Dual cross-flow canister and process

Claim 2

A CONTAINER OR CANISTER FOR CONNECTION INTO THE EXHAUST STREAM OF AN ENGINE AND FOR POSITIONING A CATALYST SUPPORT IN SAID STREAM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION,

Claim 3

A CASING CONTAINING AND HOLDING A CATALYST SUPPORT, SAID CASING HAVING TWO PARTS, A COVER AND A BASE, SAID COVER AND SAID BASE MATING AND BEING JOINED AT PERIPHERALLY FLANGED RECTANGULAR OPENINGS, A. SAID BASE HAVING

Claim 4

A CASING CONTAINING AND HOLDING A CATALYST SUPPORT, SAID CASING HAVING TWO PARTS, A COVER AND A BASE, SAID COVER AND SAID BASE MATING AND BEING JOINED AT PERIPHERALLY FLANGED RECTANGULAR OPENINGS, A. SAID BASE HAVING

Claim 5

A ROUNDED BOTTOM, APPROXIMATELY PARABOLOID END MEMBERS AND EXTENDED SIDE WALLS, SAID SIDE WALLS DIVERGING TOWARD A FIRST PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE RECTANGULAR OPENING OF SAID BASE,

Claim 6

A ROUNDED BOTTOM, APPROXIMATELY PARABOLOID END MEMBERS AND EXTENDED SIDE WALLS, SAID SIDE WALLS DIVERGING TOWARD A FIRST PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE RECTANGULAR OPENING OF SAID BASE,

Claim 7

RIGHT-TRIANGULAR END PIECES HAVING THE RIGHT ANGLE AT THE APEX, THE HYPOTENUSES OF SAID TRIANGULAR END PIECES MATING WITH THE TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES OF THE SAID PARABOLOID END MEMBERS OF SAID BASE,

Claim 8

RIGHT-TRIANGULAR END PIECES HAVING THE RIGHT ANGLE AT THE APEX, THE HYPOTENUSES OF SAID TRIANGULAR END PIECES MATING WITH THE TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES OF THE SAID PARABOLOID END MEMBERS OF SAID BASE,

Claim 9

A RIDGE CONNECTING THE RIGHT ANGLES OF SAID RIGHT-TRIANGULAR END PIECES AND FORMING AN INTERNAL ANGLE THEREBETWEEN;

Claim 10

A RIDGE CONNECTING THE RIGHT ANGLES OF SAID RIGHT-TRIANGULAR END PIECES AND FORMING AN INTERNAL ANGLE THEREBETWEEN;

Claim 11

SAID APPROXIMATELY PARABOLOID END MEMBERS COMPRISING RIGHT-TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES, SAID TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES HAVING EQUAL SIDES MEETING AT A RIGHT ANGLE, SAID RIGHT ANGLE BEING LOCATED NEAR THE ROUNDED BOTTOM OF THE BASE, THE HYPOTENUSES OF SAID TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES FORMING THE TOP EDGES OF SAID END MEMBERS WHICH HYPOTENUSES ALSO FORM THE SECOND PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE RECTANGULAR OPENING OF SAID BASE AND THE EQUAL SIDES OF SAID SUPPORT FRAMES FORMING SIDE RAILS, AND SAID END MEMBERS, SAID ROUNDED BOTTOM AND SAID SIDE WALLS FORMING A PLENUM SPACE,

Claim 12

SAID APPROXIMATELY PARABOLOID END MEMBERS COMPRISING RIGHT-TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES, SAID TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES HAVING EQUAL SIDES MEETING AT A RIGHT ANGLE, SAID RIGHT ANGLE BEING LOCATED NEAR THE ROUNDED BOTTOM OF THE BASE, THE HYPOTENUSES OF SAID TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES FORMING THE TOP EDGES OF SAID END MEMBERS WHICH HYPOTENUSES ALSO FORM THE SECOND PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE RECTANGULAR OPENING OF SAID BASE AND THE EQUAL SIDES OF SAID SUPPORT FRAMES FORMING SIDE RAILS, AND SAID END MEMBERS, SAID ROUNDED BOTTOM AND SAID SIDE WALLS FORMING A PLENUM SPACE,

Claim 13

a ridge connecting the right angles of said right-triangular end pieces and forming an internal angle therebetween;

Claim 14

a ridge connecting the right angles of said right-triangular end pieces and forming an internal angle therebetween;

Claim 15

said approximately paraboloid end members comprising right-triangular support frames, said triangular support frames having equal sides meeting at a right angle, said right angle being located near the rounded bottom of the base, the hypotenuses of said triangular support frames forming the top edges of said end members which hypotenuses also form the second pair of opposite sides of the rectangular opening of said base and the equal sides of said support frames forming side rails, and said end members, said rounded bottom and said side walls forming a plenum space,

Claim 16

said approximately paraboloid end members comprising right-triangular support frames, said triangular support frames having equal sides meeting at a right angle, said right angle being located near the rounded bottom of the base, the hypotenuses of said triangular support frames forming the top edges of said end members which hypotenuses also form the second pair of opposite sides of the rectangular opening of said base and the equal sides of said support frames forming side rails, and said end members, said rounded bottom and said side walls forming a plenum space,

Claim 17

A container or canister according to claim 1 additionally having an angle support member connecting the right angles of the triangular support frames and supporting the said first longitudinal edge of the catalyst support.

