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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7294160 | Air cleaner The present invention comprises concerns a novel air cleaner having an inner mesh barrier. This inner mesh barrier has a plurality of openings, and is generally cylindrical, having an inner mesh barrier liner surface, and an inner mesh barrier outer surface. Further... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7192462 | Engine air filter and sealing system An air induction system for an engine to remove contaminants from intake air prior to delivery to the engine. The system includes an assembly for filtering air which is mounted in advance of the engine, and a duct for delivering air from the assembly to the engine. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7141101 | Filter assembly with noise attenuation A filter assembly configured for acoustic dampening for use with compressor assemblies such as oxygen concentrators including a compartmented housing member having an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a filter member, and a plurality of noise attenuating members pos... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7052532 | High temperature nanofilter, system and method A filter, system and method is provided for filtering nanoparticles in a hot gas, namely particles about 200° C. and further particularly >about 450° C. including diesel exhaust. The filter includes filter media material composed of fibro... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7008465 | Cleanable high efficiency filter media structure and applications for use An improved cartridge, typically in cylindrical or panel form that can be used in a dry or wet/dry vacuum cleaner. The cartridge is cleanable using a stream of service water, or by rapping on a solid object, or by using a compressed gas stream, but can provide excep... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6932188 | Silencer for vacuum cleaner A silencer for a vacuum cleaner is provided and includes at least one hermetic expansion chamber mounted in an exhaust channel of the vacuum cleaner and allowing an exhaust airflow from the vacuum cleaner to pass through. The expansion chamber at its two sides has a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6875259 | Low cost combined air cleaner and resonator assembly A low cost combined air cleaner and resonator includes two housing members which snap together. An air filter is captured between the two members. A first of the members receives the air filter, and the second of the two members has an enlarged plenum to provide a r... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6136077 | Steam absorption apparatus An apparatus which absorbs gas that has been discharged from a pipe at a high velocity and which releases the gas to the atmosphere at a reduced velocity and with relatively low noise. The apparatus includes a container which has a container interior, a c... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6048386 | Integrated resonator and filter apparatus An integral filter and resonator apparatus includes filter elements positioned upstream of a Helmholtz resonator. The first embodiment includes filter elements positioned side by side within the housing. Other embodiments include a filter element with a t... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5464458 | System for purifying exhaust gas A system for purifying exhaust gas comprising a cylindrical body portion formed by continuously arranging a plurality of chambers in line, a nozzle for jetting a pressurized fluid into at least one chamber, a pressure device for feeding the fluid through ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5159738 | Vacuum cleaner having silencer mechanism A blower cover is provided so as to surround an electric driven blower. The blower cover comprises an upper blower cover and a lower blower cover. An exhaust air duct as a silencer mechanism is provided on the upper blower cover and is disposed between a ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5148786 | Air intake system arrangement of motorcar engine An air cleaner is fixed, at least at a fixing portion of the air cleaner, to a motorcar body reinforcing member which is provided in an engine room to increase the supporting rigidity of the air cleaner. The air intake duct is disposed around the reinforc... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5134977 | Engine air cleaner inlet tube for automotive engine An engine air cleaner inlet tube for bringing air from outside the engine compartment of an automotive vehicle to the engine includes an entry section with a generally hemispherical chamber for bringing air drawn from outside the engine compartment, a ven... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5112372 | Advanced disposable air cleaner An air cleaner with an integrated nozzle element comprised of a perforated portion at one end, a generally centrally located throat and a noise suppressing portion from the second end to the throat. The nozzle element is located within the inner opening o... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5106397 | Air cleaner/noise silencer assembly The invention relates to an air cleaner comprising a generally bell-shaped air cleaner housing and a generally frustoconical filter positioned concentrically within the housing. The housing has an air inlet at its small end and an air outlet at its large ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5043147 | Combined muffler and catalytic converter exhaust unit There is provided a new and useful combined muffler and catalytic converter exhaust unit for the exhaust stream from an internal combustion engine, the combined unit comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet, first and second chambers within the ... