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Converter for exhaust gas with removable insert housings having monolithic catalyst therein

US4235846A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 23, 1979
Grant dateNov 25, 1980
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A50/20
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In an installation for the catalytic decontamination of exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, especially of motor vehicle internal combustion engines, in which a preferably cylindrical catalyst-monolith is supported in a corresponding housing under interposition of radially elastic elements, the housing is thereby detachably connected at least at one open side with an adjoining pipe or structural part and each monolith is inserted from that side into the housing by means of a separate insert housing and is then axially fixed by the detachable pipe or structural part.

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