Gas-liquid separator
AssigneeAisin Corporation
InventorsTakashi Mishima, Ryuta Hayami
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Abstract
A gas-liquid separator includes a housing being supplied with water-containing gas, a gas-liquid separation portion being provided inside the housing and separating water from water-containing gas, a water storage portion being arranged on a bottom portion of the housing and storing water separated by the gas-liquid separation portion, and a valve mechanism enabling discharge of and stop of the discharge of water in the water storage portion via a discharge flow path communicating with the water storage portion. An inner wall of the housing has a guide surface flowing water toward the water storage portion and is provided with a regulating portion regulating staying of water in a vicinity of a flow-in port of the discharge flow path.
Claims13
A gas-liquid separator comprising:
- a housing being supplied with water-containing gas;
- a gas-liquid separation portion being provided inside the housing and separating water from water-containing gas;
- a water storage portion being arranged on a bottom portion of the housing and storing water separated by the gas-liquid separation portion;
- a valve mechanism enabling discharge of and stop of the discharge of water in the water storage portion via a discharge flow path communicating with the water storage portion;
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- a filter removing dust contained in water flowing into the water storage portion, wherein
- an inner wall of the housing has a guide surface flowing water toward the water storage portion and is provided with a regulating portion regulating staying of water in a vicinity of a flow-in port of the discharge flow path,
- the regulating portion includes an annular vertical-shaped portion and a plurality of recess-shaped portion, and
- the regulating portion is arranged in a region extending along an outer periphery of the filter.
A gas-liquid separator comprising:
- a housing being supplied with water-containing gas;
- a gas-liquid separation portion being provided inside the housing and separating water from water-containing gas;
- a water storage portion being arranged on a bottom portion of the housing and storing water separated by the gas-liquid separation portion, the water storage portion being formed by a cylindrically-shaped water storage wall portion and a bottom wall integrally formed with the water storage wall portion at a lower edge of the water storage wall portion, an inner periphery of the water storage wall portion being an opening of the water storage portion;
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- a valve mechanism enabling discharge of and stop of the discharge of water in the water storage portion via a discharge flow path communicating with the water storage portion, wherein
- an inner wall of the housing has a guide surface flowing water toward the water storage portion and is provided with a regulating portion regulating staying of water in a vicinity of a flow-in port of the discharge flow path,
- the regulating portion includes a vertical wall-shaped portion surrounding an outer periphery of the opening of the water storage portion and provided with a plurality of regulating flow paths inhibiting water droplets of a predetermined amount flowing in from the guide surface from flowing, and
- a plurality of regulating bodies are provided at preset intervals on a part of the bottom wall proximate to a flow-in port of the discharge flow path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.