Abstract An air separator for combustion engines includes a plurality of baffles spirally disposed within a support housing and serving to conduct an airstream from a tangential intake, open to atmosphere, to an axially extending exhaust which is associated with the intake of the engine. Discharge apertures are defined within the radially inner and outer peripheral walls of said baffles, the outermost baffle and discharge aperture being open externally of the separator. In this manner, dust and dirt particles may continuously migrate about the inner convolutions of the spiral baffle and be gradually conducted to the outer convolutions thereof for discharge out of the separator through the aperture within the outermost peripheral wall of the spiral baffle.
AN AIR SEPARATOR FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES COMPRISING: A FIRST SUPPORT MEANS; A SECOND SUPPORT MEANS FIXEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS; INTAKE MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT MEANS; INTAKE MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND AND ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE INTAKE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE; SPIRAL BAFFLE MEANS SECURED TO ONE OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT MEANS SO AS TO BE CONNECTED TO SAID INTAKE MEANS FOR CONDUCTING AN AIRSTREAM FROM SAID INTAKE MEANS TO SAID EXHAUST MEANS ALONG A SPIRAL PATH; A PLURALITY OF DISCHARGE APERTURES PROVIDED WITHIN THE OUTER AND INNER PERIPHERAL WALLS OF SAID BAFFLE MEANS SO AS TO PERMIT SERIAL FLUID COMMUNNICATION BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID SPIRAL PATH, THE APERTURE WITHIN SAID OUTERMOST PERIPHERAL WALL BEING OPEN EXTERNALLY OF SAID SEPARATOR; SAID BAFFLE MEANS COMPRISISNG A PLURALITY OF SERIALLY ARRANGED BAFFLES ARCUATELY SPACED SO AS TO DEFINE SAID APERTURES BETWEEN SAID SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID BAFFLES, THE AXIAL EXTENT OF THE INNERMOST BAFFLE OF SAID SERIALLY ARRANGED BAFFLES BEING CONVERGENT TOWARD SAID ONE OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID EXHAUST MEANS DEFINED THEREIN SO AS TO PERMIT THE AIR TO BE EXHAUSTED TO SAID ENGINE THROUGH SAID EXHAUST MEANS TO BE GUIDED BOTH RADIALLY INWARDLY AND AXIALLY TOWARD SAID EXHAUST MEANS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PERMITTING DIRT AND DUST PARTICLES TO BE CONDUCTED, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE, RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OVER SAID INNERMOST BAFFLE AND FROM THAT PORTION OF SAID SEPARATOR DISPOSED RADIALLY WITHIN SAID INNERMOST BAFFLE TOWARDS THE RADIALLY OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID SEPARATOR WHEREIN DIRT AND DUST PARTICLES WILL BE DISCHARGED OUT OF SAID SEPARATOR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE BY SUCCESSIVELY MIGRATING ABOUT SAID INNER AND OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID SPIRAL PATH AS WELL AS SERIALLY FROM SAID INNER PORTIONS OF SAID SPIRAL PATH TO SAID OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID SPIRAL PATH SO AS TO BE ULTIMATELY DISCHARGED OUT OF SAID SEPARATOR THROUGH SAID APERATURE WITHIN SAID OUTERMOST PERIPHERAL WALL WHILE CLEAN AIR IS CONDUCTED TO SAID EXHAUST MEANS THROUGH SAID SPIRAL PATH.
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Dependent Claim
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AN AIR SEPARATOR FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES COMPRISING: A FIRST SUPPORT MEANS; A SECOND SUPPORT MEANS FIXEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS; INTAKE MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT MEANS; INTAKE MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND AND ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE INTAKE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE; SPIRAL BAFFLE MEANS SECURED TO ONE OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT MEANS SO AS TO BE CONNECTED TO SAID INTAKE MEANS FOR CONDUCTING AN AIRSTREAM FROM SAID INTAKE MEANS TO SAID EXHAUST MEANS ALONG A SPIRAL PATH; A PLURALITY OF DISCHARGE APERTURES PROVIDED WITHIN THE OUTER AND INNER PERIPHERAL WALLS OF SAID BAFFLE MEANS SO AS TO PERMIT SERIAL FLUID COMMUNNICATION BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID SPIRAL PATH, THE APERTURE WITHIN SAID OUTERMOST PERIPHERAL WALL BEING OPEN EXTERNALLY OF SAID SEPARATOR; SAID BAFFLE MEANS COMPRISISNG A PLURALITY OF SERIALLY ARRANGED BAFFLES ARCUATELY SPACED SO AS TO DEFINE SAID APERTURES BETWEEN SAID SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID BAFFLES, THE AXIAL EXTENT OF THE INNERMOST BAFFLE OF SAID SERIALLY ARRANGED BAFFLES BEING CONVERGENT TOWARD SAID ONE OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID EXHAUST MEANS DEFINED THEREIN SO AS TO PERMIT THE AIR TO BE EXHAUSTED TO SAID ENGINE THROUGH SAID EXHAUST MEANS TO BE GUIDED BOTH RADIALLY INWARDLY AND AXIALLY TOWARD SAID EXHAUST MEANS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PERMITTING DIRT AND DUST PARTICLES TO BE CONDUCTED, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE, RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OVER SAID INNERMOST BAFFLE AND FROM THAT PORTION OF SAID SEPARATOR DISPOSED RADIALLY WITHIN SAID INNERMOST BAFFLE TOWARDS THE RADIALLY OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID SEPARATOR WHEREIN DIRT AND DUST PARTICLES WILL BE DISCHARGED OUT OF SAID SEPARATOR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE BY SUCCESSIVELY MIGRATING ABOUT SAID INNER AND OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID SPIRAL PATH AS WELL AS SERIALLY FROM SAID INNER PORTIONS OF SAID SPIRAL PATH TO SAID OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID SPIRAL PATH SO AS TO BE ULTIMATELY DISCHARGED OUT OF SAID SEPARATOR THROUGH SAID APERATURE WITHIN SAID OUTERMOST PERIPHERAL WALL WHILE CLEAN AIR IS CONDUCTED TO SAID EXHAUST MEANS THROUGH SAID SPIRAL PATH.
Claim 3
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An air separator as set forth in claim 1, wherein: one of said discharge apertures provided upon one of said inner peripheral walls of said baffle means is rectilinearly aligned with said discharge aperture provided within said outermost peripheral wall of said baffle means, whereby a discharge path is defined between said one of said discharge apertures and said outermost peripheral wall discharge aperture for discharging said particles out of said separator.
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Dependent Claim
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An air separator as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: auxiliary baffle means connected to said spiral baffle means for defining said discharge apertures in a radially outward direction.
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An air separator as set forth in claim 1, wherein said intake means is substantially tangentially disposed with respect to said separator while said exhaust means is disposed axially of said separator.