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Integrated dynamic air cleaner

  • US 5,542,380 A
  • Filed: 03/28/1995
  • Issued: 08/06/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable power tool comprising a chassis, an engine secured to said chassis, and a fan connected to said engine and rotatably driven by said engine about an axis, said chassis including a base wall radially spaced from said fan, a curved outer wall radially surrounding at least a portion of said fan, and a deflector wall, said base wall and said outer wall cooperating to define a portion of a fan volute in which air, and particles entrained therein, are propelled by said fan, said base wall having a carburetor air inlet port formed therein, said deflector wall projecting from said base wall on a side of said air inlet port opposite said outer wall and between said fan and said air inlet port, said deflector wall cooperating with said outer wall to define an air passageway, said air passageway being relatively smaller at a location, in a direction of air flow within said fan volute, downstream from said air inlet port.

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