Inventors:
Angela H. R. Jones - Rochester NY
Steven D. Possanza - Penfield NY
Brian J. Connolly - Rochester NY
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY
International Classification:
C02F 100
US Classification:
210739, 210744, 210103, 210104, 210418, 210420, 210143, 210248, 210340
Abstract:
A method for switching filters on-line while continuously supplying a fluid to a downstream operation such as a photographic product coating device comprising transmitting the fluid to a filter selection valve having a first flow path therethrough to a first filter and a second flow path therethrough to a second filter; flowing the fluid through the first flow path and through the first filter to a filter diverter valve having a first fluid from the first filter to the downstream operation, a second fluid path from the second filter to the downstream operation, a third fluid path from the first filter to a drain, and a fourth fluid path from the second filter to the drain; directing the fluid through the first fluid path; determining when the first filter will soon become inoperable; opening the second flow path through the filter selection valve and opening the fourth fluid path through the filter diverter valve; closing the fourth fluid path after the fluid has flowed through the second filter but prior to any of the fluid exiting the fourth fluid path to drain; opening the second fluid path through the filter diverter valve and concurrently flowing the fluid through the first and second filters to the downstream operation; and closing the first flow path through the filter selection valve and the first fluid path through the filter diverter valve such that all flow of the fluid to the downstream operation is through the second filter.