Donaldson Company, Inc.
FILTER ELEMENT WITH OUTLET PORT CHECK VALVE

Abstract:

An air cleaner is includes a housing defining an interior cavity, the housing having an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The air cleaner also includes a filter cartridge with a media arrangement extending between first and second end caps. In one aspect, the first end cap defines a first opening to the interior volume of the media arrangement and the second end cap defines a second opening to the interior volume of the media arrangement. In one aspect, the first opening has a dimension that is less than half a corresponding dimension of the second opening. The air cleaner can also include a valve arrangement in fluid communication with the first opening that allows airflow through the first opening in a first direction from the interior volume to the exterior side and prevents airflow through the first opening in a second direction from the exterior side into the interior volume.