US 7,320,725 B2 | ||
Disposable cartridge air/gas dryer | ||
Michael J. Arno, Clarence, N.Y. (US); and Daniel Blaszkowiak, Cheektowaga, N.Y. (US) | ||
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, Ill. (US) | ||
Filed on Mar. 18, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/84,852. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/554561, filed on Mar. 19, 2004. | ||
Prior Publication US 2005/0268785 A1, Dec. 08, 2005 | ||
Int. Cl. B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 96—117.5 [96/135; 96/138; 96/147; 55/320; 55/357; 55/433; 55/462; 55/515; 55/DIG. 17] | 20 Claims |
1. A disposable cartridge air/gas dryer apparatus for installation in an air/gas line delivering compressed air/gas to an
air/gas-driven tool, comprising:
a pressure vessel having a peripheral wall member defining an interior space within said pressure vessel;
an inlet port disposed upon said pressure vessel;
an outlet port disposed upon said pressure vessel;
a disposable dryer cartridge disposed within said pressure vessel and comprising a casing having a quantity of a drying composition
disposed within said casing;
a handle disposed upon on said cartridge for lowering and lifting said cartridge during insertion and removal of said cartridge
into and out from said pressure vessel;
a cartridge support surface disposed within said pressure vessel for supporting a first lower end portion of said cartridge;
a cartridge receiving opening defined within an upper end portion of said pressure vessel for permitting said cartridge to
be inserted into and removed from said pressure vessel; and
a cover member removably disposed upon said pressure vessel so as to cover said cartridge receiving opening defined within
said upper end portion of said pressure vessel, and engaged with a second upper end portion of said cartridge when said cartridge
is disposed within said pressure vessel such that said cartridge substantially fills that portion of said interior space of
said pressure vessel which is defined between an interior surface portion of said peripheral wall member, said cartridge support
surface, and said cover member.
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