Oil separator for recycled blow-by gas
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tsuchiya Seisakusho
InventorsKyoji Namiki, Shunji Abe, Shigeki Yamashita, Yukio Kashiwaba
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Abstract
An oil separator element is housed in a casing of an oil separator and consists of alternatively aligned perforated plates and plate type filter members. Adjacent perforated plates are respectively formed with perforated sections which are located opposite to each other relative to an imaginery vertical plane containing a casing longitudinal axis. A space between neighboring perforated plate and filter member is larger on the downstream side than that on the upstream side. Additionally, each filter member is formed of a three dimensional porous material having an inner structure by which oil mist can effectively coalesce.
Claims12
An oil separator for recycled blow-by gas, comprising:
- a casing having an inlet pipe for blow-by gas entrance, an outlet pipe for blow-by gas discharge, and an oil return pipe for separated oil discharge, said inlet and outlet pipes being located at first and second ends of said casing, respectively;
- first and second perforated plates disposed within said casing, said first perforated plate being located nearer to said casing first end than said second perforated plate, said first and second perforated plates having first and second perforated sections, respectively, which are located opposite to each other with respect to a longitudinal axis of said casing;
- first and second plate type filter members formed of a porous material and disposed within said casing, said first filter member being located between said first and second perforated plates, said second filter member being located nearer to said casing second end than said second perforated plate;
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- means defining a first space between said first perforated plate and said first filter member, and a second space between said second perforated plate and said second filter member, said second space being larger than said first space.
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