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Article and method for connecting a remote air cleaner to a carburetor or an engine fuel metering device or system
Assignee: PENN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS Inc 2999 OVERLAND AVENUE SUITE 202 LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 90064 A CORP OF
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Filing: 1983-07-27
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Granted: 1986-04-01
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Expires: 2003-07-27
Abstract
Abstract A flexible connection from a rigid air inlet device to a rigid air cleaner inlet duct or a flexible connection from an air cleaner rigid outlet duct to a resonator rigid inlet duct or from a resonator rigid outlet duct to a fuel-air mixture metering device such as a carburetor or an electronic fuel injection device or system. The system described may or may not include a resonator. The connection is a flexible spiral wound wire duct. A flexible sleeve is heat shrunk onto the end of the wire duct, leaving a free end projecting from the duct for application to the rigid duct in any combination to satisfy air delivery to the fuel metering system.
Inventors
- 👤 Gene E. Van Der Hagen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 16:36
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16L; F16L47/00; F16L47/20; F16L47/22; F16L33/00; F16L33/32; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S285/00; Y10S285/909; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49863; Y10T29/49865; Y10T29/49947
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
92 words
The method of making a connection between a flexible spiral wound wire reinforced duct and a rigid cylindrical duct comprising the steps of, sliding a heat-shrinkable flexible sleeve onto the end of said spiral wound wire reinforced duct, while leaving an end projecting free from said duct, applying heat to said sleeve to shrink it onto said wire reinforced duct and to shrink the free end to approximately the diameter of said rigid duct, inserting said rigid duct into said free end, and then clamping said free end to said rigid duct.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
92 words
The method of making a connection between a flexible spiral wound wire reinforced duct and a rigid cylindrical duct comprising the steps of, sliding a heat-shrinkable flexible sleeve onto the end of said spiral wound wire reinforced duct, while leaving an end projecting free from said duct, applying heat to said sleeve to shrink it onto said wire reinforced duct and to shrink the free end to approximately the diameter of said rigid duct, inserting said rigid duct into said free end, and then clamping said free end to said rigid duct.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method as in claim 1 further comprising the step of prior to applying heat, inserting into the free end of said sleeve a mandrel having substantially the same outside dimension as said rigid duct whereby to shrink the free end of said sleeve to the dimension of said rigid duct.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method as in claim 2 in which the mandrel onto which the sleeve is shrunk is rectangular, square, oval or any shape without indentations on the sealing surface.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
95 words
The method of making a connection between a flexible spiral wound wire reinforced duct and two spaced rigid cylindrical ducts, comprising the steps of: sliding a shrinkable, flexible sleeve over the entire length of said spiral wound wire reinforced duct, leaving ends projecting free at both ends of said duct, applying heat to said sleeve to shrink it onto said wire reinforced duct and to shrink the free ends to approximately the diameter of the rigid ducts, inserting said rigid ducts into said free ends, and then clamping said free ends to said rigid ducts.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
95 words
The method of making a connection between a flexible spiral wound wire reinforced duct and two spaced rigid cylindrical ducts, comprising the steps of: sliding a shrinkable, flexible sleeve over the entire length of said spiral wound wire reinforced duct, leaving ends projecting free at both ends of said duct, applying heat to said sleeve to shrink it onto said wire reinforced duct and to shrink the free ends to approximately the diameter of the rigid ducts, inserting said rigid ducts into said free ends, and then clamping said free ends to said rigid ducts.
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