Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Isamu Nishikawa

Yuichi Kawamoto

Yasuhiro Kuji

Kouji Watanabe

An air cleaner is provided which is effective to retain a cleaner elementin a heteromorphic shape and which has an increased cleaning capability and an assemblability. The air cleaner includes a cleaner elementmade of a urethane foam and formed in a tubular form having an endless wall and operable to pass an air therethrough in a direction across the thickness of the cleaner element to purify the air. The cleaner elementwhen viewed from top represents a heteromorphic shape, and first and second retainer platesandmade of an elastic material effective to retain the heteromorphic shape of the wall, which platesandare bonded to upper and lower end faces of the cleaner element. The cleaner elementtogether with the first and second retainer platesandis carried by a holder assemblyand is accommodated within a cleaner housingtogether with the holder assembly. The holder assemblyincludes a first holder having a seat element for holding the upper end face of the cleaner elementthrough the first retainer plateand a second holderhaving a seat elementfor holding the lower end face of the cleaner elementthrough the second retainer plate

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Akashi, Japan

Isamu Nishikawa