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Low intake restriction air precleaner

  • US 6,264,712 B1
  • Filed: 01/25/2000
  • Issued: 07/24/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An air precleaner that separates particulates from air, comprising:

  • (a) a base assembly having an inlet port through which air enters the precleaner;

    (b) a hood mounted to the base assembly and having a discharge port for discharging particulates, the hood and base assembly defining an air space, a circumferential gap between the hood and base assembly, and a series of vanes mounted in the gap at an angle between radial and tangential to define channels between the vanes through which air is directed into the air space; and

    (c) a rotor assembly that is rotatably mounted within the air space that rotates to fling particulates outward toward the hood for expulsion through the discharge port.

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