Filter holder and gasket assembly for candle or tube filters

Patent · 02 March 1999

OSTI ID:872165

Lippert, Thomas Edwin ^[1]; Alvin, Mary Anne ^[2]; Bruck, Gerald Joseph ^[1]; Smeltzer, Eugene E ^[3]

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1. Murrysville, PA
2. Pittsburgh, PA
3. Export, PA

A filter holder and gasket assembly for holding a candle filter element within a hot gas cleanup system pressure vessel. The filter holder and gasket assembly includes a filter housing, an annular spacer ring securely attached within the filter housing, a gasket sock, a top gasket, a middle gasket and a cast nut.

• Assignee: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (Orlando, FL)
• Patent Number(s): US 5876471
• Application Number: 08/636,432
• OSTI ID: 872165
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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