Particle filter

A muffler for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the muffler comprising:

• a particle filter comprising:
• a filter element;
• a housing with an installation opening;
• an outer jacket;
• an inner jacket arranged axially displaceably in the outer jacket, the inner jacket being axially inserted into the outer jacket and can be pulled out of the outer jacket through the installation opening;
• a cover closing off the installation opening, the filter element being supported in the inner jacket, the inner jacket being radially supported by the outer jacket;
• a ring, the inner jacket contacting the ring on an outflow side of the filter element;
• and
• at least one supporting element axially supporting the ring on the cover to transit pressure forces, wherein the housing of the particle filter is formed by a section of a muffler housing, the supporting element comprising a threaded rod and a nut and a cap nut and a bushing, the bushing penetrating the cover and the bushing being arranged fixed on the cover, the bushing having an outer thread on a side facing away from the ring, the threaded rod being fastened on the ring and the threaded rod extending through the bushing, the nut being screwed onto the threaded rod on a side of the bushing facing away from the ring and the nut being axially supported on the bushing, the cap nut covering the nut and a free end of the threaded rod that is distal from the ring and the cap nut being screwed to the bushing by means of the outer thread.