Daniel L Sturm

US Patent:

20020189710, Dec 19, 2002

Filed:

Jun 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/880267

Inventors:

Stephen Ephraim - Cedar Falls IA, US
Daniel Sturm - Cedar Falls IA, US
Brent Naylor - Waterloo IA, US
Kurt Kaliban - Waterloo IA, US

Assignee:

Deere & Company, a Delaware corporation

International Classification:

B65B003/04

US Classification:

141/285000, 141/059000, 141/098000, 141/297000

Abstract:

A fill cup is provided for a fluid filter having a housing and an end plate which enclose a filter element. The end plate has an inlet port for receiving unfiltered fluid and an outlet port from which flows filtered fluid. The fill cup includes a base having openings formed therein, a cylindrical rim which surrounds the base, and a hollow tube which extends axially through the base and rim. The tube forms a stub which projects away from the base and which is adapted to be coupled to the outlet port of the filter. The tube also forms a hollow standpipe which is aligned with the stub and which projects away from the base and into an interior of the cup. When the filler cup is mounted on the filter, the cup openings communicate fluid to the inlet ports of the filter, and the hollow tube prevents unfiltered fluid from directly entering into the outlet port and communicates air from the filter to atmosphere as the filter is filled with fluid. The stub has external threads for screwing into the outlet port of the filter, and the base of the cup sealingly engages a seal mounted on the filter end plate.