Honeycomb body
AssigneeUsui Kokusai Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasayoshi Usui
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Abstract
A honeycomb body for supporting thereon an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst has a honeycomb structure constructed of at least one planar band and at least one corrugated band. One of the planar and corrugated bands has been replaced by a wire arrangement of a desired width. The wire arrangement is formed of wires of a desired length arranged side by side in the direction of the width of the wire arrangement.
Claims20
In a honeycomb body for supporting thereon an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, said honeycomb body formed of a honeycomb structure comprising at least one band having a corrugated shape and at least one wire band, said wire band further comprising a plurality of wires arranged side by side in a planar arrangement, each said wire in longitudinal alignment with said corrugated band longitudinal axis.
In a honeycomb body for supporting thereon an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, said honeycomb body formed of a honeycomb structure comprising at least one planar band and at least one wire band, said wire band further comprising a plurality of wires arranged side by side, each said wire following a smooth corrugated path having alternating crests and troughs in a direction aligned with a longitudinal axis of said planar band, each said crest and trough following said corrugated path without deviation so as to provide a continuous contact where each said crest and trough meet a portion of an adjacent planar band, adjacent wires being aligned transversely of said longitudinal axis when following said corrugated path and being joined only by said continuous contact between the planar band and the crest and trough of each said wire.
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