Claim 18

a vane between said end members below the right angles of the triangular support frames,

Claim 19

a vane between said end members below the right angles of the triangular support frames,

Claim 20

cross-rails connecting the acute angles of said triangular end pieces and

Claim 21

cross-rails connecting the acute angles of said triangular end pieces and

Claim 22

A VANE BETWEEN SAID END MEMBERS BELOW THE RIGHT ANGLES OF THE TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES,

Claim 23

A VANE BETWEEN SAID END MEMBERS BELOW THE RIGHT ANGLES OF THE TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES,

Claim 24

CROSS-RAILS CONNECTING THE ACUTE ANGLES OF SAID TRIANGULAR END PIECES AND

Claim 25

CROSS-RAILS CONNECTING THE ACUTE ANGLES OF SAID TRIANGULAR END PIECES AND

Claim 26

SIDE RAILS ALONG THE SIDES OF SAID TRIANGULAR END PIECES BETWEEN SAID RIDGE AND SAID CROSS RAILS,

Claim 27

SIDE RAILS ALONG THE SIDES OF SAID TRIANGULAR END PIECES BETWEEN SAID RIDGE AND SAID CROSS RAILS,

Claim 28

SAID BASE FURTHER HAVING AN AIR INLET INSERTED THROUGH ONE SAID MEMBER BELOW THE TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAME INTO THE SAID PLENUM SPACE. B. SAID COVER HAVING

Claim 29

SAID BASE FURTHER HAVING AN AIR INLET INSERTED THROUGH ONE SAID MEMBER BELOW THE TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAME INTO THE SAID PLENUM SPACE. B. SAID COVER HAVING

Claim 30

side rails along the sides of said triangular end pieces between said ridge and said cross rails,

Claim 31

side rails along the sides of said triangular end pieces between said ridge and said cross rails,

Claim 32

said base further having an air inlet inserted through one said end member below the triangular support frame into the said plenum space. B. said cover having

Claim 33

said base further having an air inlet inserted through one said end member below the triangular support frame into the said plenum space. B. said cover having

Claim 34

an inlet manifold connecting to said ridge, side rails and cross rail at one side of said ridge and inlet port for inlet of said exhaust stream in said inlet manifold,

Claim 35

an inlet manifold connecting to said ridge, side rails and cross rail at one side of said ridge and inlet port for inlet of said exhaust stream in said inlet manifold,

Claim 36

AN INLET MANIFOLD CONNECTING TO SAID RIDGE, SIDE RAILS AND CROSS RAIL AT ONE SIDE OF SAID RIDGE AMD INLET PORT FOR INLET OF SAID EXHAUST STREAM IN SAID INLET MANIFOLD,

Claim 37

AN INLET MANIFOLD CONNECTING TO SAID RIDGE, SIDE RAILS AND CROSS RAIL AT ONE SIDE OF SAID RIDGE AMD INLET PORT FOR INLET OF SAID EXHAUST STREAM IN SAID INLET MANIFOLD,

Claim 38

outlet manifold connecting to said ridge, side rails and cross rail at the other side of said ridge and outlet port in said outlet manifold for release of said exhaust stream from said outlet manifold with outlet port facing in the opposite direction to said inlet port and the two said ports being on substantially the same centerline, II. said container or canister further comprising a dual cross-flow refractory ceramic catalyst support of parallelepipedal form with longitudinal axis and square cross-section having all passageways at right angles to the said longitudinal axis, said passageways being in two directions mutually at right angles to each other, said catalyst support having catalyst thereon and being positioned within said casing with its square ends resting in the triangular support frames of said paraboloid end members of said base, its longitudinal axis parallel to the side walls of said base, a first longitudinal edge being positioned above said vane connecting said end members of said casing, two opposite Longitudinal edges being supported at the sides of said base and the fourth longitudinal edge and the ends being engaged and urged into position by said ridge, said side rails and said cross rails of said cover with inlet and outlet manifolds securely positioned above adjacent faces of said catalyst support, and III. said container or canister further comprising resilient mounting material between said catalyst support and the said ridge, said cross rails and said side rails of said cover of said canister at all lines of contact therebetween thereby preventing blowby of gases in said exhaust stream.

Claim 39

outlet manifold connecting to said ridge, side rails and cross rail at the other side of said ridge and outlet port in said outlet manifold for release of said exhaust stream from said outlet manifold with outlet port facing in the opposite direction to said inlet port and the two said ports being on substantially the same centerline, II. said container or canister further comprising a dual cross-flow refractory ceramic catalyst support of parallelepipedal form with longitudinal axis and square cross-section having all passageways at right angles to the said longitudinal axis, said passageways being in two directions mutually at right angles to each other, said catalyst support having catalyst thereon and being positioned within said casing with its square ends resting in the triangular support frames of said paraboloid end members of said base, its longitudinal axis parallel to the side walls of said base, a first longitudinal edge being positioned above said vane connecting said end members of said casing, two opposite Longitudinal edges being supported at the sides of said base and the fourth longitudinal edge and the ends being engaged and urged into position by said ridge, said side rails and said cross rails of said cover with inlet and outlet manifolds securely positioned above adjacent faces of said catalyst support, and III. said container or canister further comprising resilient mounting material between said catalyst support and the said ridge, said cross rails and said side rails of said cover of said canister at all lines of contact therebetween thereby preventing blowby of gases in said exhaust stream.

