Wire Cage for a Filter Bag

Abstract

An elongated wire cage for insertion in to a known type of fabric filter (not shown) includes a pair of cage sections secured together by a pair of couplers attached to respective adjacent ends of the cage sections and having compatible flanges for securing the cage sections together thus forming the elongated cage.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An elongated tubular cage having an open structure for supporting a fabric filter in open position for allowing particulate laden fluids to pass therethrough for separating said particulate from said fluid, said elongated tubular cage comprising:
 a pair of cage sections including a first tubular cage section and a second tubular cage section; and   a first generally circular coupler attached to an end of said first tubular cage section and a second generally circular coupler attached to an end of said second tubular cage section,
 said first coupler and said second coupler attachable together for forming said elongated tubular cage, 
 said first generally circular coupler including a pair of diametrically opposed radially inwardly directed arcuate flanges and said second generally circular coupler including a pair of diametrically opposed radially outwardly directed reversely bent arcuate flanges, 
 said cage sections connected together for forming said elongated tubular cage by mating said first and second generally circular couplers and moving said pair of outwardly directed reversely bent arcuate flanges to overlie said pair of inwardly directed flanges. 
   
     
     
         2 . An elongated tubular cage as claimed in  claim 1  further including a locking tab disposed within aligned openings in the overlying flanges for securing said first coupler to said second coupler for precluding relative movement thereof.