Joined filter media pleat packs
A joined filter media pleat pack assembly comprises at least two filter media pleat packs, wherein each pleat comprises a root and a crown, wherein a seam between each filter media pleat pack is at least one of: (a) structure wherein the pleats, crowns, and roots of one filter media pleat pack are interleaved or nested with the corresponding structure of an adjacent filter media pleat pack or (b) structure wherein at least a portion of the terminal edges of adjacent filter media pleat packs are mitered at complimentary angles and assembled in mating relation.
3M Innovative Properties Company
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inventional inventional
Dean R. Ronald L. Wenli Kenneth J.
Duffy Wylie, Jr. Wang Snider