US3948044A
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Exhaust gas purifying device
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1974-04-26
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Granted: 1976-04-06
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Expires: 1994-04-26
Abstract
Abstract An exhaust gas purifying device wherein exhaust ports in the respective cylinders of an engine communicate with the respective inflow passages of a thermal reactor, and more secondary air flows into the inflow passage at the part of the thermal reactor with sufficient thermal diffusion than into another inflow passage. Further, a taking-out port for the exhaust gas to be recirculated is provided at the exhaust port which communicates with the inflow passage at the part of the thermal reactor exhibiting insufficient thermal diffusion.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuaki Wakita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 09:14
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/18; F02; F02M; F02M26/00; F02M26/13; F02M26/14; F02M26/15; F02M26/36
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
An internal combustion engine comprising: a group of cylinders each having an exhaust port, a housing defining a recombustion chamber therein, a source of coolant adjacent said recombustion chamber, gas passages connecting each exhaust port to said recombustion chamber, each of said passages having an inlet end connected to a respective one of the exhaust ports and an outlet end opening directly into said recombustion chamber immediately adjacent the periphery of said housing, all of said outlet ends terminating substantially the same distance, if any, from the periphery of said housing, said gas passages being spaced different distances from said source, means for injecting air into the gas passages, said means injecting less air into the gas passage most distant from said source than into the gas passage most adjacent said source so that less recombustion occurs and less heat is generated in the portion of the recombustion chamber most remote from the source where there is less thermal diffusion by the source than the portion thereof most adjacent the source where there is sufficient thermal diffusion by the source whereby the surface temperature of the recombustion chamber is substantially uniform.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
An internal combustion engine comprising: a group of cylinders each having an exhaust port, a housing defining a recombustion chamber therein, a source of coolant adjacent said recombustion chamber, gas passages connecting each exhaust port to said recombustion chamber, each of said passages having an inlet end connected to a respective one of the exhaust ports and an outlet end opening directly into said recombustion chamber immediately adjacent the periphery of said housing, all of said outlet ends terminating substantially the same distance, if any, from the periphery of said housing, said gas passages being spaced different distances from said source, means for injecting air into the gas passages, said means injecting less air into the gas passage most distant from said source than into the gas passage most adjacent said source so that less recombustion occurs and less heat is generated in the portion of the recombustion chamber most remote from the source where there is less thermal diffusion by the source than the portion thereof most adjacent the source where there is sufficient thermal diffusion by the source whereby the surface temperature of the recombustion chamber is substantially uniform.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The internal combustion engine of claim 1 wherein: an exhaust gas taking-out port is connected to the exhaust port most distant from the source, and said exhaust gas taking-out port is connected to a suction system of the engine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The internal combustion engine of claim 1 wherein: said means comprises air injection nozzles.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The internal combustion engine of claim 3 wherein: each one of said nozzles communicates with a respective one of said exhaust ports.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The internal combustion engine of claim 4 wherein: the nozzle which communicates with the exhaust port most distant from the source has a smaller cross-sectional area than the cross-sectional area of each of the other nozzles.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The internal combustion engine of claim 4 wherein: the nozzles are circular in cross-section and the nozzle which communicates with the exhaust port most distant from the source has a smaller diameter than the diameter of each of the other nozzles.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The internal combustion engine of claim 1 wherein: said source comprises a fan.
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