Oil-sorbing filter element

Details Oil-sorbing filter element Oil-sorbing filter element

2007-11-20

2007-11-20

Savage, Matthew O. (Department: 1724)

Liquid purification or separation

Diverse distinct separators

Including a filter

C210S317000, C210S502100

Reexamination Certificate

active

10775676

ABSTRACT:
An oil-sorbing filter element for removing oil from an aqueous flow such as the bilge water of a watercraft. The element includes a first stage which is formed of a consolidated permeable mass of a oleophilic polymeric material such as styrenic mid-block copolymer.

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