Arrangement for removing soot particles and other solid particles from exhaust gas of power vehicles

US4622051A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wilhelm Polach · Asperg, DE
• Klaus Zimmermann · Alzenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 1985
• Grant date: Nov 11, 1986
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S55/30
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An arrangement for removing soot particles and other solid particles from exhaust gas of power vehicles, comprises a soot deflector arranged to receive exhaust gas and having a first outlet for a cleaned exhaust gas stream and a second outlet for a soot-containing exhaust gas stream, and a soot collector connected with the second outlet and arranged for removing soot, the soot collector being formed as an exhaust gas-impermeable collecting container fixedly mountable in a power vehicle, the collecting container having a soot removing pipe arranged to extend through a vehicle wall outwardly and having a closeable and openable end, the collecting container also having a filter-covered exhaust gas outlet pipe, the soot collector having a removable closing cover arranged to close and to open the one end of the soot removing pipe, and a filter which covers the exhaust gas outlet pipe.