the spacer ribs and alternating wi-th the first type of discs. Such an arrangement provides a number of important advantages. Thus, the filter discs 35 formed with the sinuous ribs on both faces may be of standardized construction and dimensions for all ~L2~2~
g filter-mesh sizes, the filter-mesh size being determined by the dimensions of the ribs in the spacer discs; that is, the spacer discs would have ribs of larger height to define larger filtering passageways for coarse-mesh filters, and ribs of shorter height to define smaller passageways of fine-mesh filters. This enables considerable savings to be made not only in inventory costs, but also in development, tooling and manufacturing costs. Another advantage in this construction is that the assembling of the filter is much simpler and less prone to mistakes since the disc can be introduced with either face facing outwardly, it only being necessary to alternate the two -types of discs when assembling the filter stack. ~ still furthar advantage is that the spacer discs may be made of, or may include, special chemical materials, for example carbon to absorb odors and the like.
The filter stack illustrated in Fig. 6 comprises a plurality of filter discs 214 shown in Figs. 7 and 7a, alternating with a plurality of spacer discs 215 shown in Figs. 8 and 8a. Both types of discs are of annular configuration, each being formed with a large central opening 230, 231, defining an outer circular edge 232, 233, and an inner circular edge 234, 235.
Disc 214 is formed on both its faces with a sinuous projection or rib 240 progressing completely around the circumference of the disc. Fig. 7 illustrates sinuous rib 240 as occupying only one-fourth of the disc, but it will be appreciated that it is shown thus Eor simplification purposes and that the sinuous rib actually extends completely around the circumference on both of its faces.
Sinuous rib 240 formed on both faces of disc 214 is constituted mostly of straight sections extending radially of the disc. These straight - 10 - ~ 242~5~
sections are joined by short junctures or bridge sections 242 adjacent to the outer edge of the disc, and by further junctures or bridges 243 adjacent to the inner edge of the disc, to produce the sinuous 5 configuration.
Each of the spacer discs 215, as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 8a, is formed with a pair of annular ribs 251, 252, on both of its faces. Thus, annular rib 251 is adjacent to the outer edge 233 of the disc, and 10 annular rib 252 is adjacent to its inner edge 235.
Although Fig. 8 illustrates ribs 250 extending only for one-fourth the circumference of disc 215, it will be appreciated tha-t these ribs extend for the complete circumference of the disc on both of its opposite 15 faces.
Fig. 6 illustrates the filter stack as including a plurality of the filter discs 214 alternating with a plurality of the spacer discs 215, such that the sinuous rib 240 on each of the two faces 20 of disc 214 always contacts the two annular ribs 251, 252 on the confronting face of the spacer discs 215.
The plurality of discs are retained in a stack by an end disc 216 at one end of the stack, the opposite end including a similar end disc.
Fig. 9 diagrammatically illustrates the filter passageways formed by the contacting faces of discs 214 and 215 in the stack illustrated in Fig. 6.
Assuming the outer face of the stack constitutes the upstream surface, i.e. facing the filter inlet, it 30 will seen that the flow of the water (or other fluid) through the stack will be as shown by the arrows 260 in Fig. 9. Thus, the contacting faces of the sinuous ribs 240 on discs 214, and the annular ribs 251, 252 on discs 215, will produce a first group oE recesses 35 261 open at the outer edges of the discs and thereby communicating with the filter inlet, and a second ~2426~
group o-f recesses 262, al-ternating with recesses 261, and open at the inner edges oE the discs and thereby communicating with the filter outlet via the central passageway defined by disc openings 230, 231.
Communication is established between these two groups of recesses by the plurality of filtering passageways between the radial sections of the sinuous ribs 240 of the filter discs 214, and the annular ribs 251, 252 of the spacer discs 215.
The filter illustrated in Fig. 10 may be basically of the same overall construction as that in any of the above-described embodiments, except that instead of using discs of planar configuration, the illustrated filter uses discs of tapered configuration, particularly of frusto-conical configuration, which are nestably received within each other.
