Exhaust Flow Apparatus and Associated Engine Exhaust System
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorMatthew D. Moran
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Abstract
An exhaust flow apparatus including an exhaust carrier having first and second opposing end portions, the first and second end portions each including and terminating at an end, the end of the first end portion defining an exhaust inlet, and the second end portion defining a plurality of exhaust carrier outlets, wherein at least the second end portion of the exhaust carrier is configured to be housed within an exhaust pipe of an exhaust stack. The exhaust flow apparatus further includes an exhaust deflector oriented on or in proximal relation to the end of the second end portion of the exhaust carrier such that the exhaust deflector directs exhaust toward one or more of the plurality of exhaust carrier outlets during use of the apparatus.
Claims15
An exhaust flow apparatus, comprising:
- an exhaust carrier having first and second opposing end portions, the first and second end portions each including and terminating at an end, the end of the first end portion defining an exhaust inlet, and the second end portion defining a plurality of exhaust carrier outlets, wherein at least the second end portion of the exhaust carrier is configured to be housed within an exhaust pipe of an exhaust stack;
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- an exhaust deflector oriented on or in proximal relation to the end of the second end portion of the exhaust carrier such that the exhaust deflector directs exhaust toward one or more of the plurality of exhaust carrier outlets during use of the apparatus.
An exhaust flow apparatus, comprising:
- an exhaust carrier having first and second opposing end portions, the first and second end portions each including and terminating at an end, the end of the first end portion defining an exhaust inlet, and the second end portion defining a plurality of exhaust carrier outlets, wherein at least the second end portion of the exhaust carrier is configured to be housed within an exhaust pipe of an exhaust stack;
- a cap integral with or mounted onto the end of the second end portion of the exhaust carrier such that the cap directs exhaust toward one or more of the plurality of exhaust carrier outlets during use of the apparatus;
- a particulate carrier having first and second end portions each including and terminating at an end, wherein at least the second end portion of the particulate carrier is configured to be housed within the exhaust carrier.
An engine exhaust system, comprising:
- an exhaust carrier having first and second opposing end portions, the first and second end portions each including and terminating at an end, the end of the first end portion defining an exhaust inlet, and the second end portion defining a plurality of exhaust carrier outlets;
- an exhaust deflector oriented on or in proximal relation to the end of the second end portion of the exhaust carrier, the exhaust deflector being configured to direct exhaust toward one or more of the plurality of exhaust carrier outlets;
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- an exhaust stack comprising an exhaust pipe defining an exhaust pipe outlet, wherein the exhaust pipe is oriented such that the exhaust pipe outlet is downstream from the exhaust carrier outlets and is configured to house at least the second end portion of the exhaust carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.