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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Zung S Chang, Painted Post, NY (US);
John S Howitt, Big Flats, NY (US);
Robert V VanDewoestine, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ; F01N / ; F15D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2328 / ; 2328 / ; 2328 / ; 138 40 ; 138 42 ;
Abstract
In an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, wherein pollutants are removed from the exhaust gases by catalytic conversion, a pinwheel type of deflector positioned within the exhaust flow provides a radially-outwardly deflected swirl flow to the gases as they emanate from an exhaust pipe of one diameter into a canister of larger diameter for housing a catalytic converter. Such flow distribution results in improved catalytic conversion efficiencies obtainable by the converter and reduces its degradation rate inherent with time.