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Exhaust gas cleaning device
Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Ltd
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Filing: 1990-02-26
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Granted: 1992-07-14
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Expires: 2010-02-26
Abstract
Abstract An exhaust gas cleaning device is constructed of a honeycomb core body. The honeycomb core body has been formed by superposing a planar band made of a metal sheet and a corrugated band made from another metal sheet one over the other in a contiguous relationship and then rolling the thus-superposed bands into a multi-layered spiral form. The honeycomb core body defines a number of network-patterned axial gas flow passages and is adapted to carry an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst. The honeycomb core body is divided into a central honeycomb core section of a smaller diameter and an outer honeycomb core section of a larger diameter. A separator is interposed between an outer peripheral wall of the central honeycomb core section and an inner peripheral wall of the outer honeycomb core section. The outer honeycomb core section may be divided further into plural honeycomb core sub-sections having different diameters and a additional separator may be interposed between each two adjacent core sub-sections.
Inventors
- 👤 Haruo Serizawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 04:00
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9445; B01D53/9454; F; F01; F01N; F01N13/00; F01N13/011; F01N13/017; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/24; F01N3/28; F01N3/2803; F01N3/2807; F01N3/281; F01N2260/00; F01N2260/10; F01N2260/18; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/02; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
In an exhaust gas cleaning device constructed of a honeycomb core body, said honeycomb core body having been formed by superposing a planar band made of a metal sheet and a corrugated band made from another metal sheet one over the other in a contiguous relationship and then rolling the thus-superposed bands into a multi-layered spiral form, defining a number of network-patterned axial gas flow passages and carrying an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, the improvement wherein the honeycomb core body is divided into a central honeycomb core section of a smaller diameter and an outer honeycomb core section of a larger diameter and a separator having a high coefficient of expansion is interposed between an outer peripheral wall of the central honeycomb core section and an inner peripheral wall of the outer honeycomb core section in order to lessen thermal deformation forces within the device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
In an exhaust gas cleaning device constructed of a honeycomb core body, said honeycomb core body having been formed by superposing a planar band made of a metal sheet and a corrugated band made from another metal sheet one over the other in a contiguous relationship and then rolling the thus-superposed bands into a multi-layered spiral form, defining a number of network-patterned axial gas flow passages and carrying an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, the improvement wherein the honeycomb core body is divided into a central honeycomb core section of a smaller diameter and an outer honeycomb core section of a larger diameter and a separator having a high coefficient of expansion is interposed between an outer peripheral wall of the central honeycomb core section and an inner peripheral wall of the outer honeycomb core section in order to lessen thermal deformation forces within the device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The exhaust gas cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the separator is in a planar or corrugated shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The exhaust gas cleaning device of claim 1, wherein at least one rib is fixed on at least one end of the honeycomb core body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The exhaust gas cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the honeycomb core body is fixedly secured in a metal casing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The exhaust gas cleaning device of a claim 4, wherein at least one rib is fixed on at least one end of the metal casing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
150 words
In an exhaust gas cleaning device constructed of a honeycomb core body, said honeycomb core body having been formed by superposing a planar band made of a metal sheet and a corrugated band made from another metal sheet one over the other in a contiguous relationship and then rolling the thus-superposed bands into a multi-layered spiral form, defining a number of network-patterned axial gas flow passages and carrying an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, the improvement wherein the honeycomb core body is divided into a central honeycomb core section of a smaller diameter and an outer honeycomb core section of a larger diameter and a separator selected from the group consisting of steel wool, a metal mesh, a perforated metal sheet and an expanded metal net, which is interposed between an outer peripheral wall of the central honeycomb core section and an inner peripheral wall of the outer honeycomb core section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
150 words
In an exhaust gas cleaning device constructed of a honeycomb core body, said honeycomb core body having been formed by superposing a planar band made of a metal sheet and a corrugated band made from another metal sheet one over the other in a contiguous relationship and then rolling the thus-superposed bands into a multi-layered spiral form, defining a number of network-patterned axial gas flow passages and carrying an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, the improvement wherein the honeycomb core body is divided into a central honeycomb core section of a smaller diameter and an outer honeycomb core section of a larger diameter and a separator selected from the group consisting of steel wool, a metal mesh, a perforated metal sheet and an expanded metal net, which is interposed between an outer peripheral wall of the central honeycomb core section and an inner peripheral wall of the outer honeycomb core section.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The exhaust gas cleaning device of claim 6, wherein the separator is stainless steel wool or a stainless steel mesh.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
158 words
In an exhaust gas cleaning device constructed of a honeycomb core body, said honeycomb core body having been formed by superposing a planar band made of a metal sheet and a corrugated band made from another metal sheet one over the other in a contiguous relationship and then rolling the thus-superposed bands into a multi-layered spiral form, defining a number of network-patterned axial gas flow passages and carrying an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, the improvement wherein the honeycomb core body is divided into a central honeycomb core section of a smaller diameter and an outer honeycomb core section of a larger diameter and a separator is interposed between an outer peripheral wall of the central honeycomb core section and an inner peripheral wall of the outer honeycomb core section wherein the outer honeycomb core section is divided further into plural honeycomb core sub-sections having different diameters and a separator is interposed between each pair of adjacent core sub-sections.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
158 words
In an exhaust gas cleaning device constructed of a honeycomb core body, said honeycomb core body having been formed by superposing a planar band made of a metal sheet and a corrugated band made from another metal sheet one over the other in a contiguous relationship and then rolling the thus-superposed bands into a multi-layered spiral form, defining a number of network-patterned axial gas flow passages and carrying an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, the improvement wherein the honeycomb core body is divided into a central honeycomb core section of a smaller diameter and an outer honeycomb core section of a larger diameter and a separator is interposed between an outer peripheral wall of the central honeycomb core section and an inner peripheral wall of the outer honeycomb core section wherein the outer honeycomb core section is divided further into plural honeycomb core sub-sections having different diameters and a separator is interposed between each pair of adjacent core sub-sections.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
59 words
The exhaust gas cleaning device of claim 8, wherein the separator between the inner honeycomb core section and the outer honeycomb core section and the separator between said each two adjacent sub-sections are each selected from the group consisting of steel wool, a metal mesh, a perforated metal sheet having a high perforation rate and an expanded metal net.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The exhaust gas cleaning device of claim 9, wherein the separator between the inner honeycomb core section and the outer honeycomb core section and the separator between said each two adjacent sub-sections are each stainless steel wool or a stainless steel mesh.
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