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Exhaust gas purifying filter using honeycomb monolith with random length sealing portions

US5720787A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 1996
Grant dateFeb 24, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2016

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

Abstract

An exhaust gas purifying filter for removing carbon particles from combustion exhaust gas, having a honeycomb structural body, flow passages that are sealed alternately at both ends by means of sealing portions to form checkerboard patterns. In the exhaust gas purifying filter according to the invention, lengths of the sealing portions formed in the flow passages of the honeycomb structural body vary randomly. An exhaust gas purifying apparatus utilizing the exhaust gas purifying filter according to the invention is also disclosed.

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