Thus, the illustrated filter comprises a housing 302 having an inlet 304, an outlet 306, and an intermediate cylindrical section 308 in which is disposed a filter body 310, the bottom of housing section being 308 being closed by a threaded cap 312;
Filter body 310 is constituted of a stack of filter discs 314 secured between a pair of end discs 316, 318. End disc 316 is integrally formed with a central tubular section 316a tapered at its outer tip -to facilitate its reception within a sleeve 320 integrally formed in an apertured wall 321 in housing 302. End disc 318 is also integrally formed with a central tubular section 318a tapered at its outer top to facilitate its reception within a cylindrical-sleeve 322 integrally formed in end cap 312. Each of the end discs 316, 318 further includes a tubular sleeve 316c, 318c, supported centrally of the respective disc by four radial arms defining passageways, e.g. 316c. A reinforcement rod extends ~2~ 65~
axially through sleeves 316c, 31~c and the filter discs 314, and firmly secures the discs in a stack.
Rod 324 is fixed to end disc 318 and receives a threaded nut 326 at its opposite end for fixing same to disc 316.
In the filter illustrated in Fig. 10, the discs are of tapered configuration from their outer edges to their inner edges and are nestably received within each other. They therefore support each other within the s-tack. In addition, this configuration of the discs increases the area of the contacting faces between the discs, thereby increasing the filtering capacity Eor a given size unit.
Further, by disposing the stack of discs in a vertical position as illustrated in Fig. 10, with the inlet edges of the contacting surfaces of the discs below i:heir outlet edges, the coarse dirt particles in the fluid separated at the inlet edges of the discs tend to fall to the bottom of the housing.
In the illustrated arrangement, the outer edges of the discs 314 are at the inlet side of the stack 310 and are therefore lower than the inner edges of the discs, constituting the outlet side of the stack.
Accordingly, the coarse dirt particles will tend to fall by gravity on top of threaded cap, and therefore may be conveniently removed by merely removing the cap, or by providing a dirt purging outlet through the cap.
Preferably, the filter discs 314 are of frusto-conical configuration forming an angle of 30-60 with respect to the longitudinal axis of the stack 310. A preferred angle is 45. The two end discs 316 and 318 are preferably also of the same frusto-conical configuration.
The contacting faces of the discs are formed with ribs and recesses of any desired configuration, 12~L~65a~
such as in the above-described embodiments, in order to provide the proper filtering passageways for the fluid flowing from the housing inlet 304 to the housing outlet 306. Preferably, the discs are constructed of flexible material -to enable them to flex and close any gaps between their contacting faces when tightened by nut 326, in order to preclude channeling of the fluid because of dimensional imprecisions.
Claims (12)
1. A multiple-disc fluid filter comprising:
a housing having an inlet and an outlet and a plurality of filtering discs included in a stack for filtering the fluid flowing between the discs from said inlet to said outlet;
each filtering disc being formed with grooves extending only partially through the thickness of the disc and configured to define a continuous, non-apertured surface on one face and a plurality of spaced ribs each having a thin, substantially-linear outer surface bordered by a line edge projecting at a uniform unchanging height throughout its length from the opposite face, with one end of each rib being joined by a bridge to the next adjacent rib at one side thereof, and the opposite end of each rib being joined by a second bridge to the next adjacent rib at the opposite side thereof;
said stack of discs further including spacing means between the contacting faces of adjacent discs of the stack, spacing the line edges in the outer surfaces of said ribs on one disc from the face of the next adjacent disc in the stack, such that the contacting faces of adjacent discs define a first group of recesses between said ribs communicating with said inlet, a second group of recesses alternating with said first group of recesses and communicating with said outlet, and a plurality of filtering passageways between the line edges of said ribs and said opposite faces of the next adjacent disc, which line edges block the solid particles in the fluid flowing through said first group of recesses and cause them to accumulate in said first group of recesses.
