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Soot filter for diesel-powered vehicles

US5045097A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 1989
Grant dateSep 3, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2009

Classification

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

Abstract

A soot filter for diesel-powered vehicles has two diesel particle filters which are connected to a preliminary muffler via separate ducts, which open radially into a filter prechamber. The exhaust gases can be sent through one of the diesel particle filters or the other by a damper control device, with the dampers being arranged far away from the filters, in the vicinity of the preliminary muffler. Thus, the dampers are located at a fairly great distance from the burner, which is arranged on the front side of the diesel particle filter, and which is designed such that it produces an approximately disk-shaped flame that is directed toward the front side of the diesel particle filter.

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