Air cleaner
AssigneeToyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTadayuki Onoda
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Abstract
An air cleaner, particularly for an engine of a vehicle, comprises a case, a cover detachably mounted to the case, a filter element accommodated in the case, the filter element having a cylindrical shape having a central axis therealong, and a pair of support members mounted to the cover so as to be engaged with both end portions of the filter element in an axial direction thereof to hold the filter element between the support members. In such air cleaner, removing said cover from the case removes the filter element from the case together with the cover and disengaging said filter element from the support members removes the filter element from the cover.
Claims6
An air cleaner comprising:
- a case;
- a cover detachably mounted to the case;
- a filter element accommodated in the case, said filter element having a cylindrical shape having a central axis therealong;
- and
- a pair of support members provided for the cover,
- wherein said the pair of support members can be engaged with both end portions of the filter element in an axial direction thereof so as to hold the filter element between the support members,
- and wherein removing said cover from the case removes the filter element from the case together with the cover and disengaging said filter element from the support members removes the filter element from the cover.
An air cleaner for an engine of a vehicle comprising:
- a case;
- a cover detachably mounted to the case, said cover having an air outlet through which air flows out;
- a filter element accommodated in the case, said filter element having a cylindrical shape having a central axis therealong, said central axis of the filter element being directed in a direction other than a vertical direction with respect to a body of the vehicle to which the engine is mounted;
- and
- a pair of support members provided for the cover,
- wherein said the pair of support members can be engaged with both end portions of the filter element in an axial direction thereof so as to hold the filter element between the support members to be coaxial with an axis of said air outlet,
- and wherein removing said cover from the case removes the filter element from the case and disengaging said filter element from the support members removes the filter element from the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.