a housing having an inlet and an outlet and a plurality of filtering discs included in a stack for filtering the fluid flowing between the discs from said inlet to said outlet;
each filtering disc being formed with grooves extending only partially through the thickness of the disc and configured to define a continuous, non-apertured surface on one face and a plurality of spaced ribs each having a thin, substantially-linear outer surface bordered by a line edge projecting at a uniform unchanging height throughout its length from the opposite face, with one end of each rib being joined by a bridge to the next adjacent rib at one side thereof, and the opposite end of each rib being joined by a second bridge to the next adjacent rib at the opposite side thereof;
said stack of discs further including spacing means between the contacting faces of adjacent discs of the stack, spacing the line edges in the outer surfaces of said ribs on one disc from the face of the next adjacent disc in the stack, such that the contacting faces of adjacent discs define a first group of recesses between said ribs communicating with said inlet, a second group of recesses alternating with said first group of recesses and communicating with said outlet, and a plurality of filtering passageways between the line edges of said ribs and said opposite faces of the next adjacent disc, which line edges block the solid particles in the fluid flowing through said first group of recesses and cause them to accumulate in said first group of recesses.
2. The filter according to Claim 1, wherein the width of each rib is a small fraction of its length, and also a small fraction of the width of the recesses between ribs.
3. The filter according to Claim 1, wherein said face of the next adjacent disc in the stack is flat, said bridges at the two ends of each rib being of greater height than said ribs so as to constitute said spacing means between the contacting faces of adjacent discs, each of said filtering passageways extending continuously for the complete length of its respective rib.
4. The filter according to Claim 1, wherein said spacing means comprises a plurality of further ribs formed on the contacting face of said next adjacent disc in the stack and extending substantially perpendicularly to said first-mentioned ribs.
5. The filter according to Claim 4, wherein said further ribs are of substantially smaller height than said filter-mentioned ribs such that said filtering passageways are of substantially smaller height than the height of said first and second recesses.
6. The filter according to Claim 4, wherein said further ribs are spaced from each other a substantially larger distance than the spacing of said first-mentioned ribs from each other such that the length of each of said filtering passageways is substantially longer than its width.
7. The filter according to Claim 4, wherein said discs and said further ribs thereon are both of annular shape, said first-mentioned ribs extending in the radial direction of the respective disc, and said bridges extending in the circumferential direction of the respective disc.
8. The filter according to Claim 4, wherein all said discs of the stack are of identical construction, each disc defining said continuous, non-apertured surface on one face and said plurality of spaced ribs projecting from said opposite face.
9. The filter according to Claim 4, wherein said stack includes two types of discs alternating with each other in the stack, one type being filter discs formed with said first-mentioned ribs according to a sinuous configuration on both its faces, the other type being spacer discs formed with said further ribs on both its faces.
10. The filter according to Claim 9, wherein all said discs are of annular shape, said sinuous ribs formed on the faces of said filter discs including straight sections extending radially of the respective disc, said further ribs formed on said spacer discs being of annular shape and extending circumferentially of the respective disc.
11. A multiple-disc filter including a plurality of discs arranged in a stack and having contacing faces between adjacent discs formed with ribs to define filtering passageways therebetween, one of said contacting faces being formed with a sinuous rib constituted of straight sections extending in one direction joined at opposite ends by bridge sections, the other contacting face of adjacent discs being formed with further ribs extending in substantially parallel, spaced relationship to each other and perpendicularly to said straight sections of the sinuous ribs; and stack including two types of discs alternating with each other in the stack, one type being filter discs formed with said sinuous ribs on both its faces, the other type being spacer discs formed with said further ribs on both its faces.
12. The filter according to Claim 11, wherein all said discs are of annular shape, said straight sections of the sinuous ribs formed on both faces of alternating discs extending radially of the respective discs, said further ribs formed in spaced, parallel relationship on both faces of said spacer discs being of annular shape and extending circumferentially of the respective disc.
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