Years ago Toyota had a centrifical oil filter on their 6 cylinder truck engines driven by the cam shaft or the return pressure from the oil pump can't remember which it was but I have seen both types on Jap engines , no paper filters to dispose of just dismantle it wash it out and away you go, took slightly longer than changing a spin off filter, Early Leyland diesels had a reusable sock type of oil filter quite messy to wash out and time consuming as they were about 3 ft long stretched out,Then there were after market add on filters that used a roll of tolet paper they were a bit messy changing the rolls but quite effective, We used this type of filters on diesoline as we had to buy our fuel in 44 gallon drums stored in hot humid climates they were great to filter out the black slime that grows in stored fuel, certainly cut down on fuel filter blockages, you can't get a cheaper filter than the cost of a toilet roll.
Recently I made an adapter for a spin off type for my old inter tractor thats the same type used on my truck saves having to keep diferent types on hand,I also buy my oil from the oil and fuel depot,and now only have to buy one type of oil that's compatable with all my tractors and truck, where as before they did a compatability search I needed three diferent types at three dfferent prices.