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Exhaust gas cleaning device for internal combustion engine

US4386497A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 1981
Grant dateJun 7, 1983
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S55/30
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An exhaust gas cleaning device comprises a casing provided with an inlet port which is communicated with an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine and an outlet port, two particulates collecting members disposed in two independent exhaust gas flowing passages which are communicated with the inlet port and the outlet port of the casing, a valve means provided on the downstream side of the two exhaust gas flowing passages for selectively passing the exhaust gases into either one of the exhaust gas flowing passages and a heated air supplying means provided on the downstream side of the collecting members for selectively supplying heated air into either one of the particulates collecting members.

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