Device for separating water from engine intake air

Claim 3

The device of claim 1 wherein said air intake opening is covered by a screen.

Claim 4

The device of claim 1 wherein said upper section includes an upper wall which is semicylindrical and connects said two vertical chambers to each other to form an inverted U-shaped configuration.

Claim 5

The device of claim 3 wherein said lower section is narrower than said upper section when viewed in a direction facing said air inlet opening.

Claim 6

The device of claim 1 wherein an annular ring forming a bellmouth nozzle diverging inwardly into said device is disposed about the periphery of said air outlet opening.

Claim 7

The device of claim 1 wherein said air outlet opening lies in a plane rotated 90° from the plane of said air inlet opening.

Claim 8

The device of claim 6 wherein said lower section includes a bottom portion which tapers downwardly in an area below the outlet opening.

Claim 9

The device of claim 3 including a tapering, wedge-shaped transition portion which connects said upper section to said lower section.

Claim 10

The device of claim 8 wherein air enters said intake opening in a horizontal direction, abuts said central wall and turns 90° upwardly, travels through said inverted U-shaped upper section and exits therefrom in a downward direction, passing through said transition portion of said device, into said lower section where it again turns 90° to horizontally exit said air outlet opening therein.

Claim 11

The device of claim 1 wherein a drain is provided in a bottom wall of said upper section housing.

Claim 12

The device of claim 10 wherein a drain is provided in a bottom wall of said lower section housing.

Claim 13

The device of claim 1 wherein said mounting means comprise a peripheral flange on said lower section housing by means of which said device is mounted to the air cleaner housing.

Claim 14

The device of claim 1 wherein said lower section terminates upwardly in a vertically opening tube and a portion of said upper section slidably engages said vertically opening tube in a manner establishing sealed fluid communication between said upper and lower sections.

Claim 15

In combination with an air cleaner, a device for separating water from air being supplied to an internal combustion engine, said device comprising: an elongate, essentially rectangular, upright, two-piece housing having fluidly connected upper and lower sections therein, said upper section including an air intake opening and being divided into two vertical chambers by a centrally disposed wall lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the air inlet opening and extending upwardly into said section from a bottom surface thereof to an upper end defining a passage between said vertical chambers, said lower section including an air outlet opening; mounting means engaging said lower section to a housing of said air cleaner in a manner to align said air outlet opening of said device with an air intake port of the air cleaner housing; said chambers of said device being arranged and configured to create a circuitous air flow path therethrough including a plurality of directional changes within the air flow path through said device.

Claim 16

In combination with an air cleaner, a device for separating water from air being supplied to an internal combustion engine, said device comprising: an elongate, essentially rectangular, upright, two-piece housing having fluidly connected upper and lower sections therein, said upper section including an air intake opening and being divided into two vertical chambers by a centrally disposed wall lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the air inlet opening and extending upwardly into said section from a bottom surface thereof to an upper end defining a passage between said vertical chambers, said lower section including an air outlet opening; mounting means engaging said lower section to a housing of said air cleaner in a manner to align said air outlet opening of said device with an air intake port of the air cleaner housing; said chambers of said device being arranged and configured to create a circuitous air flow path therethrough including a plurality of directional changes within the air flow path through said device.

Claim 17

The device of claim 14 wherein an annular ring forming a bellmouth nozzle diverging inwardly into said device is disposed about the periphery of said air outlet opening.

Claim 18

The device of claim 14 wherein said lower section includes a portion of one of said vertical chambers, said centrally disposed wall being a part of said lower section.

Claim 19

The device of claim 14 wherein said lower section includes an upwardly opening tube of rectangular cross section, said tube being closely fit within said upper section and having a wall defining said centrally disposed wall between said chambers.