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4867768 | Muffler apparatus with filter trap and method of use Muffler apparatus for reducing both sound and particulates from exhaust gases from an engine. The apparatus includes resonating chambers, flow distribution structure and a cellular ceramic core filter module. Filter regeneration mechanism includes a heati... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4790864 | Compact engine air/cleaner with integrated components A compact combination engine air cleaner/noise deadener for installation in the engine compartment of a motor vehicle type engine includes a two piece plastic elongated housing that is compact and has an ambient air inlet at one end radially spaced from a... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4762540 | Noise suppression and particle separation apparatus for high pressure gaseous fluid flows Noise suppression and particle separation apparatus for flows of high pressure, high velocity, particle-laden, gaseous fluid, such as geothermal steam, comprises a gaseous fluid conduit that has axially installed around its discharge end a larger diameter... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4713097 | Integrated engine air cleaner and venturi resonator An integral air cleaner-noise silencer assembly includes a filter element dividing the assembly into lower and upper parts, the upper part constituting a lid or cover for the filter and including a funnel-like clean air outlet containing a venturi with as... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4681608 | Silencing filter Disclosed is a silencing filter for use in a power-driven machine arranged such that the air allowed to flow-in through an air intake port provided in a machine cover is caused to flow upwards by being caused to flow from lower ends of holes formed in ext... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4574913 | Muffler with spark arresting function A muffler for use with various instruments and furnished with a spark arresting function. An inlet pipe for receiving exhaust gases from the instrument and an outlet pipe for discharging the exhaust gases to the atmosphere are arranged in an expansion cha... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4424883 | Silencer for pneumatic equipment Disclosed herein is a silencer constituted by a casing, open at the lower extremity made to communicate with the source of compressed gases, and closed at the top by a cover, inside which are placed, from the bottom upwards, a first element, a filter and ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4418443 | Noise suppressor for vacuum sweepers and the like A noise suppressor for vacuum cleaners is characterized by a muffler formed of a succession of tubes of different cross sectional areas and lengths. The muffler defines a low pass acoustic filter, and is connected in line with an exhaust outlet from the v... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4318720 | Exhaust filter muffler A combined muffler and engine exhaust filter comprises a fixed outer shell and an inner shell. The inner shell is formed from two concentric perforated tubes held in fixed relationship to each other. Granulated or powdered filtering material fills the spa... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4234325 | Silencer-separator with internal trap for liquid seal blowers or the like The silencer-separator described hereinafter includes a tank that has an inlet arranged to receive the discharge from a vacuum blower or the like, a discharge located at the opposite end of the tank, a partition located therebetween with hole extending th... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4231763 | Exhaust gas pollution control system An exhaust gas pollution control system (10) for purification of exhaust gases passing from a combustion chamber. The control system (10) includes a housing element (14) which extends in a longitudinal direction (12). The housing element (14) encompasses ... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4207085 | Air cleaner air expansion chamber construction An internal combustion engine air cleaner assembly has a lower supporting tray wall, a top cover or enclosure wall, and a side wall, together defining a hollow air expansion chamber containing a filter element; the chamber has an air inlet and an outlet o... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4155414 | Snow mobile including an improved air cleaner An air cleaner for an engine of a snow mobile provided with an endless vehicle track driven by the engine, includes an air cleaner main body comprising a duct extending longitudinally of the snow mobile and disposed on a floor covering of the endless vehi... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4124091 | Silencer for an internal combustion engine A silencer which may be arranged in place in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes walls forming the main body of the silencer; a first separator supported by the walls to define a rear chamber therebetween; a second separator suppor... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4083184 | System to supply air into the exhaust conduit of an internal combustion engine A reed valve device having two reeds capable of selectively closing and opening the corresponding openings formed in the device is snugly fitted in a casing through an elastomeric sealing member without using any other connecting means. The casing communi... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4074975 | Combination exhaust-gas cleaner and muffler for an automobile engine A combination exhaust-gas cleaner and muffler for particular use in an exhaust system of an automotive engine incorporating in the exhaust system a catalytic converter using a granular catalyst which is responsible for emission of dust particles of oxides... | 02/21/1978 |
| 3972384 | Spark arresting muffler A muffling device for use on the exhaust of an electric generator engine includes an arrestig chamber, partitioned into two compartments by means of an apertured partition. The first compartment is packed with stainless steel wool to filter out hot partic... | 08/03/1976 |
