Exhaust gas purifying device for a diesel engine
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
InventorsHirotaka Kanazawa, Yoshitomi Fujimoto, Michio Suzuki
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Abstract
An exhaust gas purifying device for a diesel engine comprising an outer casing accommodating a catalyst-carrying honeycomb having a dustfree structure, and a baffle plate arranged in the outer casing of the device between an gas inlet of the case and the catalyst-carrying honeycomb. The honeycomb structure has open cells having a size equal to or less than 100 cells per square inch, to allow particles to pass therethrough. The baffle plate directs the exhaust gas over surface of the catalyst-carrying honeycomb, with a uniform distribution thereof.
Claims6
An exhaust gas purifying device for a diesel engine having an exhaust pipe connected therefrom, said device comprising an outer casing comprising a cylindrical member, a first end cap closing one end of said cylindrical member and having a gas inlet formed therethrough adapted for connection to said exhaust pipe, and a second end cap closing the other end of said cylindrical member and having a gas outlet formed therethrough, a catalyst-carrying honeycomb having a dust free structure and arranged in said outer casing, and a baffle plate means arranged in said outer casing between said gas inlet and said catalyst-carrying honeycomb and attached to said first end cap, wherein at least one of said end caps is detachable from said cylindrical member and said catalyst-carrying honeycomb is removable from said outer casing after said end cap is detached.
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