Air cleaner
AssigneeKioritz Corporation
InventorsAkira Nagashima, Keisuke Ishii
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Abstract
An air cleaner includes closure means comprised of a partition wall integrally formed on one side of a filter member, which closure means will selectively shut either a first air-intake port for sucking outside air into a filtration room or a second air-intake port to suck air into the filtration room through an engine room. One of these first and second air-intake ports is selectively closed by a partition wall by turning the positioning of the filter member.
Claims3
An air cleaner for cleaning air and supplying it to a carburetor of an internal combustion engine through an air inlet, the carburetor being disposed in a carburetor chamber, said air cleaner adapted to be disposed within a machine body, said air cleaner comprising:
- a filter member rotatably supported on an upper edge surface of a peripheral wall around the carburetor chamber;
- a cover member provided above said filter member so as to define a filteration room therebetween;
- a first air-intake port to suck air from outside the machine body into the filtration room;
- a second air-intake port to such air from an engine room into the filtration room;
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- closure means for selectively closing either of the first and second air-intake ports, said closure means comprising an upwardly protruding partition wall integrally formed on one side of the filter member, wherein one of said first and second-air intake ports is selectively closed by said partition wall by turning the position of the filter member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.