Engine compartment and air cleaner
AssigneeClark Equipment Company
InventorWillard L. Chichester
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Abstract
An air cleaner system for an internal combustion engine located in a vehicle engine compartment. The system includes a cubic air filter device located beside the engine in the engine compartment which is arranged to draw air from outside the vehicle, pass it through a filter cartridge in the air filter device, and through a flexible conduit connecting the air filter device with the carburetor.
Claims11
An engine compartment for a vehicle in combination with an air cleaner housing, said engine compartment comprising two side frame members, one of said side frame members having a horizontally disposed upper surface, said air cleaner housing having an inlet portion and an outlet portion, said inlet portion comprising a bottom wall secured to said upper surface and two end walls and including an inlet opening for admitting air into said air cleaner housing, said outlet portion comprising an air outlet opening for directing air from said housing to the engine carburetor, a flat air filter mounted in said housing at an acute angle with said bottom wall, and said filter being sealed around its periphery to said outlet portion.
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