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Carbon particles removing device
Assignee: Soken Inc
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Filing: 1981-01-09
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Granted: 1982-06-22
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Expires: 2001-01-09
Abstract
Abstract A device for removing fine carbon particles from exhaust gas emitted by automobile diesel engines or the like thereby to clean the exhaust gas. The device incorporates a filter for collecting fine carbon particles suspended by the exhaust gas. After a predetermined amount of fine carbon particles is accumulated on the filter, the carbon particles are burnt to regenerate the filter. The detection of amount of carbon particles accumulated on the filter is made through the detection of the fuel consumption of the engine or the differential pressure across the filter.
Inventors
- 👤 Susumu Sato
- 👤 Yukihisa Takeuchi
- 👤 Masahiro Tomita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 14:22
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/02; F01N3/021; F01N3/031; F01N3/032; F01N3/023; F01N3/025; F01N2390/00; F01N2390/02; F01N2410/00; F01N2410/04; F02; F02B; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
266 words
A device for removing fine carbon particles from exhaust gas emitted by an internal combustion engine, comprising: a means providing a first path and a second path through which said exhaust gas may be alternately made to flow, said paths having a juncture; a filter disposed in said first path and adapted to collect fine carbon particles suspended in said exhaust gas; no filter of the kind and character of said filter being disposed in said second path; a heating means disposed in said first path and adapted to burn said fine carbon particles collected by and accumulated on said filter; a valve disposed at said juncture of said first and second paths and adapted to selectively open and close said first and second paths; means for indirectly detecting the amount of said fine carbon particles collected by and accumulated on said filter by detecting the amount of fuel consumed by the engine; and means for controlling the valve and the heating means together so that when the amount of said fine carbon particles collected by and accumulated on said filter has reached a predetermined amount, said valve is actuated temporarily to open said second path while said heating means is temporarily activated to burn said fine carbon particles; said heating means including a small-sized burner attached to a holder such that a flame thereon is introduced into the inner cylinder of said filter, a glow plug for igniting the burner, a fuel tank adapted to supply fuel to the burner and a fuel pump arranged for pumping fuel from the fuel tank to the burner.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
266 words
A device for removing fine carbon particles from exhaust gas emitted by an internal combustion engine, comprising: a means providing a first path and a second path through which said exhaust gas may be alternately made to flow, said paths having a juncture; a filter disposed in said first path and adapted to collect fine carbon particles suspended in said exhaust gas; no filter of the kind and character of said filter being disposed in said second path; a heating means disposed in said first path and adapted to burn said fine carbon particles collected by and accumulated on said filter; a valve disposed at said juncture of said first and second paths and adapted to selectively open and close said first and second paths; means for indirectly detecting the amount of said fine carbon particles collected by and accumulated on said filter by detecting the amount of fuel consumed by the engine; and means for controlling the valve and the heating means together so that when the amount of said fine carbon particles collected by and accumulated on said filter has reached a predetermined amount, said valve is actuated temporarily to open said second path while said heating means is temporarily activated to burn said fine carbon particles; said heating means including a small-sized burner attached to a holder such that a flame thereon is introduced into the inner cylinder of said filter, a glow plug for igniting the burner, a fuel tank adapted to supply fuel to the burner and a fuel pump arranged for pumping fuel from the fuel tank to the burner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said filter is composed of two coaxially related cylinders made of hole-punched stainless steel and being arranged so as to have an annular space between them, one axial end of the filter being open at the inner cylinder, the annular space between two cylinders being filled with a steel wool filter element.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1989-06-21 | 1989-12-21 | 1990-06-22 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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