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Exhaust device for work vehicle

US8631895B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 5, 2012
Grant dateJan 21, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01N2590/08
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An exhaust device for a work vehicle including: an exhaust pipe for guiding exhaust to a vehicle exterior. The exhaust pipe includes: an exhaust guide pipe into which exhaust from an engine is introduced, a bending section for changing an exhaust direction; an external protective pipe that externally fits onto a downstream-side guide pipe; an ejector section for suctioning and introducing external air between an outer periphery of the exhaust guide pipe and an inner periphery of the external protective pipe; and an external air introduction section provided to an upstream-side end section of the external protective pipe.

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