Claim 40

OUTLET MANIFOLD CONNECTING TO SAID RIDGE, SIDE RAILS AND CROSS RAIL AT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID RIDGE AND OUTLET PORT IN SAID OUTLET MANIFOLD FOR RELEASE OF SAID EXHAUST STREAM FROM SAID OUTLET MANIFOLD WITH OUTLET PORT FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO SAID INLET PORT AND THE TWO SAID PORTS BEING ON SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME CENTERLINE, II. SAID CONTAINER OR CANISTER FURTHER COMPRISING A DUAL CROSS-FLOW REFRACTORY CERAMIC CATALYST SUPPORT OF PARALLELEPIPEDAL FORM WITH LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND SQUARE CROSS-SECTION HAVING ALL PASSAGEWAYS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS, SAID PASSAGEWAYS BEING IN TWO DIRECTIONS MUTUALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER, SAID CATALYST SUPPORT HAVING CATALYST THEREON AND BEING POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CASING WITH ITS SQUARE ENDS RESTING IN THE TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES OF SAID PARABOLOID END MEMBERS OF SAID BASE, ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS PARALLEL TO THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID BASE, A FIRST LONGITUDINAL EDGE BEING POSITIONED ABOVE SAID VANE CONNECTING SAID END MEMBERS OF SAID CASING, TWO OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGES BEING SUPPORTED AT THE SIDES OF SAID BASE AND THE FOURTH LONGITUDINAL EDGE AND THE END BEING ENGAGED AND URGED INTO POSITION BY SAID RIDGE, SAID SIDE RAILS AND SAID CROSS RAILS OF SAID COVER WITH INLET AND OUTLET MANIFOLDS SECURELY POSITIONED ABOVE ADJACENT FACES OF SAID CATALYST SUPPORT, AND III. SAID CONTAINER OR CANISTER FURTHER COMPRISING RESILIENT MOUNTING MATERIAL BETWEEN SAID CATALYST SUPPORT AND THE SAID RIDGE, SAID CROSS RAILS AND SAID RAILS OF SAID COVER OF SAID CANISTER AT ALL LINES OF CONTACT THEREBETWEEN THEREBY PREVENTING BLOWBY OF GASES IN SAID EXHAUST STREAM.

Claim 41

OUTLET MANIFOLD CONNECTING TO SAID RIDGE, SIDE RAILS AND CROSS RAIL AT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID RIDGE AND OUTLET PORT IN SAID OUTLET MANIFOLD FOR RELEASE OF SAID EXHAUST STREAM FROM SAID OUTLET MANIFOLD WITH OUTLET PORT FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO SAID INLET PORT AND THE TWO SAID PORTS BEING ON SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME CENTERLINE, II. SAID CONTAINER OR CANISTER FURTHER COMPRISING A DUAL CROSS-FLOW REFRACTORY CERAMIC CATALYST SUPPORT OF PARALLELEPIPEDAL FORM WITH LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND SQUARE CROSS-SECTION HAVING ALL PASSAGEWAYS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS, SAID PASSAGEWAYS BEING IN TWO DIRECTIONS MUTUALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER, SAID CATALYST SUPPORT HAVING CATALYST THEREON AND BEING POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CASING WITH ITS SQUARE ENDS RESTING IN THE TRIANGULAR SUPPORT FRAMES OF SAID PARABOLOID END MEMBERS OF SAID BASE, ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS PARALLEL TO THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID BASE, A FIRST LONGITUDINAL EDGE BEING POSITIONED ABOVE SAID VANE CONNECTING SAID END MEMBERS OF SAID CASING, TWO OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGES BEING SUPPORTED AT THE SIDES OF SAID BASE AND THE FOURTH LONGITUDINAL EDGE AND THE END BEING ENGAGED AND URGED INTO POSITION BY SAID RIDGE, SAID SIDE RAILS AND SAID CROSS RAILS OF SAID COVER WITH INLET AND OUTLET MANIFOLDS SECURELY POSITIONED ABOVE ADJACENT FACES OF SAID CATALYST SUPPORT, AND III. SAID CONTAINER OR CANISTER FURTHER COMPRISING RESILIENT MOUNTING MATERIAL BETWEEN SAID CATALYST SUPPORT AND THE SAID RIDGE, SAID CROSS RAILS AND SAID RAILS OF SAID COVER OF SAID CANISTER AT ALL LINES OF CONTACT THEREBETWEEN THEREBY PREVENTING BLOWBY OF GASES IN SAID EXHAUST STREAM.