Cartridge type catalytic exhaust cleaner

• US 2,853,367 A
• Filed: 02/10/1954
• Issued: 09/23/1958
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1954
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Karol Berton, Nicolas M. Reitzel
• Original Assignee: Karol Berton, Nicolas M. Reitzel
• Inventors: Berton, Karol, Reitzel, Nicolas M.
• Application Number:
  US03/409,324
• Time in Patent Office: 1,686 Days
• US Class Current: 422/179
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/017 the purifying devices are arranged in a single housing
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2260/10 for avoiding stress caused by expansions or contractions due to temperature variations
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2330/08 Granular material
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2450/30 Removable or rechangeable blocks or cartridges, e.g. for filters
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/2846 specially adapted for granular supports, e.g. pellets
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/34 using air conduits or jet air pumps, e.g. near the engine exhaust port
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/30 Exhaust treatment
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/31 Filter frame

Claims

1. CATALYTIC APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR ATTACHMENT TO THEE EXHAUST OUTLET OF A INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FOROR OXIDIZING TOXIC AND OBNOXIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE EXHAUST GASES THEREFROM COMPRISING A HOUSING INCLUDING A SHELL HAVING AT LEAST ONE REMOVABLE END PLATE, GUIDEWAYS LOCATED ON THE INTERNAL LATERAL WALLS OF SAID SHELL FOR RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF PERFORATED CARTRIDGES CONTAINING CATALYTIC MATERIAL, SAID CARTRIDGES BEING INSERTABLE INTO AND REMOVABLE FROM SAID SHELL UPON REMVAL OF SAIDID END PLATE, SAID GUIDEWAYS COMPRISING U-SHAPED CHANNELS DISPOSED OPPOSITE ONE ANOTHER, SAID CHANNELS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SLIDABLY THE LATERAL EDGES OF SAID CARTRIDGES, SAID LATERAL EDGES EXTENDING INTO SAID CHANNELS BUT SUFFICIENT SPACE BEING PROVIDED BETWEEN THE BASE OF SAIDD CHANNELS AND SAID LATERAL EDGES THAT SAID CARTRIDGES ARE FREE TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID CHANNELS, SAID CARTRIDGES BEING SUPPORTED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP IN SAID CHANNELS TO PROVIDE A CATALYST BED EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF SAID SHELL, AND SEALING MEANS PROVIDED BETWEEN THE ADJACENT EDGES OF SAID SIDE-BY-SIDE CARTRIDGES.