Air inlet filter assembly

Claim 1

A turbine engine comprising a compressor and an air filter assembly, said filter assembly having a housing comprising a peripheral wall and two opposed end walls, an outlet formed in one end wall and an access means formed in the other end wall, a cylindrical air filter mounted in said housing between the end walls and about the outlet and being capable of being introduced and removed through said access means, a removable cover secured to said end wall to close said access means, an inlet opening in the peripheral wall, said filter being spaced from the peripheral wall to define an outer chamber, the intake of the compressor being attached to said outlet and extending into the housing and including a plurality of radially disposed and rotatably mounted blades, said peripheral wall being formed by opposed substantially parallel walls and connected by an arcuate wall, said inlet opening being opposed to the arcuate wall whereby air introduced therein is conducted into said outer chamber to direct air exhibiting nonuniform pressure characteristics radially inwardly through said filter whereby the same will exhibit substantially uniform pressure characteristics as it enters said air intake.