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Exhaust gas purifying filter using honeycomb monolith with random length sealing portions
Assignee: NGK Insulators Ltd
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Filing: 1996-04-08
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Granted: 1998-02-24
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Expires: 2016-04-08
Abstract
Abstract An exhaust gas purifying filter for removing carbon particles from combustion exhaust gas, having a honeycomb structural body, flow passages that are sealed alternately at both ends by means of sealing portions to form checkerboard patterns. In the exhaust gas purifying filter according to the invention, lengths of the sealing portions formed in the flow passages of the honeycomb structural body vary randomly. An exhaust gas purifying apparatus utilizing the exhaust gas purifying filter according to the invention is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiyuki Kasai
- 👤 Yoshiro Ono
- 👤 Toshio Yamada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 17:27
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D46/00; B01D46/24; B01D46/2403; B01D46/2418; B01D46/2451; B01D46/2455; B01D46/2459; B01D46/2482; B01D46/2498; F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/02; F01N3/021; F01N3/022; F01N3/0222; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/10; Y10S55/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
An exhaust gas purifying filter for removing carbon containing solid particles from a combustion exhaust gas, comprising: a honeycomb structural body having first and second opposite axial ends and defining flow passages extending between the ends, said flow passages being sealed alternately at both ends by means of sealing portions to form checkerboard patterns, wherein the axial lengths of the sealing portions formed in the flow passages of the honeycomb structural body vary randomly in a non-stepwise manner, wherein an imaginary line interconnecting the ends of the sealing portions along at least one of the first and second opposite axial ends of the honeycomb structural body is non-linear.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
108 words
An exhaust gas purifying filter for removing carbon containing solid particles from a combustion exhaust gas, comprising: a honeycomb structural body having first and second opposite axial ends and defining flow passages extending between the ends, said flow passages being sealed alternately at both ends by means of sealing portions to form checkerboard patterns, wherein the axial lengths of the sealing portions formed in the flow passages of the honeycomb structural body vary randomly in a non-stepwise manner, wherein an imaginary line interconnecting the ends of the sealing portions along at least one of the first and second opposite axial ends of the honeycomb structural body is non-linear.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The exhaust gas purifying filter according to claim 1, wherein the lengths of said sealing portions are larger than 3 mm and smaller than 1/3 of the length of the filter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The exhaust gas purifying filter according to claim 1, wherein a sealing portion provided along a radial peripheral portion of the honeycomb structural body has the largest axial length of said sealing portions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The exhaust gas purifying filter according to claim 1, wherein said honeycomb structural body has a main crystal phase selected from the group consisting of cordierite, mullite, alumina, silicon nitride, silicon carbide and LAS.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
The exhaust gas purifying filter according to claim 1, wherein a dispersion coefficient X/δ n-1 of the axial lengths of the sealing portions is smaller than 35, wherein X is the mean axial length of the sealing portions and δ n-1 is the standard deviation of the axial lengths of the sealing portions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
An exhaust gas purifying apparatus comprising an exhaust gas purifying filter having the construction according to claim 1, and a can member in which said exhaust gas purifying filter is fixed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The exhaust gas purifying apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a retainer for supporting said honeycomb structural body in said can member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The exhaust gas purifying apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising regeneration means for regenerating said exhaust gas purifying filter by burning solid particles of carbon trapped by said filter.
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