Debris separator for brake cooler

An apparatus for removing entrained contaminants from an airstream, comprising:

• a housing for directing said airstream, said housing including a front through which said airstream enters said housing and a rear spaced from said front through which said airstream exits said housing;
• first means attached to said housing for compressing said airstream at said front of said housing;
• second means for compressing a portion of said airstream, attached to said housing and being spaced rearwardly from said first compressing means, so as to form means defining an aperture between said first and second compressing means;
• said second compressing means being disposed at least in part collinear with said first compressing means,
• at least one outlet port formed between said second compressing means and said housing disposed at least in part collinear with said airstream exiting said first compressing means;
• said aperture facing in a direction other than towards said front of said housing;
• an outlet attached to said housing in communication with said aperture;
• wherein the ratio of the compression ratio of said second compressing means, to the compression ratio of said first compressing means, is such that a portion of said airstream is diverted through said aperture and out said outlet by said second compressing means, so that the inertia of said entrained contaminants carries them out of said housing through said at least one outlet port, whereby said diverted portion of said airstream is cleansed of said contaminants,
• wherein said apparatus further comprises a flexible hose attached to said outlet and extending away from said housing, and
• wherein said apparatus further comprises a vehicle including brake means, and said hose extends to said brake means so as to allow said diverted portion of said airstream to impinge upon said brake means.