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Vortex air cleaner assembly with acoustic attenuator

US4050913A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 23, 1975
Grant dateSep 27, 1977
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Expiry dateApr 23, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02C7/052
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A vortex air cleaner and acoustic attenuator assembly is provided having an array of vortex air cleaners which remove contaminant particles from influent air, and an array of spaced acoustic sheets defining passages therebetween for reception of clean effluent air from selected groups of adjacent vortex air cleaners in the array, the sheets being shaped and spaced to deflect such effluent air and sound pressure waves at least once from the acoustic surface of the sheets, thereby absorbing the maximum sound in the preferred frequency range of 8000 Hertz and reducing the imposed sound pressure level in which the vortex air cleaner assembly operates.

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