APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ENTRAINED PARTICLES FROM GASES

An apparatus for removing entrained particles from gases, of particular use as a spark arrester with internal combustion engines, comprises, essentially, an elongated cylinder, closed at one end and having a spiral member secured to the inner wall. Exhaust gases enter tangentially at a point near the open end and travel in a thin layer along a spiral path adjacent the wall toward the closed end. Near the closed end, the gases reverse direction and travel in an axial spiral path along the center of the cylinder and out the open end, while incandescent carbon particles continue by inertia in their original spiral path and are retained or pulverized by rubbing against the cylinder wall as they continue to circulate at the base of the cylinder. The absence of baffles minimizes back pressure on the engine.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This Government-owned invention available for U.S. licensing and, possibly, for foreign licensing. Copy of patent available Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC 20231 $0.50.
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Agriculture

  1400 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20250
• Authors:
  • De Bernardo, L U
• Publication Date: 1969-6-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerosols; Design; Equipment; Exhaust gases; Fire causes; Fire prevention; Internal combustion engines; Particles; Particulates; Patents; Performance evaluations; Prevention; Safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Removal
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00313439
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: PAT-APPL-829-125, PATENT-3 577 711
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 2002 12:00AM